I had several blog posts on how to manage your SSRS subscriptions. Here is a summary of the different ways I’ve been using Reporting Services out-of-box subscription features (no programming/expressions involved).

1. Simple, but mostly “static” way. You can find the New Subscription button from the Subscription tab on the Reporting Server.
   
   
2. Even with this simple/static feature, you can create powerful report delivery options, i.e. E-Mail or Windows File Share.
   
   


3. With the Windows File Share delivery option, you can send your reports to a shared location, and eventually to a SharePoint site.
4. Still simple, but dynamic (relatively speaking) way. This is done through Data-driven Subscription.
   
   


5. Through the data-driven subscription, you can achieve the “dynamic” features you’ve always wanted. AND through some simple steps without any scripting. The dynamic features you’ve always wanted include: dynamic report parameters, dynamic file names (when sending to a shared location), dynamic email distribution list etc.
6. Through the data-driven subscription, you can also achieve the “mass mailing” feature (only if you have such desire) with setting up only one data-driven subscription.
7. I made it sound like data-driven subscription can solve all the problems in the world. The truth is it cannot. Without some scripting, one of the things it cannot do is handle the cascading parameters. Some experienced developers will suggest scripting with the SOAP web services exposed by RS to make it work. By far, you should know my preferred way, SQL. I have resolved the issue by paring up SQL procedures with data-driven subscription to achieve the ultimate flexibility.
8. With both the simple Subscription and Data-driven Subscription, you kick star the delivery by a fixed schedule, or make it event-driven.

In my previous post, SSRS #47 – Manage subscriptions dynamically, I’ve promised to blog about the Data Driven Subscription in the future. I will. I promise.