I am curious to know how my fellow SSRS report authors and admins out there approach the task of documenting metadata for their reports.I am developing a series of reports that will need companion metadata – essentially explanations and detailed descriptions of report fields, calculations, datasets, etc. for the end user.My SSRS spidey-senses are telling me that I should probably do something like:1. Store this metadata in a database table somewhere2. Create a parameterized ‘master’ report that returns all of this metadata3. Use links from my reports that point to the master metadata report, and pass along their ReportID (or something) as a parameter, so that only pertinent report metadata is returnedMy only squabble with the solution above is that it drives the user away from the report that they are viewing. I suppose that I could use some javascript to have the report appear in a pop-up window, but I was curious to learn what others had done.Any feedback is appreciated...- Simon
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