Report Server architecture

Report Server architecture

—Report Designer

—BIDS (Business Intelligence Development  Studio)

  is a tool for designing reports.

—BIDS cones as a client tool along with SQL Sever  Database.

—BIDS can be used for Design and Development of  all MSBI tools viz. SSIS, SSRS and SSAS.

   

—Report Manager

—It is a web interface for managing reports on Report Server.

—It can be used for managing reports security, scheduling report subscriptions, configuring number of snap shot history to be maintained and report execution time out etc.

—Report Server

—It is also a web interface similar to Report Manager with some more functionality.

—While deploying reports on to Report Server we have to specify URL for Reports Server.

—Report Builder

It is a tool which can be used for designing the reports,  a link for accessing this toll is available on Reports Manager.