Launch Reporting Services Reports from .Net Code

Question

What is the best way to launch reporting services reports from .Net code? One method would be to dynamically build a URL and launch a browser. Something like this:

http://server/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fReport+Directory%2fReport%20Name&FirstParameter=1,2,3&SecondParameter=8/30/2009&rs%3aCommand=Render

I don't like how it creates a dependency on the specific URL--especially report parameters which are very likely to change. Is there a better way?

The reports I want to link to are in several reporting services projects hosted on one (eventually two) servers.

Answer 1

Can you just use System.Diagnostics.Process start the above url?

Answer 2

Integrating Reporting Services into Applications give you the 3 options

As well as URL Access, you can either call the RS web service using SOAP or use the ReportViewer control.

Either way, you have a dependency on a URL (but that's how web services work), unless you use the ReportViewer control in local processing mode.

Answer 3

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