IN SSRS, is there a way to disable the rdl.data file creation

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MikeTWebb picture MikeTWebb · Aug 6, 2010 · Viewed 19.9k times · Source

In SSRS, I noticed that the rdl.data cache files are being stored on my dev machine. Are these files also stored on the Reports Server when reports are run? If so, is there a way to avoid creating those files on the server?

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Ed Harper picture Ed Harper · Aug 6, 2010

rdl.data files aren't created on the server - they're purely to speed up report execution time during development when you repeatedly run the report with the same parameters whilst tweaking the layout.

As a side point, I believe it's true to say that it's possible to configure the SSRS service to cache results for reuse.

I don't know the details of the caching mechanism that the service uses; it might use a file-based mechanism like rdl.data, or it might store the results in one of the ReportingServices databases.

Perhaps someone more knowledgable about SSRS can confirm the details of the mechanism.

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