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The document discusses using MSBuild to automate SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) deployments, comparing it to other automation tools like dtutil and rsscripter. It outlines the structure of an MSBuild project file necessary for deployment, including key components such as item groups and tasks. Additionally, it offers tips and tricks for deployment, highlighting both the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

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LEVERAGING MSBUILD TO AUTOMATE SSRS DEPLOYMENTS KOEN VERBEECK 1
WHO AM I? 2
OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 3
INTRODUCTION  SSIS & SSAS both have (somewhat) easy methods to automate deployments - DTUTIL - XMLA  ... but what about SSRS? - Visual Studio (not automated) - RS.exe with VBScripts  hard to generate yourself and no built-in tool  RSScripter fills this gap - but has some shortcomings - MSBuild (open source)  has a learning curve 4
OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 5
WHAT IS MSBUILD?  platform for building applications - typically used in conjunction with Visual Studio - project file (XML) controls how MSBuild processes and builds software  ItemGroup - input of the build process - typically refers to source files  Task - unit of executable code used to perform build operations  Target - groups tasks together  Properties - key/value pairs configuring the build 6
WHAT IS MSBUILD?  requires - .NET framework - Visual Studio is not required to run MSBuild  sample (source: Walkthrough: Creating an MSBuild Project File from Scratch) 7
WHAT IS MSBUILD?  how do we use this to deploy our SSRS projects? - SQL Server Reporting Services MSBuild Tasks  C# open source project on Codeplex by Steven Wright (blog | twitter)  tasks specify how SSRS objects are deployed to a server - uses the SSRS webservice in the background - tasks are available for  SSRS 2008 - Native mode  SSRS 2008 - Integrated mode  SSRS 2008R2 8
OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 9
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  solution consists of the following objects - folder with objects to be deployed  reports & shared data sets - bin folder with ssrsmsbuildtasks.dll  contains actual code - ssrsmsbuildtasks.R2.tasks in home folder  maps tasks to the assembly containing the task implementation - MSBuild project file  specifies what to deploy and in what order - batch file to start the build process  schedule this to automate your deployment 10
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ssrsmsbuildtasks.R2.tasks 11
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  breakdown of the MSBuild project file - project element (required) (line 1) specifies optional targets imports build tasks - import element (line 3)  imports content from one project file into another  in this solution, tasks are defined in assembly, not in project file itself 12
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  PropertyGroups - ReportServer: defines URL and folders (lines 6-12) - Target Dependencies (lines 60-71) other targets 13
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ItemGroups - Reports and DataSets (lines 15-38) set properties wildcard object path 14
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ItemGroups - Data Sources (lines 41-58)  needs to be fully specified in project file (no object to import) name of the data source SQL Server SSAS 15
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks (lines 76-112) - GetFullServerURL: uses GetFullURL to find the URL of the webservice - DeleteFolders: uses ReportfolderExists & DeleteReportfolder - CreateReportingFolders: uses CreateReportFolder 16
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks - CreateConnectionSources: uses CreateReportingDataSource to create shared data sets - CreateShareDataSet: uses AddShareDataSets to deploy shared data sets - DeployReports: uses AddReports 17
AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks - SetReportDataSet: uses SetReportDataSet to link reports with shared data sets - SetReportsDataSource: uses SetReportDataSource to link reports with shared data sources 18
OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 19
TIPS&TRICKS  possible to exclude items  specify aliases for datasets - not possible for data sources 20
TIPS&TRICKS  specify folder properties  specify authentication  single report deployment? - every data source and dataset has to be redeployed! 21
TIPS&TRICKS  other objects can be deployed as well - subscriptions  data and e-mail/file - schedules  out of scope for this session  check out the sample from codeplex 22
OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 23
CONCLUSION  MSBuild uses open source SSRSMSBuildTasks - download from Codeplex  can deploy all SSRS 2008R2 objects  allows for automatic deployment  has a learning curve  has some disadvantages - difficult iterative deployments - lots of unnecessary warnings - hard to debug 24
RESOURCES  MSBuild http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd393574.aspx  Walkthrough: Creating an MSBuild Project File from Scratch http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd576348.aspx  MSBuild Command-Line Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms164311.aspx  SQL Server Reporting Services MSBuild Tasks http://ssrsmsbuildtasks.codeplex.com/  Jamie Thomson - Deploying Reporting Services reports using msbuild http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2009/10/31/deploying-reporting-services- reports-using-msbuild.aspx 25
Q&A 26
THANK YOU koen.verbeeck@ordina.be @Ko_Ver http://www.linkedin.com/in/kverbeeck Blog @ LessThanDot 27

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SQLUG MSBUILD SSRS Deployments

  • 1. LEVERAGING MSBUILD TO AUTOMATE SSRS DEPLOYMENTS KOEN VERBEECK 1
  • 3. OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 3
  • 4. INTRODUCTION  SSIS & SSAS both have (somewhat) easy methods to automate deployments - DTUTIL - XMLA  ... but what about SSRS? - Visual Studio (not automated) - RS.exe with VBScripts  hard to generate yourself and no built-in tool  RSScripter fills this gap - but has some shortcomings - MSBuild (open source)  has a learning curve 4
  • 5. OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 5
  • 6. WHAT IS MSBUILD?  platform for building applications - typically used in conjunction with Visual Studio - project file (XML) controls how MSBuild processes and builds software  ItemGroup - input of the build process - typically refers to source files  Task - unit of executable code used to perform build operations  Target - groups tasks together  Properties - key/value pairs configuring the build 6
  • 7. WHAT IS MSBUILD?  requires - .NET framework - Visual Studio is not required to run MSBuild  sample (source: Walkthrough: Creating an MSBuild Project File from Scratch) 7
  • 8. WHAT IS MSBUILD?  how do we use this to deploy our SSRS projects? - SQL Server Reporting Services MSBuild Tasks  C# open source project on Codeplex by Steven Wright (blog | twitter)  tasks specify how SSRS objects are deployed to a server - uses the SSRS webservice in the background - tasks are available for  SSRS 2008 - Native mode  SSRS 2008 - Integrated mode  SSRS 2008R2 8
  • 9. OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 9
  • 10. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  solution consists of the following objects - folder with objects to be deployed  reports & shared data sets - bin folder with ssrsmsbuildtasks.dll  contains actual code - ssrsmsbuildtasks.R2.tasks in home folder  maps tasks to the assembly containing the task implementation - MSBuild project file  specifies what to deploy and in what order - batch file to start the build process  schedule this to automate your deployment 10
  • 11. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ssrsmsbuildtasks.R2.tasks 11
  • 12. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  breakdown of the MSBuild project file - project element (required) (line 1) specifies optional targets imports build tasks - import element (line 3)  imports content from one project file into another  in this solution, tasks are defined in assembly, not in project file itself 12
  • 13. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  PropertyGroups - ReportServer: defines URL and folders (lines 6-12) - Target Dependencies (lines 60-71) other targets 13
  • 14. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ItemGroups - Reports and DataSets (lines 15-38) set properties wildcard object path 14
  • 15. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  ItemGroups - Data Sources (lines 41-58)  needs to be fully specified in project file (no object to import) name of the data source SQL Server SSAS 15
  • 16. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks (lines 76-112) - GetFullServerURL: uses GetFullURL to find the URL of the webservice - DeleteFolders: uses ReportfolderExists & DeleteReportfolder - CreateReportingFolders: uses CreateReportFolder 16
  • 17. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks - CreateConnectionSources: uses CreateReportingDataSource to create shared data sets - CreateShareDataSet: uses AddShareDataSets to deploy shared data sets - DeployReports: uses AddReports 17
  • 18. AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  Targets/Tasks - SetReportDataSet: uses SetReportDataSet to link reports with shared data sets - SetReportsDataSource: uses SetReportDataSource to link reports with shared data sources 18
  • 19. OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 19
  • 20. TIPS&TRICKS  possible to exclude items  specify aliases for datasets - not possible for data sources 20
  • 21. TIPS&TRICKS  specify folder properties  specify authentication  single report deployment? - every data source and dataset has to be redeployed! 21
  • 22. TIPS&TRICKS  other objects can be deployed as well - subscriptions  data and e-mail/file - schedules  out of scope for this session  check out the sample from codeplex 22
  • 23. OUTLINE  INTRODUCTION  WHAT IS MSBUILD?  AUTOMATE YOUR DEPLOYMENT  TIPS&TRICKS  CONCLUSION 23
  • 24. CONCLUSION  MSBuild uses open source SSRSMSBuildTasks - download from Codeplex  can deploy all SSRS 2008R2 objects  allows for automatic deployment  has a learning curve  has some disadvantages - difficult iterative deployments - lots of unnecessary warnings - hard to debug 24
  • 25. RESOURCES  MSBuild http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd393574.aspx  Walkthrough: Creating an MSBuild Project File from Scratch http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd576348.aspx  MSBuild Command-Line Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms164311.aspx  SQL Server Reporting Services MSBuild Tasks http://ssrsmsbuildtasks.codeplex.com/  Jamie Thomson - Deploying Reporting Services reports using msbuild http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2009/10/31/deploying-reporting-services- reports-using-msbuild.aspx 25