Time for action – installing AdventureWorks SSRS sample reports

For samples in this book, we need to install SSRS sample reports mentioned in this section. For this reason, this section shows the installation steps. Perform the following steps for installation:

  1. Download the sample reports from the URL http://msftrsprodsamples.codeplex.com and then install reports.
  2. After installation, go to Start, and under All Programs, open Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 Community and Samples Code.
  3. Then, go to the folder AdventureWorks 2008R2 Sample Reports under Samples/Reporting Services/Report Samples.
  4. Now, double-click on the AdventureWorks 2008R2.sln solution file.
  5. The solution will be opened in SSDT, and it will also be upgraded in SSDT 2010 or 2012. So continue ...

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