script-with-the-rs-exe-utility-and-the-web-service.md

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Script with the rs.exe utility and the web service	Learn about the RS.exe utility that can be used to programmatically administer a report server by using scripts written with Microsoft Visual Basic.	maggiesMSFT	maggies	03/14/2017	reporting-services	tools	conceptual	updatefrequency5	Web service [Reporting Services], scripts rs utility XML Web service [Reporting Services], scripts Report Server Web service, scripts scripts [Reporting Services], Web service

Script with the rs.exe utility and the web service

Developers and report server administrators can perform operations on a report server by using the rs utility (RS.exe). Using this utility, you can programmatically administer a report server using scripts written with [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEvisual-basic].

[!INCLUDEssRSnoversion] scripts can be used to run any of the Report Server web service operations. Scripting can be used to copy security to multiple reports on a server, to add and delete items, to copy report server items from one server to another and more. For more information about the scripting environment, see Run a Reporting Services script file. Script files take a certain format and are written in [!INCLUDEvisual-basic] .NET. For more information, see Format a Reporting Services script file.

For script samples, see the following articles:

Sample Reporting Services rs.exe script to copy content between report servers.

SQL Server Reporting Services Product Samples.

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