Reporting Services CMD

SetRole

Command: SetRole

Create a new role or system role

2000, 2005 (N), 2005 (I), 2008 (N), 2008 (I),2008r2(N), 2008r2(I), 2012(N), 2012(I), Azure

(N)=Native

(I)=Integrated

SetRole /N: /D: /T:

[/N:] Name of new role

[/D:] description

[/T:] name of task

eg. create a new role

role name (/n:) : demo role

role description (/d:): description for role

tasks (/t:) : View models

: Consume reports

setrole /n:"demo role" /d:"Description for demo role" /t:"View models" /t:"Consume reports"

•You can create roles and system roles with this command.

•Item level and system level tasks cannot be combined in a role.

•Item that have spaces in them /n, /d, /t must be enclosed in quotes see example

•You can add more than one task to the role. In the example above you can see 2 task are added.

•You do not need to add all tasks to the role, they can be added later.

Tasks can be added/deleted at a later time using the command SetRoleProps.