How to stop asking for the credentials while deploying reports in ssrs 2008

Question

While deploying reports I am getting login prompt asking for the User Name and password. I have tried providing all possible id and passwords but no use. I can access both the R

Answer 1

When moving (deploying or copying) an RDL file from one location (development) to another (production) the report may loose track of it's shared data source, at which point the data set will replace the original node with a new node that instructs SSRS to demand credentials.

In the report that is persistently demanding credentials if you right-click in solution explorer and select 'view code' the .rdl will open in an xml reader window. If your mark up contains a reference that looks like:

    
      
        SQL
        Data Source=your-server;Initial Catalog=your-db-name 
        Enter a user name and password to access the data source:
      
      DataBase
      e2f9f97c-GUID-GOES-HERE-395c383c1da2
    
  

If this is what you find in the xml/rdl this is likely your problem.

1. Make sure you have a Shared Data Source that works as expected, you may have to build a new report based off of this that does not prompt for credentials.

2. In a report that does NOT ask for credentials, open the RDL using 'view code' option.

3. Select the relevant xml node (under ) and copy the node, it should look something like:

      YourDataSourceName
      None
      19f0a78a-GUID-GOES-HERE-0e277b3b153f

4. In your target report replace the node with the one you copied.

(worth noting that when you change the 'rd:SecurityType' from 'Database' to 'None' you are NOT removing security, you are merely passing responsiblity for authentication from the report's dataset on to the shared datasource. (Security is born by the connection rather than the query)