When you
started to utilize SQL Server Reporting Services for SharePoint, you could upload
report definition file (.rdl) configure it.
Normally you will see the configuration like this below.
However, we run into issues few times the configuration menu missing for .rdl files. After debugging through the issues, we identified few tricks that could
resolve this issue. Here are the steps you might check in order to resolve this
issue.
1. First you
need to verify whether the report definition files uploaded to SharePoint still
have extension as “.rdl”.
When you
use few IDEs to download the report definition file (.rdl) and modified it, it
might change the file extension to xml since they are indeed xml format. The file with .xml extension uploaded to SharePoint will not be recognized as report
definition file. As a result, the reporting
service configuration menu will not be displayed.
2. Second you need to verify if Reporting Services Site Collection Features are enabled.
One of the three key features is Report Server Integration Feature site collection feature. If the feature is not enabled, you will not be able to use the SSRS features. As site collection admin, you can verify the feature from setting setting. If you are not site collection admin, you can verify this by adding a content type to your library. You should see the "SQL Server Reporting Services Content Types".
3. The third step you need to verify if the correct version of Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint installed correctly. You would like to install the same version of add-in as SQL server.
The latest version now in 2017 is Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP3. There is issue for previous SSRS as mentioned in Microsoft blog. You can verify the SSRS version installed under installed programs.
You need to verify if the running service is also in the same version by open the reporting service log file under \15\WebServices\LogFiles directory. The version should look like this.
<Product>Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Version 11.0.6020.0</Product>
If the version ins the log is different as installed software, you will need to restart the reporting service.
If you need to upgrade your Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint, you will need to download the installer, uninstall, and then install again. If you run into issue that the installation is always rolling back with the following error. You need to make two changes before reinstall.
- Make all web.config writable including web.config under reporting service web service
- Remove all comments like below as described in MSDN blog. This sounds ridiculous but I mean remove ALL comments!
<!--<remove name="Session" />-->
4. The forth step you need to verify reporting service is running successfully on the server.
Verify if Services on Server is running on SharePoint serer. Check SharePoint central admin and service.
You can view the reporting service web service from IIS and browse the service form browser. The URL for below server is like.
You can also browse the reporting service wdsl for the site you will work on as the following url.
You might need to restart the service in order to bring the service back online.
5. If you still could not resolve the issues by the step #1-4, the nest step is to reinstall or upgrade the SSRS and add-in.
You should also find the version that is same version as your SQL database. The current version we used is SSRS 2012 SP3. During the installation, you need to select the add-in component.
The reporting service for SharePoint is not very complicated. However, there are limited documentation and examples. Hope this instruction will help.
Thanks for sharing the resolution!!
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