Section 6.4. Publish a Report Model

6.4. Publish a Report Model

Finally, publish the report model to the report server so that you can use it to create new reports using Report Builder. Follow these steps.

1. Right-click the SS2005RE Model node in the Solution Explorer pane. Select Deploy from the context node to publish the model.

2. View the deployment results in the Output pane as shown in the following figure.

   Figure 6-10. Output Pane: Deploy Report Model

   

3. Open the Report Manager Home page. A new Models folder has been created as shown in the following figure.

   Figure 6-11. Report Manager: New Data Source

   

   The Models folder is the default location for the new Report Model project. You can change this in the Property Pages dialog displayed by selecting Project Properties... from the main menu.

4. Click the Report Builder button on the toolbar to launch Report Builder. The new data source Adventure Works is available for use in the data source list box in the Getting Started pane.