SharePoint 2013: Producing a PDF Report from Reporting Services Integrated Mode

Scenario
We have a financial report that lives in a SharePoint Report library. The report takes a parameter named requestID . The report needs to be rendered as a PDF document.

When the developer constructed the URL, he used the RSViewerPage.aspx as follows:


http://sp2013/sites/reports/_layouts/15/ReportServer/RSViewerPage.aspx?rv:RelativeReportUrl=/sites/reports/FinancialSummary.rdl&rp:requestId=12345&rs:Format=PDF&rv:ParamMode=Collapsed

Problem
Using the RSViewerPage.aspx does not allow the generation of reports in other formats.

Solution
1. Instead of using the RSViewerPage.aspx use the report server address: http://sp2013/_vti_bin/ReportServer

2. Remove the rv:RelativeReportUrl and use an absolute URL:
http://sp2013/_vti_bin/ReportServer?http://sp2013/sites/reports/FinancialSummary.rdl

3. Pass any report parameters as themselves - remove the "rp:" :
http://sp2013/_vti_bin/ReportServer?http://sp2013/sites/reports/FinancialSummary.rdl&requestId=22188

4. Add the reporting services command to render, format as PDF, and make sure the parameter pane is closed:
&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF&rv:ParamMode=Collapsed

The fully transformed URL for our example is as follows:

http://sp2013/_vti_bin/ReportServer?http://sp2013/sites/reports/FinancialSummary.rdl&requestId=22188&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF&rv:ParamMode=Collapsed