Missing SSIS Extension in Config Files

Question

As I understand it, in order to use an SSIS package as a data source in a report, I need to enable the SSIS extension in the RSReprotDesigner.config and RSReportServer.config files.  That extension is in neither of these files. I have SSIS running on
my machine with Reporting Services.
The path to RSReportServer.config: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer
The path to RSReportDesigner.config: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies
Why is this extension not in either of these files?
The following is an abbreviated list of what's present in the RSReportServer.config file:
<Data>
 <Extension Name="SQL"
 <Extension Name="SQLAZURE"
 <Extension Name="SQLPDW"
 <Extension Name="OLEDB"
 <Extension Name="OLEDB-MD"
 <Extension Name="ORACLE"
 <Extension Name="ODBC"
 <Extension Name="XML"
 <Extension Name="SHAREPOINTLIST"
 <Extension Name="SAPBW"
 <Extension Name="ESSBASE"
 <Extension Name="TERADATA"
</Data>
The following is an abbreviated list of what present in the RSReporDesigner.config file:
<Data>
  <Extension Name="SQL"
  <Extension Name="SQLAZURE"
  <Extension Name="SQLPDW"
  <Extension Name="OLEDB"
  <Extension Name="OLEDB-MD"
  <Extension Name="ORACLE"
  <Extension Name="ODBC"
  <Extension Name="XML"
  <Extension Name="RS"
  <Extension Name="SHAREPOINTLIST"
  <Extension Name="SAPBW"
  <Extension Name="ESSBASE"
  <Extension Name="TERADATA"
</Data>
I'm running SQL Server 2008 R2
ProductVersion       ProductLevel       Edition
10.50.1600.1          RTM                   Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
The operating system is Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
Thank you for your help!
cdun2

Answer 1

The SSIS data extension was a non-production feature in SQL 2008. Due to an unreconcilable underlying security concern with the data extension, it was removed from 2008 R2. I believe the underlying data extension is still availabe on the disk, you would
need to manually add the entry to the server configuration file as noted in the following article. If you do, suggest you ensure that you trust the content of the SSIS packages being executed.  
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345250(SQL.100).aspx
-JonHP
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services