General Properties Page (Data-Driven Subscription Wizard)
Use this page to describe the subscription and specify a delivery method. Data-driven subscriptions are identified by the text you provide in a description and by an icon that identifies the subscription type.
Options
Description
Type a description for the subscription. The description you provide identifies the subscription in SQL Server Management Studio and Report Manager.In Management Studio, this description appears in the Subscriptions node for a report. It also is visible in Shared Data Source property pages. If you configure this subscription to use a shared data source, the name and description values are used to identify this subscription.
In Report Manager, users can see this description when viewing Subscription property pages.
Delivery Method
Select a method for delivering the report. You can choose any delivery extension that is installed on your report server. The default delivery extensions include the following:- Report Server E-mail delivers the report as an e-mail notification, attachment, or link. To use this option, you must configure the report server to use e-mail delivery.
- Report Server File Share delivers the report to a file share.
- Null Delivery Provider delivers the report to the report server. Choose this option to preload the report server cache.
For more information about the next page in the wizard, see Delivery Data Source (Data-Driven Wizard).
See Also
Other Resources
Configuring a Report Server for E-Mail Delivery
Report Caching in Reporting Services
Data-Driven Subscriptions
Shared Data Sources and Report-Specific Data Sources
E-Mail Delivery in Reporting Services
File Share Delivery in Reporting Services
Reporting Services F1 Help