Start Microsoft Report Builder

Applies to: SQL Server 2016 (13.x) Reporting Services and later versions Power BI Report Server

Learn how to start Microsoft Report Builder from the Reporting Services web portal. Microsoft Report Builder is a stand-alone report authoring environment. With it, you can create paginated reports and publish them to a Reporting Services report server.

The first time you start Report Builder from the Reporting Services web portal, you can download Report Builder from the Microsoft Download Center by selecting Get Report Builder.

You or an administrator can install Report Builder on your computer from the Microsoft Download Center. For more information, see Install Report Builder.

When you start Report Builder from the web portal or SharePoint site, if an earlier version of Report Builder opens, contact your administrator. The administrator can update the version on the web portal or SharePoint site.

Prerequisites

• SQL Server 2016 (13.x) or later.
• Connection to a report server database.
• Access to the Reporting Services web portal.

Start Report Builder from the Reporting Services web portal

1. In your web browser, go to the URL for your report server. By default, the URL is https://<servername>/reports.

2. In the web portal's menu bar, select New and choose Paginated Report.

   

   The first time you start Report Builder with the Paginated Report option, you receive the prompt to install Report Builder.

   After the first time, Report Builder opens, and you can create a paginated report or open a report from the report server.

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