How to: Create a Linked Report (Management Studio)

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To create a linked report

  1. In Object Explorer, expand a report server node.

  2. Expand the Home folder.

  3. Navigate to the report that you want to link a report to. Right-click the report, and then click New Linked Report. The General page of the New Linked Report dialog box is displayed.

  4. Type a name for the linked report, or use the default name supplied. A name must contain at least one character. It can also include spaces and certain symbols, but not the characters ; ? : @ & = + , $ / * < > | " /.

  5. For Create the linked report in this folder, click the browse (...) button to navigate to a destination folder.

  6. Optionally type a description. In SQL Server Management Studio, the description is only visible on this page. Users viewing this item through Report Manager can see the description in that tool.

  7. Click OK.

See Also

Concepts

Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Linked Reports
Management Studio How-to Topics

Other Resources

Linked Reports
Using Object Explorer

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2008 Assistance