Saving User Designed Reports

When you save a user designed report, you are saving a description of how the report should look and the queries used to retrieve the data. You are not saving any actual report data. In Report Builder, the File menu provides the following three options for saving reports:

Save — saves the report to the SSRS Server (for example, on your report server at eSite/Reports). The report becomes available from the eSite menu at Reports—User Designed Reports upon refreshing the menu.
Save As — saves the report to the SSRS Server and the report becomes available from the eSite User Designed Reports menu upon refreshing the menu. When creating a report from a report template, be sure to start by using this option to save the report with a new name, so you will not modify the template itself.
Save to File — saves a copy of the report (.rdl) to the location of your choice (for example, C:\\My Documents\eSite User Designed Reports).

Note

It is recommended that when you create a new report from a template, before making any changes, use the Save As option to save the report to the SSRS server with a new name. When your changes are complete, save the report to the SSRS server using the Save option. Then, use the Save to File option to save a copy of the report (.rdl) to your computer.