topic How to copy an existing folder together with associated users and their permissions? in Report Server

How to copy an existing folder together with associated users and their permissions?

inventif — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:49:07 GMT

Hi,

I have a requirement to make a new folder which has a new name (doh!), but keep all the users from another folder and their respective roles/permissions. There are over 80 users in the old folder and it seems logical that copying the old folder with its users and then renaming it is a simpler approach.

I tried finding a "copy/paste" type of command in the web interface, to no avail.

Could anyone kindly advise how can this be accomplished? Is this potentially a PowerShell script kind of job?

Cheers,

Re: How to copy an existing folder together with associated users and their permissions?

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:55:04 GMT

I think PowerShell and the REST-API might be your only practical way of achieveing this

https://github.com/Microsoft/ReportingServicesTools

Re: How to copy an existing folder together with associated users and their permissions?

inventif — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:56:35 GMT

Thanks for confirming, stpnet. Guess it's time to (finally) get into PowerShell.