Mobile Reports
A general overview on mobile reports, including information on requirements, what you need to create mobile reports, and special items to consider.
Mobile reports are an exciting feature in SSRS 2016 supporting dashboard-style, interactive, responsive web-based reports. You can find these in the new SSRS Web Portal, through the Power BI app, or embedded in a webpage using an IFRAME.
Requirements
Mobile reports are new in SSRS 2016 Enterprise, and this version is required to use the new features in mobile reports. This version introduces the following items:
- Mobile Report Publisher
- Key Performance Indicators
- Power BI Mobile app
Creating Mobile Reports
Use Mobile Report Publisher to create and edit mobile reports. This new tool is specifically designed for this new type of report.
The following are new object types:
- Mobile Reports (rsmobile)
- Key Performance Indicators (kpi)
In addition to these new types, you can use the following existing type:
- Shared Dataset (rsd)
Special Considerations
Authoring mobile reports requires special considerations because they are a special class of reports. Mobile reports should have a User defined for the connection.
Unlike other mobile reports, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) do not refresh the dataset even when you set the dataset to always use the most recent data. You must set up a cache refresh schedule for all datasets that source a KPI. See this SQL tips article for more information.