I am having a difficult time managing report visibility through SSRS 2008, and was hoping to get some constructive feedback on what I may be doing wrong.
I would like to set up a folder that only I have access to. No other use should be able to see that the folder exists, or access any of its contents. So I have created a folder called Ben's Folder.
I went into the security of Ben's Folder, and I added a new Role assignment. I entered my username (ben.haynie), and I granted myself all of the rights and privileges available. I then selected every other user listed under security, and deleted them. So I am the only user that is listed under the security section of this folder.
I then added a new report under the folder. It inherited all of the rights of the folder, so I should be the only one that can access this folder.
Next, I used Remote Desktop to log into another machine on our network, and logged in using a different username/password. I browsed to SSRS, and sure enough, I could see my folder there. I could also open the folder and browse the contents. When I tried to open the report, it would not let me. However, I would like to limit it so that other users can't even see the folder, let alone browse its contents.
Based on what I have searched out using Google, I believe the folder shouldn't be visible to other users. What am I doing wrong?
Eventually, I need to get this working so that when using the SSRS Webservices (ReportingService2010) that when I pull back reports and folders that it doesn't show folders and reports the user doesn't have rights to browse to. But I think this is all connected to that.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
Ben