Reporting service point

A reporting service point is an optional ConfigMgr server role; however, it is hard to imagine daily work with a server without reporting the capability. The console of ConfigMgr 1706 shows a lot more than what used to happen on ConfigMgr 2007; however, it would still be difficult to operate with reports.

Reports have data that's useful not just for administrators or server operators; often, default reports and reports created by administrators, in particular, are shared with other employees. This is possible thanks to the option of providing permissions for reading reports for Active Directory users or groups.

To install a role, the administrator should choose between Add Site System Roles or Create Site System Server option and then select Reporting service point as the desired role.

Information needed for the Reporting service point role installation is as follows:

• The name of the SQL Server
• The name of the ConfigMgr database for which Reporting service point is installed
• The folder name in which reports will be configured
• The instance of Reporting Services
• The username with permissions for Reporting service point installation

The Verify option helps in data validation, telling the administrator if all given pieces of information are correct and all components are accessible:

After having all the data validated, the next step is the actual installation of the role:

The actual installation shouldn't take long. If the reporting services has been installed correctly, validation can be done by opening any report. Report accessibility on the ConfigMgr server console means that the installation of the Reporting service point role was completed successfully. All the reports are available in the Monitoring\Reporting\Reports tab. To verify a successful installation, any report should be run and checked for whether it contains any data.