Installing RecordPoint Reporting Prerequisites

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In order to build and display RecordPoint Reports in the Report Centre, SQL Reporting Services needs to be installed on the Web Front Ends, the SharePoint Reporting Services Add-in needs to be installed and configured, as well as Microsoft Report builder. After installing and configuring the software below, you will be ready to build custom reports to query the RecordPoint Report Service, as well as view reports that have been created in the Reports section of the RecordPoint site. Please note that there are two different processes to following when installing Microsoft Reporting Services to either a 2010 or a 2013 SharePoint environment.

Viewing Reports in the RecordPoint Report Centre

To be able to view Reports in SharePoint, the Reporting Services Add-in needs to be installed and configured, as well as SharePoint Reporting Services Integrated Mode. Integrated Mode can be found as part of the SQL Server installation media, and the latest version of the add-in can be installed from the Microsoft Download Centre.

Microsoft Reporting Services for SharePoint 2010

If you are running RecordPoint on a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 environment then please refer to the following technet article regarding installation of Reporting Services:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb326356(v=sql.105).aspx

Microsoft Reporting Services for SharePoint 2013

If you are running RecordPoint on a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 environment then please refer to the following MSDN article regarding installation of Reporting Services:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219068.aspx