Report Explorer

Report Explorer provides a view of all the program reports on the server, including system reports, report models, and report parameter sets. In the Report Explorer, you can also see the primary data source for this program. You can use Report Model Generator to build report models to use in custom reports. If you have the appropriate security rights, you can access the data source directly from the Reporting Services server using other reporting or SQL Server tools such as Model Designer or Report Builder to create reports. To edit and customize ad-hoc query An ad-hoc query is a tool that enables you to select, group, and list records that meet a set of conditions you define. It provides access to all of your data and helps you answer specific organizational questions. reports, you must use Report Builder 2.0.

Note: We recommend you refer to Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008 Books Online in the MSDN library at msdn.microsoft.com for information about how to use Report Builder.

Due to the deprecation of certain features of Microsoft and the Report Builder for SQL Server 2016, the create report and edit report features in Report Explorer are not available for use with SQL Server 2016. If you would like to create and edit reports you must open SQL Server Reporting Services and make your changes. Once you have made your changes in SQL Server Reporting Services, those changes will be reflected in Report Explorer in Blackbaud Enterprise CRM.

Note: Some features in Report Explorer can only be run in Internet Explorer.