localhost/reports vs localhost/reportserver

[mrees]

Hi,

Hope someone can help me out here. I have been tasked with distributing some reports using reporting services.
I have never used RS before. This was installed before my time so I cannot comment on many aspects of that.

When I try to access

http://localhost/reports,

IE just sits there, no "page not found" - nothing! But when I try

http://localhost/reportserver,

I get a directory listing and can navigate to (but not view) to the deployed reports. If I put an HTML doc in the reports folder based on the virtual directory, I can view that ok.

I am sure I am doing something very basically wrong - but I have no idea.

Any help would ne much appreciated!

mrees

 

[mrees]

Sorry should say its RS2005

 

[onpnt]

Did you configure the report manager directoy in the SSRS too? Can you actually see a virtual directory for Reports in IIS?

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[mrees]

Thanks for your response.

Under IIS->Websites->Default Website I have both a Reports and ReportServer directory. I assume this is what you meant?

I think I have configured the report manager in reporting services configuration. But this seems a bit tempramental and prone to hanging.

Thanks

mrees

 

[DaveyCrockett]

http://SERVERNAME/Reports

is the Report Manager website

http://SERVERNAME/ReportServer

is the Web Service website

Depending on how you are rendering the report, you will need to decide which to use. If your application is using the Report Viewer control and passing values from another external web application, then you will use

http://SERVERNAME/ReportServer.

Otherwise if you are developing the reports, publishing them (which by default is set to

http://SERVERNAME/ReportServer),

in order to actually navigate to them and run them, load ie with

http://SERVERNAME/Reports/

You will then be authenticated and shown folders that you have access to.

I hope this helps,

Brian