By using the Reporting plug-in, you can specify the folder structure and set of reports that will appear under the 
Reports node for a new team project.
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The Reporting plug-in requires that the team project collection where you will create a team project has been configured with SQL Server Analysis Services and SQL Server Reporting Services. For more information, see |
You specify two main tasks by using the Reporting plug-in. First, you create the reporting site by using the site element. Second, you specify the folder structure and the reports to be uploaded to the site by using the folder and report elements. The reports that you upload have an .rdl extension and are designed for use with Reporting Services. For an overview of the reports that the TFS process templates provide, see Reports (SQL Server Reporting Services).
After a team project is created from the process template, you can add, remove, rename, and change the folder structure for reports. For more information, see View, upload, and organize reports (Reporting Services Reports).
Reporting plug-in name and location
The following table summarizes the names of the file, the folder, and the plug-in for the MSF process templates.
File name: | ReportsTasks.xml |
Folder name: | Reports |
Plug-in name: | Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Reporting |
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You can change the names of the XML file and the folder but not the plug-in. Visual Studio Team Foundation Server does not include a mechanism for the deployment of client-side plug-ins, policies, or other modifications. If you want to deploy this kind of functionality, you must use your own distribution and installation program. |
In the XML file, you specify one or more tasks and their dependencies. For an example of a task that specifies a set of reports, see the ReportsTasks.xml file in the MSF for Agile Software Development process template.
Reporting plug-in syntax structure
The Reporting plug-in file must conform to the schema definition for ReportingServices, which is defined in the Rosetta.xsd file, and be specified in its own file.
The following syntax shows the structure of the Reporting plug-in. For a description of each element, see
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<tasks>
<task id="Site" plugin="Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Reporting" completionMessage="Project Reporting site created.">
<dependencies />
<taskXml>
<ReportingServices>
<site> </site>
</ReportingServices>
</taskXml>
</task>
<task id="Populate Reports" plugin="Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Reporting" completionMessage="Project reports uploaded.">
<dependencies>
<dependency taskId="Site" />
</dependencies>
<taskXml>
<ReportingServices>
<folders> . . . </folders>
<reports> . . . </reports>
</ReportingServices>
</taskXml>
</task>
</tasks>
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Creating the Reports site
For the reports to run correctly, you must create a reporting site. The reporting site will have a link to it on the project portal home page, and the link will be labeled Reports. To create the reporting site, use the site element, as the following example shows:
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<taskXml>
<ReportingServices>
<site></site>
</ReportingServices>
</taskXml>
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Defining folders
You can create folders on the reporting site by using the folder element. Use the path attribute to specify the relative path name of the new folder. The folder appears on the project site and under the Reports folder in Team Explorer.
The following example creates four top-level folders and two sub-folders on the reporting site. The top-level folders are labeled Bugs, Builds, Project Management, and Tests. The two sub-folders are located under Project Management and are labeled Visual Studio and Visual Studio ALM.
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<taskXml>
<ReportingServices>
<folders>
<folder path="Bugs" />
<folder path="Builds" />
<folder path="Project Management" />
<folder path="Project Management/Visual Studio" />
<folder path="Project Management/Visual Studio ALM" />
<folder path="Tests" />
</folders>
</ReportingServices>
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Specify the reports to upload
Reports are defined by .rdl files. To add reports to the reporting site, copy the report .rdl files into a folder under the Reports folder in the process template. Then use the report element to describe the necessary properties and data sources for the report.
The following example specifies that the Remaining Work.rdl file will be uploaded to the Project Management folder. You must specify the ExplicitProject parameter and the data sources for each report. The data sources in the following example correspond to the names that are automatically assigned to the Analysis Services cube and data warehouse relational database.
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The names of the reporting services data sources are Tfs2010ReportsDS and Tfs2010OlapReportsDS. Even though you might have installed or upgraded to TFS 2012 or TFS 2013, these names, which were assigned to the data sources for a TFS 2010 installation, continue to be used. |
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<taskXml> <ReportingServices> <reports> <report name="Remaining Work" filename="Reports\Remaining Work.rdl" folder="Project Management" cacheExpiration="30"> <parameters> <parameter name="ExplicitProject" value="" /> </parameters> <datasources> <reference name="/Tfs2010OlapReportDS" dsname="TfsOlapReportDS" /> <reference name="/Tfs2010ReportDS" dsname="TfsReportDS" /> </datasources> </report> . . . </reports> </ReportingServices> </taskXml> | |
ReportingServices element reference
The following syntax shows the structure of the ReportingServices element and its child elements. You specify these elements within the taskXml container element and only for the Reporting plug-in.
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<ReportingServices> <folders> <folder /> . . . </folders> <reports> <report> <parameters> <parameter /> </parameters> <datasources> <reference /> </datasources> </report> . . . </reports> </ReportingServices> | |
The following table describes the elements that you use to specify a report to upload to a team project and that can be accessed through SQL Server Reporting Services.
Element | Syntax | Description | ||||||||
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datasources |
| Required child element of report. Contains a collection of reference elements that each specify a data source that the report uses. | ||||||||
folder |
| Required child element of folders. Defines the name of a folder to create under the Reports node for a team project. | ||||||||
folders |
| Optional child element of ReportingServices. Contains a collection of folder elements that each specify the name of a folder to create. | ||||||||
parameter |
Where each attribute has the following definition:
At a minimum, you must define the following parameter to make your report automatically use the project that contains your report:
| Required child element of parameters. Specifies the name of a report parameter and the value to assign to it. | ||||||||
parameters |
| Required child element of report. Defines a collection of parameter elements for a report. | ||||||||
properties |
| Optional child element of report. | ||||||||
property |
Where each attribute has the following definition:
| Required child element of properties. | ||||||||
reference |
Where each attribute has the following definition:
For more information about the names of reporting data sources, see Locate reports after upgrade to Team Foundation Server 2010. | Required child element of datasources. Specifies the names that are assigned in Team Foundation Server for the data warehouse relational database and the Analysis Services cube. | ||||||||
report |
Where each attribute has the following definition:
| Required child element of reports. Specifies the name of the report, the file that contains the .rdl definition, and folder to which the report is uploaded. Team Foundation Server | ||||||||
reports |
| Required child element of ReportingServices. Contains a collection of report elements that each specify the name of a report file to upload. | ||||||||
ReportingServices |
| Required child element of the taskXml element for the Reporting plug-in. Describes the tasks that are required to define the reports and folders for SQL Server Reporting Services. | ||||||||
site |
| Required element for the Reporting plug-in. Specifies that a reporting site for the team project will be created. | ||||||||
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