How to set title of pdf in report builder

Question

We have an issue with PDF files generated by SSRS for reports created in Report Builder. The files have weird looking names/titles when opened with the built-in PDF viewer in Chrome etc. Some searching returned a thread saying that Chrome displays the title element of the PDF file. Looking at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/report-builder/exporting-to-a-pdf-file-report-builder-and-ssrs?view=sql-server-ver15#Metadata the title should be set based on the name attribute in the report. The problem is, according to the RDL specification a name attribute is not allowed on the Report element (also Report Builder fails to open the report if I try to add it). So how do I set the report name so that it propagates correctly to the title property in the PDF file and displays correctly in Chrome etc.?

Answer 1

Hi @Anonymous ，
If I understand correctly, you want to add custom properties/metadata(e.g. Status, Catagories, Subject) to the exported PDF document.
If so, we need to implement a customized Rendering Extension to accomplist the traget. We can start implementing a Rendering Extension from here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms153624.aspx
Best Regards,
Joy

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Answer 2

I'm not sure it is custom properties. According to the documentation linked, the report name should already be part of the built-in metadata. When we generate PDF documents using our RDL file they are named using a hash value. Google shows this when opening the document in-browser:

And when trying to save the document from the in-browser viewer:

So I just want to know how/where to set the mentioned attribute of the report in the RDL file

Answer 3

Hi, Have you managed to find answer to your question. I am having the same dilemma as well and cannot find anything in the net. Thanks.