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Integrate the component with Report Server

You can integrate Report Designer with Report Server to create, edit, browse and publish reports using the Report Server built-in API service.

Follow this steps to integrate Report Server with Bold Reports Designer version higher than v5.2.xx

Create ASP.NET Web Forms application

Open Visual Studio 2017, click the File menu, go to New, and then select Project.
Go to Installed > Visual C# > Web, and then select the required .NET Framework in the drop-down.
Select ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework), change the application name, and then click OK.
Then choose the Web Forms in template, enable Web API option in the Add folders and core references for: section.

Add Assembly References

Right-click the project or solution in the Solution Explorer tab, and choose Manage NuGet Packages. Alternatively, select the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution menu command.

Refer to the NuGet Packages to learn more details about installing and configuring Report Designer NuGet packages.
Search for BoldReports.Web and BoldReports.WebForms NuGet packages, and install them in your Web Forms application.

Package Purpose

BoldReports.Web Creates Web API service for processing the reports.

BoldReports.WebForms Contains tag helpers to create client-side web Report Designer control.

Package	Purpose
`BoldReports.Web`	Creates Web API service for processing the reports.
`BoldReports.WebForms`	Contains tag helpers to create client-side web Report Designer control.

Open Web.config file and add the BoldReports.WebForms assembly reference to the <system.web.pages.controls> element with SF tag prefix.

<configuration>
    ....
    ....
    <system.web>
        ....
        <pages>
        ....
        <controls>
            <add assembly="BoldReports.WebForms" namespace="BoldReports.WebForms" tagPrefix="Bold" />
            ....
        </controls>
        </pages>
    </system.web>
    ....
    ....
</configuration>

Refer Scripts and Styles

Install the BoldReports.JavaScript nuget package into your application.

BoldReports.JavaScript - contains Report Designer scripts and style sheets.

The scripts and styles required for web Report Designer will be added into the Scripts and Content folders of your application.

Refer to the Dependencies to learn more details about web Report Designer dependent scripts and style sheets links.

You can use the following code in the <asp> tag of Default.aspx page.

    <asp:Content ID="BodyContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <link href="Content/bold-reports/v2.0/tailwind-light/bold.report-designer.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="Scripts/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/show-hint.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/show-hint.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/sql-hint.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/mode/sql/sql.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/mode/vb/vb.js"></script>

    <!-- Report Designer component dependent scripts -->
     <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/common/bold.reports.common.min.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/common/bold.reports.widgets.min.js"></script>
    <!-- Report Viewer and Designer component scripts -->
     <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/bold.report-viewer.min.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/bold.report-designer.min.js"></script>
    </asp:Content>

Add Control in ASPX Page

Initialize the web Report Designer as shown in the following code sample in the Default.aspx page.

<asp:Content ID="BodyContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <link href="Content/bold-reports/v2.0/tailwind-light/bold.report-designer.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="Scripts/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/show-hint.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/show-hint.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/addon/hint/sql-hint.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/mode/sql/sql.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/CodeMirror/mode/vb/vb.js"></script>

    <!-- Report Designer component dependent scripts -->
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/common/bold.reports.common.min.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/common/bold.reports.widgets.min.js"></script>

    <!-- Report Viewer and Designer component scripts -->
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/bold.report-viewer.min.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/bold-reports/v2.0/bold.report-designer.min.js"></script>
    <div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"></Bold:ReportDesigner>
    </div>
</asp:Content>

Report Server Configuration to design the report

The Report Designer requires the serviceAuthorizationToken, serviceUrl and reportServerUrl to perform the API actions with Bold Report Server. You can provide the information from report server as like explained below,
serviceUrl – Report Server Reporting Service information should be provided for this API.
serviceAuthorizationToken – Authorization token to communicate with reportServiceUrl.
reportServerUrl- Report Server Reporting Server information should be provided for this API.

You can follow one of the procedure from below based on your Report Server type,

Enterprise Reporting Server

Generate token with your user credentials and assign it to serviceAuthorizationToken. You can refer to the documentation here, to generate the token by using credentials.
```
<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>
```
You can refer to the documentation here on how to generate the token within an application.

Set the Bold Report Server built-in service URL to the ServiceUrl property. The ServiceUrl property value should be in format of https://<<Report server name>>/reporting/reportservice/api/Designer.

<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceUrl="https://on-premise-demo.boldreports.com/reporting/reportservice/api/Designer"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>

Set the Bold Report Server built-in server URL to the ReportServerUrl property. The ReportServerUrl property value should be in format of https://<<Report server name>>/reporting/api/site/<<site name>>.

<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceUrl="https://on-premise-demo.boldreports.com/reporting/reportservice/api/Designer"
    ReportServerUrl="https://on-premise-demo.boldreports.com/reporting/api/site/site1"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>

Cloud Reporting server

Generate token with your user credentials and assign it to serviceAuthorizationToken. You can refer the documentation here, to generate the token by using credentials.
```
<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>
```
You can refer to the documentation here on how to generate the token within an application.

Set the Bold Report Server built-in service URL to the ServiceUrl property. The ServiceUrl property value is a https://service.boldreports.com/api/Designer.

<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceUrl="https://service.boldreports.com/api/Designer"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>

Set the Bold Report Server built-in server URL to the ReportServerUrl property. The ReportServerUrl property value should be in format of https://<<Report server name>>/reporting/api/.

<div style="height: 650px;width: 950px">
    <Bold:ReportDesigner runat="server" ID="designer"
    ServiceUrl="https://service.boldreports.com/api/Designer"
    ReportServerUrl="https://acmecorp.boldreports.com/reporting/api"
    ServiceAuthorizationToken="bearer <server token>" >
    </Bold:ReportDesigner>
</div>

Contents

Create ASPNET Web Forms application
Add Assembly References
Refer Scripts and Styles
Add Control in ASPX Page
Report Server Configuration to design the report
Enterprise Reporting Server
Cloud Reporting server

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Contents

Create ASPNET Web Forms application
Add Assembly References
Refer Scripts and Styles
Add Control in ASPX Page
Report Server Configuration to design the report
Enterprise Reporting Server
Cloud Reporting server

Having trouble getting help?Contact Support

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