Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 10-3
This particular image shows the dialog box for editing the properties of the Report Builder role. You
can see the specific tasks that are enabled for this particular role. Right-click context menus are avail-
able throughout the Management Studio interface and make accessing common tasks quick and
straightforward.
Other Utilities
A number of other useful utilities are also provided with Reporting Services. Most of these are accessed
at the command prompt or programmatically. These include:
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Script Host utility
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Server Configuration utilities
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Encryption Key Management
Working with the key utilities is covered later in this chapter.
Programmatic Interfaces
Web services are encapsulations of programming logic that can be called using standard Internet proto-
cols. Because Reporting Services is a Web service, its functionality can be invoked by any client that can
send it a properly formatted request and work with the returned response. Developers can easily build
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