Installation steps for SQL Server Reporting Service

1. Make sure that IIS is installed into the server. If not, install it before proceeding further. 2. Make World Wide Web Publishing Service in automatic mode and start it. 3. Download and save SQLEXPR_ADV.exe into your hard disk and click on Run. a. Select only Reporting Service when it asks for the components to install. b. Select named instance as SQLExpress (default). 4. Restart server. 5. Open a Command Prompt window by using the Run as administrator option and run iisreset command. 6. Start the Reporting Services Configuration tool, by clicking Start -> All Programs -> SQL Server 2005 -> Configuration Tools -> Reporting Services Configuration. Click Connect a. Click Report Server Virtual Directory. Click New and type ReportServer as Virtual Directory name.

b. Click Report Manager Virtual Directory. Click New and type Reports as Virtual Directory name

c. Click Web Service Identity. Create New in Report server and type ReportServer, and use Windows Account and fill Administrator

username and password. Also select Report Server in Reporting Manager and click Apply.

d. Click Database Setup. Choose ServerName from dropdown list and click Connect. Click on New to create a new database and name is as ReportServer. Click Apply.

7. Open IIS (Click Start -> Run, type Inetmgr, and then click OK) and check following settings: a. Expand Application Pools and right click ReportServer. Select Properties. Goto Identity tab and make sure that configurable option is selected with Administrator credentials in it. b. Expand Sites, expand Default Web Site, right-click the ReportServer. Select Properties. i. Make sure that ReportServer is selected in Application pool. ii. In ASP.NET tab, make sure that 2.0.50727 is selected. c. Check both of above settings for Reports as well, in Sites->Default Web Site 8. Open Rsreportserver.config file from ReportServer folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.X\Reporting Services\ReportServer) with wordpad. Check that the account in WebServiceAccount is an administrators account. NOTE: MSSQL.X, X could be .2 or .3 depending upon your machine. 9. Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Look for the user account SQLServer2005ReportingServicesWebServiceUser$ComputerName$InstanceNa me group. Check that Administrator is a member of this group.

10. Verify that some related registry entries have the correct setting. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit, and then click OK. b. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.X\Setup (MSSQL.X, X could be .2 or .3 depending upon your machine) c. Make sure that the ApplicationPoolConfigured_RM registry entry is configured to be ReportServer. d. Make sure that the ApplicationPoolConfigured_RS registry entry is configured to be ReportServer. e. Make sure that the ReportManagerIdentityConfigured registry entry is configured to be administrator account. f. Create a new Registery value as string with name WebServiceIdentityConfigured and configure it to be the administrator. 11. Restart the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services service. To do this, follow these steps: a. Start SQL Server Configuration Manager. b. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server 2005 Services. c. Right-click the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services service, and then click Restart 12. To check the working, open IE as Administrator. Visit http://localhost/reports/. NOTE: The link can change, if the piort numbers are used to access IIS e.g. http://spetq-demo:8181/Reports.