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Accessing the Report Server Web Service Using Visual Basic or Visual C# (SSRS Tutorial) | Microsoft Docs

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Accessing the Report Server Web Service Using Visual Basic or Visual C# (SSRS Tutorial)

The following tutorial shows you how to access the Report Server Web service from an application created with [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEvbprvb] or [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEcsprcs].

What You Will Learn

During the course of this tutorial, you will complete the following:

Create a client application using the [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEvs_dev10_long] Console Application project template.
Add a Web reference for the Report Server Web service.
Write code to access the Web service.
Run the console application in debug mode.

Requirements

To complete the tutorial, you must have the following:

[!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssSQL11] [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion].
[!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEvs_dev10_long] or a similar [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEdnprdnshort]-compatible development tool.
Sufficient permissions to be able to access the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Report Server Web service on the computer where your report server is located.
A report installed on your report server. This tutorial uses the sample report, Company Sales. For more information about sample reports, see SQL Server Reporting Services Product Samples.

Note

The samples are not installed automatically during setup, but you can install them at any time. For information about samples, see SQL Server Product Samples.

Estimated time to complete the tutorial: 60 minutes