Creating RS Folders

We are setting up a Reporting Server and are categorizing our reports by
departments and applications within the departments. I have a long list of
these categorizations which are in the follwing format:
Dept1 App1 Rept1
Dept1 App2 Rept1
Dept2 App1 Rept1
Dept2 App3 Rept1
Dept3 App2 Rept1
...
My two questions are:
1) What is the fastest way for me to create all the folders to reflect the
categorizations as listed above (can this be done faster than just doing it
manually)
2) Once the folder structures have been set up. Can I somehow save this or
script it out for future server builds?Look into using rs.exe to create the folders. You can also use any .Net
language to make SOAP calls to create the folder structure, creating an .exe
that will create them on any RS machine you want.
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"DBA72" <DBA72@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are setting up a Reporting Server and are categorizing our reports by
> departments and applications within the departments. I have a long list of
> these categorizations which are in the follwing format:
> Dept1 App1 Rept1
> Dept1 App2 Rept1
> Dept2 App1 Rept1
> Dept2 App3 Rept1
> Dept3 App2 Rept1
> ...
> My two questions are:
> 1) What is the fastest way for me to create all the folders to reflect the
> categorizations as listed above (can this be done faster than just doing
> it
> manually)
> 2) Once the folder structures have been set up. Can I somehow save this or
> script it out for future server builds?|||Daniel,
In using the SOAP calls, with forms authentication set up, it appears we'll
need to make sure the forms auth cookie gets through. (I can't get rs.exe
to work, and I presume it's because that cookie isn't there.)
From what I've heard, this means the .NET app we create needs to be a web
service or web app to have visibility into the web security context. Is
that correct?
Thanks,
'(' Jeff A. Stucker
\
Business Intelligence
www.criadvantage.com
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"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" <danreib@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Look into using rs.exe to create the folders. You can also use any .Net
> language to make SOAP calls to create the folder structure, creating an
> .exe that will create them on any RS machine you want.
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "DBA72" <DBA72@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32995ABD-3B01-4F4B-8854-6B0108ADC401@.microsoft.com...
>> We are setting up a Reporting Server and are categorizing our reports by
>> departments and applications within the departments. I have a long list
>> of
>> these categorizations which are in the follwing format:
>> Dept1 App1 Rept1
>> Dept1 App2 Rept1
>> Dept2 App1 Rept1
>> Dept2 App3 Rept1
>> Dept3 App2 Rept1
>> ...
>> My two questions are:
>> 1) What is the fastest way for me to create all the folders to reflect
>> the
>> categorizations as listed above (can this be done faster than just doing
>> it
>> manually)
>> 2) Once the folder structures have been set up. Can I somehow save this
>> or
>> script it out for future server builds?
>|||Daniel (or any other MSFT person or person with experience) ... Do we need
to create a web service or web app to *script* reporting services *with
forms auth running*?
I appreciate any replies, thanks,
'(' Jeff A. Stucker
\
Business Intelligence
www.criadvantage.com
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"Jeff A. Stucker" <jeff@.mobilize.net> wrote in message
news:uJwZkKR9EHA.1300@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Daniel,
> In using the SOAP calls, with forms authentication set up, it appears
> we'll need to make sure the forms auth cookie gets through. (I can't get
> rs.exe to work, and I presume it's because that cookie isn't there.)
> From what I've heard, this means the .NET app we create needs to be a web
> service or web app to have visibility into the web security context. Is
> that correct?
> Thanks,
> '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> \
> Business Intelligence
> www.criadvantage.com
> ---
> "Daniel Reib [MSFT]" <danreib@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ONReSH18EHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Look into using rs.exe to create the folders. You can also use any .Net
>> language to make SOAP calls to create the folder structure, creating an
>> .exe that will create them on any RS machine you want.
>> --
>> -Daniel
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "DBA72" <DBA72@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:32995ABD-3B01-4F4B-8854-6B0108ADC401@.microsoft.com...
>> We are setting up a Reporting Server and are categorizing our reports by
>> departments and applications within the departments. I have a long list
>> of
>> these categorizations which are in the follwing format:
>> Dept1 App1 Rept1
>> Dept1 App2 Rept1
>> Dept2 App1 Rept1
>> Dept2 App3 Rept1
>> Dept3 App2 Rept1
>> ...
>> My two questions are:
>> 1) What is the fastest way for me to create all the folders to reflect
>> the
>> categorizations as listed above (can this be done faster than just doing
>> it
>> manually)
>> 2) Once the folder structures have been set up. Can I somehow save this
>> or
>> script it out for future server builds?
>>
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