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I am examine the different possibilities of SharePoint & Reporting Services Native Mode vs. Integrated Mode. So i set up an environment with both possibilities.

I have a SharePoint farm with following components: SQL Server 2008 + Reporting Services (Native Mode) SharePoint 2010 Server + Reporting Services (SharePoint Integrated Mode)

On the SharePoint server i am able to view the reports that are on my reporting server in native mode as the ones that are in Integrated Mode.

But when I browse from a client pc to my sharepoint site, I only can access the reports from Native Mode. Those of SharePoint Integrated Mode return the following error

   Cannot create a connection to data source 'MY-SQLSERVER-NAME'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection)

Do i run into the double hop problem (I use NTLM)? Or is there another issue?

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  • It looks like a normal authentication issue, unless you are using claims? Anyway try adding this as a datasource and store the credentials inside it. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159736.aspx
    – Hugh Wood
    Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 10:00
  • When i use no "Windows authentication (integrated) or SharePoint user" for the data source it did not work <- Initial set up. But if i change the data source settings to use stored credentials, it works now on the client pc. But what if i do not want to use stored credentials???
    – Davy
    Commented Nov 16, 2012 at 11:37
  • I have added as an answer, since it does work in this situation. It may not be seamless but it works all the same.
    – Hugh Wood
    Commented Nov 16, 2012 at 11:45

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Adding the connection as a data source following this technet article Storing Credentials For a Data Source

While this may not be a seamless solution it will work, and I don't know of another solution to get around this issue at present.

I have found that it is usually few people running reporting, so it isn't hard to roll out. Creating trusted data sources is the best way to go anyway.

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based on the error that you got its a generic error. MS have outlined 5 cases for it:

Cannot create a connection to data source 'datasourcename'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection)

This is a generic error that occurs when the report server cannot open a connection to an external data source that provides data to a report. This error appears with a second error message that indicates the underlying cause. The following additional errors can appear with rsErrorOpeningConnection.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156468.aspx

you can try:

changing Report Server Service to run as "Local Service". But by doing this the creating report models is now completed in Report Manager.

hope it helps :)

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  • Strange thing is that it works perfect with the same user on my SharePoint server. It is when i want to access it with that user on a computer that is not my SharePoint server.
    – Davy
    Commented Nov 16, 2012 at 8:57

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