System Reports and Report Parameter Sets

Report Explorer provides a view of all system reports. You can open these reports, enter parameters, and run them. You can also enter parameters and save that parameter set—one that is linked to the original report for content and display information, but that contains the report parameters you specified.

System reports are available throughout the program. These reports are located under Reports on the explorer bar from various areas of the program. Security for system reports is set based on a user’s role in the program.

Report parameter sets, on a basic level, have two things: parameters and permissions. The parameters are created specifically for that report parameter set. The permissions from within the program are determined by a user’s role. Since parameter sets reside on the Reporting Services server, the permissions from outside the program are determined by permissions granted on the server itself. For more information about parameter sets, refer to Create Report Parameter Sets.