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title Install Report Builder | Microsoft Docs
description Report Builder is stand-alone app, installed on your computer by you or an administrator.
ms.date 01/31/2020
ms.prod reporting-services
ms.prod_service reporting-services-native
ms.topic conceptual
ms.assetid 6b2291bb-1d20-4d08-81cb-a16dd8e01faf
author maggiesMSFT
ms.author maggies

Install Report Builder

[!INCLUDEssrs-appliesto] [!INCLUDEssrs-appliesto-2016-and-later] [!INCLUDEssrs-appliesto-pbirsi]

[!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] is a stand-alone app, installed on your computer by you or an administrator. You can install it from the Microsoft Download Center, from a [!INCLUDEssRSCurrent] report server, or from a SharePoint site integrated with [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion].

Note

Looking for installation information for Power BI Report Builder instead? Head to the Microsoft Power BI Report Builder page on the Download Center.

An administrator typically installs and configures [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion], grants permission to download [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from the web portal, and manages folders and permissions to reports, report parts, and shared datasets saved to the report server. For more information about [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] administration, see Reporting Services Report Server (Native Mode).

Install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from a web portal or SharePoint library

Note

Reporting Services integration with SharePoint is no longer available after SQL Server 2016.

You can start [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from a [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] web portal or a SharePoint site integrated with [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion]. For information, see Start Report Builder.

::: moniker range="=sql-server-2016||=sqlallproducts-allversions"

SharePoint site integrated with [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion]

On a SharePoint site integrated with [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion], if the New Document menu does not list Report Builder Report, Report Builder Model, and Report Data Source, their content types need to be added to the SharePoint library. For more information, see Add Reporting Services Content Types to a SharePoint Library.

::: moniker-end

Install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager

An administrator can also use software such as Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to push the program to your computer. To learn how to use specific software to install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion], consult the documentation for the software. For more information, see Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager documentation.

Important

Windows Vista and Windows 7 security features require elevated permissions to run command line operations and will prompt for permission to run the command line. The installation is not silent. To make the installation silent, you need to run the command line as an administrator.

System Requirements

See the System Requirements section of the Report Builder download page on the Microsoft Download Center.

To install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from the download site

  1. On the Report Builder page of the Microsoft Download Center , click Download.

  2. After [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] has finished downloading, click Run.

    This launches the SQL Server [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] Wizard.

  3. Accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

  4. On the Default Target Server page, optionally provide the URL to the target report server if it is different from the default. Click Next.

    [!NOTE]
    If you plan to work with [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] when it is connected to a report server, it is convenient to provide the URL to the server at this time. You can also do this from the Options dialog box in [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion].

  5. Click Install to complete the installation of [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion].

To install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from a share

  1. Contact your administrator for the location of ReportBuilder.msi that you run to install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] on your local computer.

  2. Browse to locate ReportBuilder.msi, the Windows Installer Package (MSI) for [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion], and click it.

    This launches the SQL Server [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] Wizard.

  3. Complete rest of the steps in To install Report Builder from the download site.

To install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] from the command line

You can also perform a command line installation of [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] and provide arguments to customize the installation. In addition to the standard MSI intrinsic parameters, you can use the custom parameters that [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] provides: RBINSTALLDIR and REPORTSERVERURL. RBINSTALLDIR specifies the root installation folder for [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion]. REPORTSERVERURL specifies the default report server that [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] uses to save reports on the server.

If you want a completely silent installation, with no user interface interaction at all, specify the /quiet option. By design, the quiet option flag suppresses installation errors. It is therefore recommended that you include the /l option, which specifies logging, when you use the quiet option.

  1. On the Report Builder page of the Microsoft Download Center, click Download.

  2. After [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] has finished downloading, click Save.

  3. On the Start menu, click Run.

  4. In the Open box, type cmd.

  5. In the Command Prompt window, navigate to the folder where you saved ReportBuilder.msi.

  6. Type a command with the following format:

    msiexec/i ReportBuilder.msi /option [value] [/option [value]]

    The two options specific to installing [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] are: RBINSTALLDIR and REPORTSERVERURL. You don't have to include these arguments in the command line. The following is the baseline command:

    msiexec /i ReportBuilder3_x86.msi /quiet

  7. To run the command, press ENTER.

Set [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] defaults

  • After you install [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion], you can set some default options. Click File > Options.

    Setting the default [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] web portal or SharePoint site is the most useful. For more information, see Set default options for Report Builder.

  • Click Report Builder .

    If you don't see the report server in the list of existing servers, close the Open Report dialog box and then click Connect at the bottom of [!INCLUDEssRBnoversion] to connect to the server.

See Also

Start Report Builder
Uninstall Report Builder