SSRS SQL 2008 R2 Export Reports

I need to migrate reports from the old SSRS to the new one. To do this, I need to export all the reports as an RDL file and upload them all to the new SSRS server

Found this article by geektrainer.com how to create a VB script .rss file to exports all SQL Server Report file as an .rdl file.

Here is the code:

'must use -v rootPath="C:\Reports"
Sub Main()    
    Dim items As CatalogItem() = rs.ListChildren("/", true)

    For Each item As CatalogItem in items
        If item.Type = ItemTypeEnum.Folder Then
            CreateDirectory(item.Path)
        Else If item.Type = ItemTypeEnum.Report Then
            SaveReport(item.Path)
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Sub CreateDirectory(path As String)
    path = GetLocalPath(path)
    System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(path)
End Sub

Sub SaveReport(reportName As String)
    Dim reportDefinition As Byte()
    Dim document As New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
    
    reportDefinition = rs.GetReportDefinition(reportName)
    
    Dim stream As New MemoryStream(reportDefinition)
    document.Load(stream)
    document.Save(GetLocalPath(reportName) + ".rdl")
End Sub

Function GetLocalPath(rsPath As String) As String
    Return rootPath + rsPath.Replace("/", "\")
End Function

Save the code below as export.rss file, create a folder where the reports will be stored (e.g. C:\Reports) then run the RS.EXE command against your report server web service URL

rs.exe -i export.rss -s http://reportserver.domain.local/ReportServer -v rootPath="C:\Reports"

This will create all the reports in the .rdl format in the folder specified above