Reporting Services Developer InfoCenter

Reporting Services provides the developer several programming interfaces that can be used to extend the functionality of Reporting Services. These interfaces include Web services for managing and executing reports, a WMI provider interface for configuration management, a set of Microsoft .NET Framework managed APIs for creating Reporting Services extensions, and URL access for easy integration with Web portals and applications.

The following lists provide links to a number of object models and APIs for use in programmatically extending the functionality of Reporting Services.

Concepts Developer's Guide (Reporting Services) Report Server Web Service URL Access Reporting Services Extensions Web Service Programming Report Server Web Service Accessing the SOAP API Building Applications Using the Web Service and the .NET Framework URL Access Programming Choosing Between URL Access and SOAP Integrating Reporting Services Using URL Access Programming Extensions Security Considerations for Extensions Data Processing Extensions Overview Delivery Extensions Overview Rendering Extensions Overview Security Extensions Overview Administrative Programming Reporting Services WMI Provider Reporting Services WMI Provider Library Report Programming Using Custom Assemblies with Reports

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