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Bulk uploading images to a report server in SSRS Part one of a three-part series of blogs
In SQL Server Reporting Services, storing images on a report server provides a convenient way to display pictures in a report. Uploading images one-by-one is tedious so this blog shows you one way to upload multiple images at the same time, including how to organise the files into different folders. Uploading single files in the SSRS web portal (this blog) Adding images to a Visual Studio Report Server Project Bulk uploading images to a report server in SSRS

Bulk uploading images to a report server in SSRS

Part one of a three-part series of blogs

In SQL Server Reporting Services, storing images on a report server provides a convenient way to display pictures in a report. Uploading images one-by-one is tedious so this blog shows you one way to upload multiple images at the same time, including how to organise the files into different folders.

Uploading single files in the SSRS web portal (this blog)
Adding images to a Visual Studio Report Server Project
Bulk uploading images to a report server in SSRS

Posted by Andrew Gould on 04 December 2024

In this blog

Displaying Images in a Report
Uploading Images in the Web Portal

Displaying Images in a Report

In SQL Server Reporting Services, you can display an external picture in a report by providing the URL of the image file.

A SQL Server Reporting Services report displaying external images

This table of films displays external images.

It's easiest to do this if the images you want to display are stored on the same report server as the report.

Image files stored on a SQL Server Reporting Services report server

Each image file has been uploaded to a folder on the report server.

You can read this blog to learn how to display images stored on a report server in an SSRS report.

Uploading Images in the Web Portal

A simple way to upload an image to the report server is to use the Reporting Services web portal.

Choosing to upload a file in the SSRS web portal

Navigate to the web portal and click the Upload button to begin choosing files.

In the dialog box which appears, choose the image file you want to upload and click Open to upload it:

Choosing an image to upload to the report server in SSRS

You can also double-click a file to upload it.

Once the file has finished uploading, it will be displayed in the web portal:

An uploaded image file in the SSRS web portal

The file as it appears after uploading.

The big problem with this approach is that you can only upload one file at a time which makes the process incredibly tedious! The rest of this blog explains how you can use Visual Studio to quickly upload multiple image files and even organise them into different folders.

Parts of this blog
Uploading single files in the SSRS web portal (this blog) Adding images to a Visual Studio Report Server Project Bulk uploading images to a report server in SSRS

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