How to deploy a custom report item

To deploy a custom report item in Reporting Services, you must modify the report server configuration files and copy the design-time and run-time component assemblies into the appropriate application folders for both Report Designer and the report server.

Deploy a custom report item

1. Edit the Rsreportdesigner.config file to configure the custom report item run-time and design-time components for use in the designer. The ReportItemName entry must match the CustomReportItemAttribute attribute used in your CustomReportItemDesigner class. For example:

   <ReportItems>  
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
   </ReportItems>  
   <ReportItemDesigner>  
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsDesigner, PolygonsDesigner" />  
   </ReportItemDesigner>  
   <ReportItemConverter>  
      <Converter Source="Chart" Target="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsConverter, PolygonsDesigner" />  
   </ReportItemConverter>  
   

2. Edit the Rsreportserver.config file to register the custom report item run-time component. For example:

   <ReportItems>  
      <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
   </ReportItems>  
   

3. Edit the Rsssrvpolicy.config file to add a CodeGroup that grants the proper permissions to the custom report item. For example:

   <CodeGroup   
      class="UnionCodeGroup"   
      version="1"   
      PermissionSetName="FullTrust"  
      Description="This code group grants MyCustomReportItem.dll FullTrust permission. ">  
      <IMembershipCondition   
         class="UrlMembershipCondition"  
         version="1"  
      Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin\MyCustomReportItem.dll" />  
   </CodeGroup>  
   

4. Copy the custom report item run-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies and \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin directories.

5. Copy the custom report item design-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies directory.

Related content

Reporting Services configuration files
Custom report item class libraries