title: Microsoft Reporting Services and CSV files
body: <p>I manage a data warehouse type application and one of the databases it connects to is about to be managed by an external organisation.  The external organisation is setting up Microsoft Reporting Services to allow us to generate reports for our users to be able to view the data.</p>
  
  <p>The database is hosted on an external server.  I have setup a test form in Microsoft Reporting Services in a test environment.</p>
  
  <p>I don't have any other experience with this technology.  My question is: does this technology enable you to generate CSV files or does the information have to be viewed in a web browser? I can't see how this can be done without web services.</p>