Missing Report Viewer Web Part in SharePoint 2013

In this article, we will fix Missing Report Viewer Web Part in SharePoint 2013 by installing and configuring the Reporting Service Web Part In SharePoint 2013.

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Missing Report Viewer Web Part in SharePoint 2013

In SharePoint 2013, I have tried to use a Report Viewer Web Part inside SharePoint page to display an SSRS report native mode, I could not find the Report Explorer and Report Viewer web part as shown below

Missing Report Viewer Web Part in SharePoint 2013

Cause

In SharePoint, the Report Viewer and Report Explorer Web Parts are not installed by default, you will need to configure the Reporting Service Web Part manually.

Install and configure Reporting Service Web Part In SharePoint 2013

To find the Report Viewer and Report Explorer Web Part in SharePoint, you should install “SPViewer.dwp that exists inside “RSWebParts.cab“.

Steps

  • Locate the below path.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Reporting Services\SharePoint
  • Find the “RSWebParts.cab in the above path.
  • Copy this file to a local temp folder in SharePoint server.
  • Open SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator.
Run CA as Adminstrator
  • Install “RSWebParts.cab via the below cmdlet.
Install-SPWebPartPack -LiteralPath "C:\Temp\RSWebParts.cab" -GlobalInstall

Unfortunately, I got this error:

Failed to extract the Reporting Services web part cab file in the solution.

Failed to extract the Reporting Services web part cab file in the solution.

To overcome this issue Failed to extract the Reporting Services web part cab file in the solution.“, you should do the following:

  • Copy the same file from another environment that running the “Reporting Service with SQL server 2008 R2” that located in the below path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Reporting Services\SharePoint\RSWebParts.cab
  • Drop this file into a local temp folder in the destination SharePoint server.
  • Again, try to run the previous cmdlet via SharePoint Management Shell.
Install-SPWebPartPack -LiteralPath "C:\Temp\RSWebParts.cab" -GlobalInstall
  • Great, RSWebParts have been installed successfully.
Install and configure the Reporting Service web part In SharePoint 2013.
  • Go back to edit the SharePoint page.
  • Add a web part > Miscellaneous section.
  • You should now discover the new following two report web part:
    • Report Viewer.
    • Report Explorer.
Missing Report Viewer Web Part in SharePoint 2013

How to configure Report URL in the Report Viewer web part in SharePoint?

Steps

  • Open the page is in edit mode.
  • Click Edit Web Part in the Report Viewer Web Part.
  •  In Report Manager URL, type a URL to a Report Manager instance that is associated with the native mode report server that you want to access.

By default, a Report Manager URL has the below syntax: http://servername/reports.

  • In the Report Path, specify a forward slash, followed by the folder path, and the report name.

Do not include the server name or Report Manager virtual directory.

Examples:

Consider you have a report called ‘Company Sales’ in the “Adventure Works” folder, so the URL should be specified as the following:

 /Adventure Works/Company Sales.

If you have a report called ‘Products’ is in the report server root “Home” folder, so the URL should be

/Products.


Conclusion

In conclusion, we have learned how to Install and configure Reporting Service Web Part In SharePoint 2013.

Applies To
  • SharePoint 2013.
  • SharePoint 2016.
  • SSRS Native Mode.
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