Our team has setup a Windows Server to specifically run SSRS in it. We have the reports running well but we wanted to manage several tasks under the Browser role to get rid of a couple of things. I believe this can be accessed through SSMS by logging in to the Report Server. I did this just fine but when I'm trying to open the properties of the Browser role, it is grayed out and can't be selected. Am I doing something wrong here?
A couple of notes to clear things out:
I'm already using an admin account on the server
The Reporting Server is installed separately to a source DB from which we get to access data
I'm able to do this just fine when both Reporting Server and source DB are on the server
I'm using SQL Server 2016 with the same version of SSRS
We have figured it out. We just need to open SSMS as administrator. Might just be a user error of some sort as we do not need to do this on other servers. Thanks.
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I'm working on integrating a report into a browser, and I get this error:
An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
Cannot create a connection to data source 'dsFederatedSample_SurveyLevel_STG'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection)
For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors
Does this have to do with SQL vs Windows authentication?
First thing I would try is to get a bit more information on the error - that's a pretty generic message.
You could enable remote errors as per the error message and replicate the error for more information.
Or check the Report Server error logs to see what error was logged.
%programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\<SQL Server Instance>\Reporting Services\LogFiles\
The next step would be to connect as the Data Source user to the database, run any code/stored procedures that the report is using with the same parameters you're using when running the report, and see if any errors occur. Make sure the account you are using has permission and that you have entered the name and password correctly in the Data Source.
In SQL Server 2008 in addition to the above two options you have a third option to make this setting through SQL Server Management Studio.
1.Start Management Studio and connect to Report Server Instance (make sure you select 'Reporting Services' server type).
2.Right click on the ReportServer and Select Properties
3.Click Advanced
4.In EnableRemoteErrors, select True.
5.Click OK.
I had the same issue "Cannot create a connection to data source...Login failed for user.." on Windows 8.1, SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition and Visual Studio 2013 Pro. All solutions offered above by other Stackoverflow Community members did not work for me.
So, I did the next steps (running all Windows applications as Administrator):
VS2013 SSRS: I converted my Data Source to Shared Data Source (.rds) with Windows Authentication (Integrated Security) on the Right Pane "Solution Explorer".
Original (non-shared) Data Source (on the Left Pane "Report Data") got "Don't Use Credentials".
On the Project Properties, I set for "Deployment" "Overwrite DataSources" to "True" and redeployed the Project.
After that, I could run my report without further requirements to enter Credentials. All Shared DataSources were deployed in a separate Directory "DataSources".
In my case, this was due to using Integrated Windows Authentication in my data sources while developing reports locally, however once they made it to the report manager, the authentication was broke because the site wasn't properly passing along my credentials.
The simple fix is to hardcode a username/password into your datasource.
The harder fix is to properly impersonate/delegate your windows credentials through the report manager, to the underlying datasource.
The issue is because your data source is not setup properly, to do that please verify your data source connection, in order to do that first navigate to Report Service Configuration Manager through
clicking on the start -> Start All -> Microsoft SQL Server ->Configuration Tool -> “Report Service Configuration Manager”
The open Report Manager URL and then navigate to the Data Source folder, see in the picture below
Then Create a Data Source or configure the one that is already there by right click on your database source and select "Manage" as is shown below
Now on the properties tab, on your left menu, fill out the data source with your connection string and username and password, after that click on test connection, and if the connection was successful, then click "Apply"
Navigate to the folder that contains your report in this case "SurveyLevelReport"
And Finally set your Report to the Data Source that you set up previously, and click Apply
if you use null values in your stored procedure, you will need to set the parameters to accept null values. That worked for me.
In my case I had in one report many different datasets to DB and Analysis Services Cube. Looks like that datasets blocked each other and generated such error.
For me helped option "Use single transaction when processing the queries" in the CUBE datasource properties
I had a similar problem, and being the newbie that I am it took me a while to figure out but I learned the user must have a login in SSMS. I created the logins with the following parameters:
Under Server Roles - check sysadmin
Under User Mapping - I selected the database and the report server. For each I checked datareader and datawriter
Under Securables - I checked anything that would allow the user to connect to the database and view anything
I also found that one of the existing logins had denydatareader and denydatawriter checked. Once I removed these it worked.
I'm not saying this is the best way to do it, just what worked for me. Hope this helps
More information will be useful.
When I was faced with the same error message all I had to do was to correctly configure the credentials page of the DataSource(I am using Report Builder 3). if you chose the default, the report would work fine in Report Builder but would fail on the Report Server.
You may review more details of this fix here:
https://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2017/05/fix-for-rserroropeningconnection-in.html
I had the exact same issue.
The cause could be different but in my case, after trying several different things like changing the connection string on the Data Source setup, I found that this was the infamous 'double hop' issue (more info here).
To solve the problem, the following two options are available (as per one of the responses from the hyperlink):
Change the Report Server service to run under a domain user account, and register a SPN for the account.
Map Built-in accounts HTTP SPN to a Host SPN.
Using option 1, you need to select 'Windows' credentials instead of database credentials to overcome the double hop that happens while authentication.
I'm working on integrating a report into a browser, and I get this error:
An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
Cannot create a connection to data source 'dsFederatedSample_SurveyLevel_STG'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection)
For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors
Does this have to do with SQL vs Windows authentication?
First thing I would try is to get a bit more information on the error - that's a pretty generic message.
You could enable remote errors as per the error message and replicate the error for more information.
Or check the Report Server error logs to see what error was logged.
%programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\<SQL Server Instance>\Reporting Services\LogFiles\
The next step would be to connect as the Data Source user to the database, run any code/stored procedures that the report is using with the same parameters you're using when running the report, and see if any errors occur. Make sure the account you are using has permission and that you have entered the name and password correctly in the Data Source.
In SQL Server 2008 in addition to the above two options you have a third option to make this setting through SQL Server Management Studio.
1.Start Management Studio and connect to Report Server Instance (make sure you select 'Reporting Services' server type).
2.Right click on the ReportServer and Select Properties
3.Click Advanced
4.In EnableRemoteErrors, select True.
5.Click OK.
I had the same issue "Cannot create a connection to data source...Login failed for user.." on Windows 8.1, SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition and Visual Studio 2013 Pro. All solutions offered above by other Stackoverflow Community members did not work for me.
So, I did the next steps (running all Windows applications as Administrator):
VS2013 SSRS: I converted my Data Source to Shared Data Source (.rds) with Windows Authentication (Integrated Security) on the Right Pane "Solution Explorer".
Original (non-shared) Data Source (on the Left Pane "Report Data") got "Don't Use Credentials".
On the Project Properties, I set for "Deployment" "Overwrite DataSources" to "True" and redeployed the Project.
After that, I could run my report without further requirements to enter Credentials. All Shared DataSources were deployed in a separate Directory "DataSources".
In my case, this was due to using Integrated Windows Authentication in my data sources while developing reports locally, however once they made it to the report manager, the authentication was broke because the site wasn't properly passing along my credentials.
The simple fix is to hardcode a username/password into your datasource.
The harder fix is to properly impersonate/delegate your windows credentials through the report manager, to the underlying datasource.
The issue is because your data source is not setup properly, to do that please verify your data source connection, in order to do that first navigate to Report Service Configuration Manager through
clicking on the start -> Start All -> Microsoft SQL Server ->Configuration Tool -> “Report Service Configuration Manager”
The open Report Manager URL and then navigate to the Data Source folder, see in the picture below
Then Create a Data Source or configure the one that is already there by right click on your database source and select "Manage" as is shown below
Now on the properties tab, on your left menu, fill out the data source with your connection string and username and password, after that click on test connection, and if the connection was successful, then click "Apply"
Navigate to the folder that contains your report in this case "SurveyLevelReport"
And Finally set your Report to the Data Source that you set up previously, and click Apply
if you use null values in your stored procedure, you will need to set the parameters to accept null values. That worked for me.
In my case I had in one report many different datasets to DB and Analysis Services Cube. Looks like that datasets blocked each other and generated such error.
For me helped option "Use single transaction when processing the queries" in the CUBE datasource properties
I had a similar problem, and being the newbie that I am it took me a while to figure out but I learned the user must have a login in SSMS. I created the logins with the following parameters:
Under Server Roles - check sysadmin
Under User Mapping - I selected the database and the report server. For each I checked datareader and datawriter
Under Securables - I checked anything that would allow the user to connect to the database and view anything
I also found that one of the existing logins had denydatareader and denydatawriter checked. Once I removed these it worked.
I'm not saying this is the best way to do it, just what worked for me. Hope this helps
More information will be useful.
When I was faced with the same error message all I had to do was to correctly configure the credentials page of the DataSource(I am using Report Builder 3). if you chose the default, the report would work fine in Report Builder but would fail on the Report Server.
You may review more details of this fix here:
https://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2017/05/fix-for-rserroropeningconnection-in.html
I had the exact same issue.
The cause could be different but in my case, after trying several different things like changing the connection string on the Data Source setup, I found that this was the infamous 'double hop' issue (more info here).
To solve the problem, the following two options are available (as per one of the responses from the hyperlink):
Change the Report Server service to run under a domain user account, and register a SPN for the account.
Map Built-in accounts HTTP SPN to a Host SPN.
Using option 1, you need to select 'Windows' credentials instead of database credentials to overcome the double hop that happens while authentication.
I have SQL Server 2008 on window server 2008 that is my report server.
My web application is in vs2010 which is on the other system. When I tried to show the report in report viewer it giving the following error:
The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized.
I used the ProcessingMode.Remote.
I want to use the database credential for accessing the report (please keep in mind that I don’t want to use windows credential).
I have set the following authentication in reportserver.config file.
<Authentication>
<AuthenticationTypes>
<RSWindowsNegotiate/>
<RSWindowsNTLM/>
</AuthenticationTypes>
<EnableAuthPersistence>true</EnableAuthPersistence>
</Authentication>
And on data source I have selected the “Credential stored securely in the report server” option.
More over when I use the window server 2003 report server its working fine and report viewer showing the report successfully, It create problem on window server 2008.
Please someone help me to overcome this problem. Is report server required some specific configuration for window server 2008?
Generally this occurs on the web server not keeping correct credentials to your data source. Start by going to the SSRS site: h ttp://(servername)/(Reports) by default.
There are a few questions you should ask:
Is this a report accessed by many so should I set up a domain account for it?
Or is this report only available to a few people and they should be prompted?
Generally you can go into the problem report. It will fail credentials. You can click it's hyperlink, click data sources on the left pane. You will see credentials set up. If you want to store them as you said you did, they should appear here under the radio button 'credentials stored in report server'. However many times an account should be listed here as a 'Windows account' or vice versa and is not.
I would also ensure once you get your data source down ensure your deployment settings are set to false for 'override data source'. Hope this helps.
I'm trying to use MS Reporting Services. So far I have been able to create a simple report, using the AdventureWorks database.
Next step I wanted to take was to deploy my report. This is what I did:
In the Business Intelligence editor I right-clicked on the project name and clicked properties
I added a Start Item and I set the TargetServerURL to the URL that was displayed in the Reporting Services Configuration Manager. The URL is: http://ADMIN-PC:80/ReportServer
After that I clicked "OK" to go out of the Properties window. Then I hit Build Report Project1 in the Build menu.
After it tries to build it gives me the following error:
The specified report server URL: "http://admin-pc/ReportServer" could
not be found. Verify the syntax of the URL and that the report server
exists.
I'm sure the URL is correct. Or at least, that is what the Reporting Services Configuration Manager says.
So I have no clue what to check next in order to fix this problem. Anyone any idea what to do?
It's always tough to try and troubleshoot these general "it's not working" errors, but here's a rough idea of what I'd try looking at:
Is the service running? If you can connect through Reporting Services Configuration Manager then the answer is probably yes, but it's always the first thing to check!
Are the URLs correct? You may need to check you're using the correct URLs - these can be confirmed through Reporting Services Configuration Manager; by default Named Instances will have URLs like http://admin-pc/ReportServer_InstanceName and http://admin-pc/Reports_InstanceName.
Can I connect out of BIDS? What happens when you connect to http://admin-pc/ReportServer through Internet Explorer? What about http://admin-pc/Reports?
Are there permission issues? By default the only users that can access SSRS are those in the BUILTIN\Administrators group. Is your user in this group?
Is UAC mucking me up? As above, only Administrators will have default access, but if UAC is enabled you still won't connect as an admin even if you're in this group. Try running BIDS or Internet Explorer with Run As Administrator and see if it makes any difference.
Is the URL being registered successfully? The URLs won't work if the port is already in use, but Reporting Services Configuration Manager will quite happily allow you to set this without an error even if the port's in use; it's especially when using port 80.
Check the log file at Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<SSRSInstance>\Reporting Services\LogFiles; this will have an error logged if it can't register the URL on the port specified. If you see an error here try a different port.
Any other errors in the log? Failing this, check the log for any more errors.
Not much to go on, I admit, but maybe there's something you haven't looked at here. I'd saying stepping through these checks has solved 99% of the errors that I've seen in the past.
In my development environment, every time I reboot windows (which must be done at least daily for me), all of my Shared SSRS Datasources lose their credentials.
Currently I have them set up to log into the database using a fixed credential, but on reboot all the datasources pop over to using no credentials. Granted, it's only in the dev environment, and I can just check out/update the datasource/check back in and it will work fine... until I reboot again.
FYI, I've been using these Shared Datasources for at least 2 years and no problems, but in the last month or so, it's been a recurring daily problem.
Help?
I'm assuming you are talking about the Shared Data Sources in a Report Server project in Visual Studio, as opposed to a Data Source created directly on Reporting Services. The latter, the data is stored all in the ReportServer database that was specified when setting up SSRS.
Now, as for the .rds file used in Visual Studio, if you open the file up in a text editor, notice that the username and password is not stored in the file. It is actually stored in the .rptproj.user file. So, check that someone didn't remove the .user file from source control (.user files shouldn't be in source control, but in your case...).
This is scenario is testable by entering your credentials, saving all files, and exiting Visual Studio. Find and delete the .rptproj.user file, and open your Report Server project up again and see the credentials gone!
A work around is add the "User ID=user;Password=pass" as part of the Connection String. When the .rds is opened up, the Connection String won't show this portion, but the Credentials tab should have the right values.
Could this be related to the boot order of services on your machine.
Just a guess: Maybe there is new functionality in SP3 that checks if the connection credentials are valid. If they are not valid they are cleared.
The problem would then happen if this check is done before SQL server has had time to start. This would explain why they are cleared when the machine restarts.
I have recently experienced the same problem, but I can't connect it to a reboot. It seemed to happen when I checked the solution from source control - we use Team Foundation Server. After disabling the service account a bazillion times, it somehow healed itself and began behaving. I found this post and checked my project folder for the rptproj.user file that benson mentioned, and it has a modified date of the day I had problems, but a create date of close to what I can remember as having created the project, so I will pay attention to this in the future.
Did anyone come up with anything new on this issue?
I realize you may have read this already, but something here could help? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159846.aspx
I would pay attention to how the SSRS was installed and also what accounts the servies run as, as well as an domain logon policies.