Is it possible to launch a report rendered in excel or pdf instead of report viewer?

On my reporting services website, I would like to browse to a report,
click on it and have it render to excel or pdf by instead of report
viewer. Is this possible? I know that I can create rs scripts that run
a report and render to excel, but would like to users to experience
this on the web if possible. I couldn't find this option.you can try to send the format you want in the URL:
http://localhost/......&rs:Format=Excel
"steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On my reporting services website, I would like to browse to a report,
> click on it and have it render to excel or pdf by instead of report
> viewer. Is this possible? I know that I can create rs scripts that run
> a report and render to excel, but would like to users to experience
> this on the web if possible. I couldn't find this option.
>|||Putting the format in the url works nicely. Thanks for the reply - that
helps. I was hoping that the report manager would have a configuration
setting for a report that would indicate how to render it.
Jeje wrote:
> you can try to send the format you want in the URL:
> http://localhost/......&rs:Format=Excel
>
> "steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1165705966.309429.275880@.16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> > On my reporting services website, I would like to browse to a report,
> > click on it and have it render to excel or pdf by instead of report
> > viewer. Is this possible? I know that I can create rs scripts that run
> > a report and render to excel, but would like to users to experience
> > this on the web if possible. I couldn't find this option.
> >|||I'm not sure, maybe you'll found in the config files of your reporting
services installation the default rendering format.
I'm sure there is a list of authorized formats, so I presume there is a
default rendering option.
"steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Putting the format in the url works nicely. Thanks for the reply - that
> helps. I was hoping that the report manager would have a configuration
> setting for a report that would indicate how to render it.
>
> Jeje wrote:
>> you can try to send the format you want in the URL:
>> http://localhost/......&rs:Format=Excel
>>
>> "steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:1165705966.309429.275880@.16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
>> > On my reporting services website, I would like to browse to a report,
>> > click on it and have it render to excel or pdf by instead of report
>> > viewer. Is this possible? I know that I can create rs scripts that run
>> > a report and render to excel, but would like to users to experience
>> > this on the web if possible. I couldn't find this option.
>> >
>|||Report manager is not configurable that way. You have to create your own
portal if you want to do that. I recommend against doing this. HTML is much
much faster and having all your reports default to PDF is just not a good
idea.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1165768599.615241.90010@.j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Putting the format in the url works nicely. Thanks for the reply - that
> helps. I was hoping that the report manager would have a configuration
> setting for a report that would indicate how to render it.
>
> Jeje wrote:
>> you can try to send the format you want in the URL:
>> http://localhost/......&rs:Format=Excel
>>
>> "steve" <stevensherman@.comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:1165705966.309429.275880@.16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
>> > On my reporting services website, I would like to browse to a report,
>> > click on it and have it render to excel or pdf by instead of report
>> > viewer. Is this possible? I know that I can create rs scripts that run
>> > a report and render to excel, but would like to users to experience
>> > this on the web if possible. I couldn't find this option.
>> >
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