The session state management system can be configured by specifying one or more session state providers in the Telerik Reporting Configuration Section of the application’s configuration file. For example, the following XML snippet configures the session state to store the rendered pages and resources in the file system:

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<Telerik.Reporting>
  <SessionState provider="File" />
</Telerik.Reporting>

The "provider" attribute of the "SessionState" element specifies the name of the current session state provider used by the viewers. There are several preconfigured providers that can be used by applications without any additional setup:

Except the preconfigured session state providers, additional providers can be registered under the "Providers" child element of the "SessionState" element. For example, Telerik Reporting is distributed with a session state provider that utilizes the Open Access ORM to store session state in a database. The following code snippet demonstrates how to configure this provider:

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<Telerik.Reporting>
  <SessionState provider="Database">
    <Providers>
      <Provider name="Database" type="Telerik.Reporting.DatabaseSession.DatabaseSessionProvider, Telerik.Reporting.DatabaseSession, Version=x.x.x.x, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a9d7983dfcc261be">
        <Parameters>
          <Parameter name="BackendName" value="mssql" />
          <Parameter name="ConnectionString" value="MyConnectionString" />
        </Parameters>
      </Provider>
    </Providers>
  </SessionState>
</Telerik.Reporting>

The individual providers are registered by adding one or more "Provider" elements. Here the "name" attribute specifies the friendly name of the provider and the "type" attribute specifies the assembly-qualified type name of that provider. If the provider requires additional parameters, these can be specified under the "Parameters" child element of the "Provider" element. The individual parameters are specified by adding one or more "Parameter" elements. Here the "name" attribute specifies the name of the parameter and the "value" attribute specifies the value of that parameter.

The following table lists all session state providers distributed with Telerik Reporting: