Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 to design SSRS reports.

The report is successfully published and will have a link such as below:

http://hostname/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%Reports%2fDistributed&rs:Command=Render&rp_db_catalog=ts

Now when the user goes to the link,

http://hostname/ReportServer

it will show them the rest of the reports available which is a security concern.

Is there a way to hide the report structure from the user?

Thanks,
Bruce

Answer 1

I don’t think you can “hide” it, nor should you. You’ll need to use another method to secure your reports. Here are a few options:

• Secure within the web frontend you’re currently using. You’ll need to set up user accounts and roles, and permissions for folders. Here’s the MSDN starting point, from there you can get to securing folders.
• Deliver your reports through Sharepoint, see this bit of MSDN for a starting point.
• Integrate ssrs in your application e.g. using the SOAP webservices, an asp.net or winforms app, or through URL access (that last option may even be quite close to what you want).