Execute a Report Binder (Basic)

The following example executes a report binder, saves the output as a PDF file or Microsoft Word document and opens the file in the default document viewer.

Connect to the reporting web service.
Specify the file format as either "DOCX" or "PDF".
Specify the unique identifier of the report binder to execute in GUID format.
The user must have permissions to execute this report binder.

Code Sample

# Set the file format to DOCX/PDF.

$fileformat = "DOCX";

$reportBinderIdentifier = [Guid]"0f22bce4-7428-4a11-84a5-9e23abfbcb71";

# Execute the report binder.

$documentPackage = $reporting.DO_ExecuteReportBinderBasic($reportBinderIdentifier, $fileformat);

# Save and open the file.

$filename = "$($env:TEMP)\$($documentPackage.Filename)"

[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($filename, $documentPackage.FileData);

[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($filename);