specify-device-information-settings-in-a-url.md

title	Specify device information settings in a URL
description	Learn how to specify device information settings in a URL, specifically with the DeviceInfo XML element.
ms.date	09/25/2024
ms.service	reporting-services
ms.subservice	reporting-services
ms.topic	how-to
ms.custom	updatefrequency5
helpviewer_keywords	device information settings [Reporting Services], URLs URL access [Reporting Services], device information settings

Specify device information settings in a URL

Device information settings are parameters that are passed to a rendering extension. If you use the methods of the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Report Server Web service to render a report, a DeviceInfo XML element is passed as an input parameter. Child elements of the DeviceInfo element are specific to the device information settings of different rendering extensions. You can include device information settings in a URL by using the rc:tag=value parameter string, where tag is the name of the device information settings element being accessed. For more information about device information settings in [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssRSnoversion], see Pass device information settings to rendering extensions.

Example

The following example sets the format of the specified report to JPEG by using the OutputFormat device information setting of the image rendering extension (the line breaks in this example are for legibility):

https://servername/reportserver?/SampleReports  
/Employee Sales Summary&EmployeeID=38&rs:  
Command=Render&rs:Format=IMAGE&rc:OutputFormat=JPEG  

Related content

• URL access (SSRS)
• URL access parameter reference