Creating a Variable Web Address 1

[scrimej]

We are running SQL Server 2005 on a Windows 2003 Server.

To access the reports we go to

http://servername/reports.

Having that hard coded server name bothers me in the sense that if all of our users and websites point to "servername" and then we move this product to another server we have a mess.

Is there anyway anyone knows of to make that first address a pointer to

http://servername/reports

so that the users could just use

http://reportserver

and this would redirect to whereever SQL Reporting Services was running?

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Sheco]

We have a DNS entry so that all the users need to do is type "reports" in the address bar.

 

[scrimej]

I have been working with our Web Developer on this and he has been able to use

http://reportserver/reports

where reportserver is the variable name we are using to redirect and reports is the virtual directory created in SRS.

Are you able to go to the top level address like you say "reports" and this directs you to the reports virtual directory in SRS?

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Sheco]

Yes, but Report Manager is the default web app on the server.

... So in IIS Admin on the property sheet of the default web on the "Home Directory" tab I have the raido button for REDIRECTION to a URL.