Migrate SSRS Reports to Another Server
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Let’s say you want to migrate SSRS reports from an old reporting service server (e.g., SQL Server 2008 R2) to a new one (e.g., SQL Server 2016). What involves?
Three steps:
Step 1: Find the reports that don’t need to be migrated
- You need to install SSW SQL Reporting Service Auditor both on the old and new servers. (You’ll also need to run it on 3rd step)
- Find those reports are not-in-use, as per a rule: Do you know which reports are being used?
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Find creators of those reports, by clicking “Detail Views” in the reports folder
Figure: Find reports creators by clicking “Details View” inside report folder -
Send an email to ask permission
Figure: Send an email to ask permission
Figure: Get an Email to act
Step 2. Migrate those in-use reports from old server to the new server
Tip: use the ReportSync tool to save time.
Step 3. Check audit results
- Run SSW SQL Reporting Service Auditor on both sides
- Compare audit results. Note that even error and warning messages also need to be the same
If audit results are the same on old and new servers, it indicates that migration is successful.
SSW is a leading Australia based software development company. SSW creates rules and shares them with developers around the world. I wrote this rule under the instruction of Adam Cogen, who is the founder of SSW.