Shared schedules are defined separately, and then referenced in reports, shared datasets, and subscriptions that need schedule information. You can create a shared schedule if you want to use the same schedule information for many reports or subscriptions.

Schedule the expiration of a cached report or shared dataset to occur at a predefined time so that it can be subsequently refreshed. Schedule when to refresh the data of a shared dataset Schedule when to refresh the data of a report snapshot. Schedule report history so that new snapshots are added to report history at regular intervals. Schedule report delivery in a standard or data-driven subscription. You can use the Reporting Services Web portal and SQL Server Management Studio in Native mode and SharePoint site administration pages in SharePoint mode to create and manage your schedules. Also, if you find that too many scheduled operations are running at the same time, you can create multiple shared schedules that run at different times and then adjust the schedule information until the processing load evens out across the report server. For example, you can pause and resume shared schedules. Shared schedules are easier to maintain and give you more flexibility in managing scheduled operations. If you want to subsequently change the recurrence pattern or the end date, you can make the change in one place. If you have many reports and subscriptions that run at the same time, you can create a shared schedule for those jobs. To define a report-specific schedule, you open the report or subscription that uses it.Ī shared schedule contains schedule and recurrence information that can be used by any number of published reports and subscriptions that run on a Reporting Services report server. Report-specific schedules are created when you define a subscription or set report execution properties filling out schedule information is part of defining a subscription or setting properties. After they are created, you reference them when defining a subscription or some other scheduled operation. Shared schedules are created as separate items.

The type of recurrence pattern and how those patterns are specified is the same whether you create a shared schedule or a report-specific schedule. Within the recurrence type, you set the intervals and range for how often an event is to occur. All schedules specify a type of recurrence: monthly, weekly, or daily. The internal construction of the two types of schedules is the same. The difference between the two types of schedules is how they are defined, stored, and managed. Reporting Services provides shared schedules and report-specific schedules to help you control processing and distribution of reports.

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