I just spent about 4 hours trying to figure out why in the world I couldn’t get the “Report Manager Virtual Directory” which was red to go green. Well I figured it out.
If you are looking at your “Reporting Services Configuration Manager” and have “Report Server Virtual Directory” with a green check mark automatically then you will not be able to get the rest to work. You HAVE to configure “Report Server Virtual Directory.”
So basically to get it to work follow these steps.
- Click Report Server Virtual Directory tab on the side.
- Click the New… button.
- Choose the Web Site. ( I just chose Default Web Site)
- Click Apply
After doing that it should auto configure the rest until you hit Database Setup and that is pretty straight forward. Part of my problem is I went straight to the red without looking at anything else.
Hope this saves someone a couple of hours.
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Thanks for this! It actually took me a while to read that “Report Server Virtual Directory” and “Report Manager Virtual Directory” were different.
I am glad it helped you. I still remember the frustration of setting that up. Which is why I made the post so hopefully other people didn’t have to hurt their brain figuring it out.
Thank you so much for your post! It probably saved me a few hours of frustration…
I am very much glad it helped you out. I remember going through the frustration and I didn’t want anyone else to as well.
hah exactly the same situation here, and resolved as you indicated.
Thanks!
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Good to know this is still relevant. Thanks.
Helped me out! Thanks for posting this!