Customizing the TFS 2008 build sequence to avoid compilation and deploy SSRS
- by Andrew
I'm trying to create a CI process for SQL Server Reporting Services.
I am fairly new to TFS but quite experienced with MSBuild. In the past I've used a combination of MSBuild with Team City so the whole build process is more or less custom.
Here lies the start of my problems, as the solution I am deploying only contains Report Server projects (rds), no compilation is required. I thought that I would override the the first default task that TFS runs (EndToEndIteration) to override the default TFS build sequence and inject my own.
The first snag that I have come across is that the build always fails, how can I set the status of the build to success? Currently the EndToEndIteration task is very light and only has a message.
Is this the best method to create a custom build process in TFS where compilation is not required? Or should I use the default sequence and override one of the hook tasks mentioned in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337604%28VS.80%29.aspx
(ie: AfterCompile)
The core steps that I'd like to achieve are:
Bundle the RDL and datasource files
Connect to the host server to
register/deploy the reports
Re-apply any subscriptions that
previously existed
Run tests to verify the deployment
succeeded and is returning results
as expected
I have found another article on Report services deployment:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/88710/reporting-services-deployment
But it doesn't mention the best practice for customizing the standard build process.
Any help would be appreciated.
