The Global.asax file, also known as the ASP.NET application file, is a file that contains code for responding to application-level and session-level events raised by ASP.NET or by HTTP modules. At run time, Global.asax is parsed and compiled.

The global.asax provides the ability to customize the following features and more:

• listing of reports
• loading of reports
• saving of reports
• deleting of reports
• user security on a per user/per role basis
• hidden filters for reports
• UI appearance

In order to make any customizations to this file, the license key and connection string must be set in the Session_Start method. The following examples discuss each method the global.asax file.