Set default options for Report Builder

In Report Builder, you can set many useful defaults to make report authoring easier and faster. For example, if you can set or change the default report server, Report Builder saves your reports to the same report server automatically, unless you specify otherwise.

• In Report Builder, select File and choose Options.

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Use this report server or SharePoint site by default
Your administrator might configure this setting. The value can be a well-formed URL starting with http:// or https://. This setting determines which data source connections appear by default in the Table/Matrix and Chart wizards. In addition, your reports are processed on this server and you can reference resources from this server.

If you select a different report server, you might need to restart Report Builder in order for this change to take effect.

Publish report parts to this folder by default
Report Builder saves report parts that you publish to this folder. If the folder doesn't exist yet and you have permissions to create folders on the report server, Report Builder creates this folder.

You don't need to restart Report Builder for this setting to take effect.

Show this number of recent sites and servers
Specify the number of recent sites and connections to show in the Open Report and Save As Report dialogs.

Show this number of recent shared datasets and data source connections
Specify the number of recent shared datasets and data source connections to show in the Dataset Properties dialog and the Choose a connection to a data source page of the Data Regions Wizard.

Show this number of recent documents
Specify the number of recent documents to show when you select the Report Builder button.

Clear all recent item lists
Clear the current lists of recent sites and servers, shared datasets, shared data source connections, and documents.

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