I am not able to create subscriptions for SSRS reports as it gives the following error:
Subscriptions cannot be created because the credentials used to run
the report are not stored, or if a linked report, the link is no
longer valid.
My set up is as following:
ServerA - Database Server
ServerB - Report Server
MachineC - Internet explorer to view the reports
So I am viewing reports on Machine C, IE, and ServerB connects to ServerA for Datasource.
The problem sounds like the report expects the user to provide credentials when it is viewed. When you create a subscription, it does not have the credentials to execute the report.
Go to the report, click the properties tab, then choose Data Sources in the left pane.
Are you using a shared data source? Is it using Windows integrated security? If so, can you change it to use a service account made just to run these reports? You may need to view these properties by viewing the data source itself.
If it is a custom data source is the option "Credentials supplied by the user running the report" selected? If so, can you change it to "Credentials stored securely in the report server"?
Either way, if you want to set up a subscription, I have made it work by providing credentials in the data source rather than have the user input them.
If you are worried about security, I would suggest managing that on the report level rather than the data source level.
What the error does not make clear is, in order to be able to subscribe to a report not only must the data source be set to "Credentials stored securely in the report server" you must also not select the option "Impersonate the authenticated user after a connection has been made to the data source".
The way I did was to create a new data source in the report builder and explicitly provided the username and password there to be used.
Then, used that username password with the new data source with the report and voila it worked.
I faced same issue as you, and i found its solution, as #richard said already that it is related to credential of data source you use for your deployed report.
To resolve it Follow these steps:
1. Right click on your shared Data source which you use in your deployed report.
2. Click On Edit Button.
3. a new window will open click on Credential from left pane, Select Use this user name and password then click ok.
4. Check on Save these credential option you get on to previous screen.
5. Test connection and if succeed click ok and deploy your project on report server.
For reference plese look at screen shot given below:
Thanks.
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I have a SSRS report for which the Datasource is connected via Database credentials. Now I wanted to restrict a parameter dropdown based on the user using the report.
I tried impersonating the user but it didnt work.
I tried getting the User!UserID within SSRS, but it didn't work.
How can I get the Windows login of the user? Is there any other way or am I missing anything?
Edit -
Not everyone in the organisation has got access to the Database, hence we use the Database user login. But we have a table which holds the AD login and using that I need to restrict the drop down lists in the parameter.
You'll have to change the credentials on the datasource to use windows authentication. If this is a shared datasource you might have to create a new datasource that use windows authentication and point your datasets to that instead.
I am creating a data driven subscription and that requires you to stored credentials. However, they want want a link to the report embedded in the email. If the user clicks the link then stored credentials will be what is authenticated and not the actual user.
They would like the user to be prompted for authentication when they manually execute the report. Here are a couple of things I was considering:
I think I can accomplish this by creating a copy of the report that uses a different data source configured to prompt the user for credentials and use the URL to this report to include in the data driven subscription.
I don't think I can do this, in sql update the Credential Retrieval to go from Using the Following Credentials to Prompt the User for Credentials. However, if you switch it back to use the setting Using the Following Credentials, then I will need to reapply the username and password. Not quite for sure how to do that programmatically.
Does anybody else have an idea on how to handle this?
I want to use a dataset of MySQL Source that has been published by another user in Mosaic.
But when I try to add it to my Project, it says "you do not have access to the selected datasource".
How can I access this datasource?
It seems, the required data source has been published as a private data source. You can check for a small lock icon against the data source name would indicate it being a private.
In order to get access to such data source please follow below steps -
Click on Explore button that will open a Info page of the selected source.
Click on Request tab right beside the Info tab.
Here you can select either you want permission for a particular user or a group; Need of the data source and then submit
Once the owner (publisher) of the data source grants the access, you can add it to your project and use it into the flows
I have deployed some reports. I have a user (among others) which is included in a group. I would like to grant access permission to all the users from this group to be able to execute report (to see the reports deployed). So from Reporting Services administrator page (http://localhost/Reports), I go to site configuration, then Security, and I click on new role assignment, I added the group with "System User" role.
Using a user that belongs to this group, I login into windows, then I open internet explorer browser, put the address:
http://ip:80/ReportServer
A window appear prompting a user and password. I enter one user that is administrator. Then a page with the reports deployed appears. Ok, I can see the reports deployed. So I click on one of them and I get the message error below:
Reporting Services Error
this report requires a default or user-defined value for the report parameter
Then I go to internet explorer options, and I add the address as trusted zone. Then reload the report and it works.
However, when I enter the address and use the user that belongs to the group (and it is not administrator) in the login page, an error is shown and the reports page does not appear:
The permissions granted to user 'domain\username' are insufficient for performing this operation. (rsAccessDenied)
I want to access these reports by using a Simple user account which has not administrator role. In that scenario how we can use this?
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Sounds like they aren't actually being given permission to the Report folders or the report itself. The Site Setting -> Security is only for accessing the report server's site itself. After that they need permission to the folders and reports. With an Admin click Fodler Settings and then Security. Add their security group to the folder and the report by default should inherit the folder's permission. If it doesn't work then check the report itself. To access the report's settings, you'll either need IE to open the dropdown in the folder view, or open the report in any other browser. After it loads in the upper left you should see Home > FolderName > ReportName. Click the report's name and it'll take you to it's setting page where you can change the security.
Is it possible in BusinessObjects 4.0/4.1 to do the following:
Create a report in PDF format
Transfer and store the report on some Windows Share folder
Schedule this process
It this is possible, can anyone give short guidelines on how to do it? Thanks!
Sure, that's basic scheduling functionality.
From Launchpad, right-click on the report and hit "Schedule".
Click the recurrence tab to set the scheduling recurrence.
Click the Formats tab and select Acrobat.
Click the Destinations tab and select File System.
One important note on Destinations -- you can optionally enter the Windows user name and password that will be used to connect to the file share when the report is generated. You can leave this blank, in which case the BO server will connect to the file share as the account that BO runs as (that is, the user name that the SIA service runs as). In this case, the service account must have r/w permission to the file share. On the other hand, if you enter credentials manually, you need to make sure that any recurring schedules get updated if/when you change the accounts password, else the account will quickly get locked out (I know from experience....)
For more info, click the Help menu in Launchpad, then review the section on Scheduling Objects.