How to: Deploy a Custom Report Item

To deploy a custom report item in Reporting Services, you must modify the report server configuration files and copy the design-time and run-time component assemblies into the appropriate application folders for both Report Designer and the report server.

To deploy a custom report item

1. Edit the Rsreportdesigner.config file to configure the custom report item run-time and design-time components for use in the designer. Note that the ReportItemName entry must match the CustomReportItemAttribute attribute used in your CustomReportItemDesigner class. For example:

   <ReportItems>
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>
   </ReportItems>
   <ReportItemDesigner>
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsDesigner, PolygonsDesigner" />
   </ReportItemDesigner>
   <ReportItemConverter>
      <Converter Source="Chart" Target="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsConverter, PolygonsDesigner" />
   </ReportItemConverter>
   

2. Edit the Rsreportserver.config file to register the custom report item run-time component. For example:

   <ReportItems>
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>
   </ReportItems>
   

3. Edit the Rsssrvpolicy.config file to add a CodeGroup that grants the proper permissions to the custom report item. For example:

   <CodeGroup 
      class="UnionCodeGroup" 
      version="1" 
      PermissionSetName="FullTrust"
      Description="This code group grants MyCustomReportItem.dll FullTrust permission. ">
      <IMembershipCondition 
         class="UrlMembershipCondition"
         version="1"
      Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin\MyCustomReportItem.dll" />
   </CodeGroup>
   

4. Copy the custom report item run-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies and \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin directories.

5. Copy the custom report item design-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies directory.

See Also

Concepts

Reporting Services Configuration Files

Custom Report Item Class Libraries