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Report Management and Creation using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
Chris Testa-O’NeillDatabase Product PlannerRemarc Group
Report Management
Report Delivery
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring
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The next 60 minutes
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“Combing thenew and established features to create and manage
compelling reports”
• New and Improved rendering options• Standard and Data Driven Subscriptions
Report Delivery
• Report Manager Administration• Report Server Configuration
Report Management
• Streamlined installation options• IIS agnostic• SharePoint Integration
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring• New Report Designer• New Tablix data region• Enhanced Visualisation through gauges and charts
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring
Report Management
Report Delivery
Agenda Summary
Report Authoring:Key FeaturesNew
Report Designe
rTablix Data
RegionCharting and
GaugesEnhanced Report BuilderParameters Vs Filters
Enable users to create powerful reports
Build powerful reportsCreate reports with any structure using TablixAdd rich text regions your reportsEmbed powerful graphical data visualizations into reports .
Increase the flexibility of your reports
An Enhanced Report Builder empowers users to create their own reportsParameters and Filters create dynamic reports
Report Authoring:New Data Regions
• Innovative Tablix Data Region• Combines the benefits of both
a table and matrix data region• Not explicitly found in any of
the report authoring tools • Flexible Reporting
Structures• Combining Fixed and Dynamic
data provides tidier reports• Parallel Dynamic Grouping of
data within a single data region
• You can optional omit row and column headings in table like structures
Tablix Data
RegionMore
flexible data
structures
Combine
Fixed/Dynamic data
Parallel Dynami
c GroupsOmit
Row/Column
Headers
Report Authoring: Visualisation and ad-hoc reporting
• Visualisation to impart Crucial Information Efficiently• Chart Properties provide more control
over the presentation of Charts• Scale breaks provide for better
readability• Secondary Axis introduced• Gauges embedded to a cell level
• Empower your users to create their own reports• Still requires that a report model is
created• Enhancements include
Enhanced
Charting
Features
Support for
Gauges
Enhanced
Report Builder
• New and Improved rendering options• Standard and Data Driven Subscriptions
Report Delivery
• Report Manager Administration• Report Server Configuration
Report Management
• Streamlined installation options• IIS agnostic• SharePoint Integration
Report Server Installation.
Report Authoring• New Report Designer• New Tablix data region• Enhanced Visualisation through gauges and charts
Agenda Summary
Report Delivery:Rendering Reports
• Microsoft Office Word• New Microsoft Word
rendering format. • Improved Excel Rendering
• Rendering Architecture changes to the benefit of Microsoft Office Excel.
Microsoft
Office Word
Improved
Excel Renderi
ng
Report DeliverySubscribing to Reports
• Standard Subscriptions• Delivers one report to one
destination• Designed for users and
administrator use.• Delivery using email or
fileshare• Data Driven Subscriptions
• Delivers many reports to many destinations.
• Administrator use only• Requires the creation of a
“Subscription” Table
Standard
Subscriptions
Data Driven Subscriptions
Demo: Creating and Delivering Reports
• New and Improved rendering options• Standard and Data Driven Subscriptions
Report Delivery
• Report Manager Administration• Report Server Configuration
Report Management
• Streamlined installation options• IIS agnostic• SharePoint Integration
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring• New Report Designer• New Tablix data region• Enhanced Visualisation through gauges and charts
Agenda Summary
Report Management:Report Manager Administration
• Report Manager Administration• General page to move, delete
and create linked reports• Parameters page to set
parameter properties• Execution page can be used
to improve report performance with Snapshots and Cache settings
• History page configures read only, point in time snapshot of data
• Security page to control authorisation against the report
General
Parameters
Execution
History
Security
Report Management Reporting Server Configuration
• Report Server Configuration Manager• IIS agnostic• Single service account
configuration• SharePoint Integration
• Report Server administration• Better control over memory• Redesigned Report Engine• ReportServer and
ReportServerTempDB
Report Server Configuration Manag
er
Report Server Administration
Demo: Administering Reports and ConfiguringReporting Services
• New and Improved rendering options• Standard and Data Driven Subscriptions
Report Delivery
• Report Manager Administration• Report Server Configuration
Report Management
• Streamlined installation options• IIS agnostic• SharePoint Integration
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring• New Report Designer• New Tablix data region• Enhanced Visualisation through gauges and charts
Agenda Summary
Report Server Installation:Streamlined Installation
• Improved and Easier Installation Experience• Installation allows SSRS 2008 to run
immediately after installation.• IIS dependency removed• Single Service account configuration• SharePoint Integration now part of
the installation• Issues with side by side deployment
during migration. Should install SSRS 2008 in Files installation mode. Use Configuration manager to customise the installation.
Streamlined
Installation
IIS Agnostic
SharePoint
Integration
Migration Issues
• New and Improved rendering options• Standard and Data Driven Subscriptions
Report Delivery
• Report Manager Administration• Report Server Configuration
Report Management
• Streamlined installation options• IIS agnostic• SharePoint Integration
Report Server Installation
Report Authoring• New Report Designer• New Tablix data region• Enhanced Visualisation through gauges and charts
Summary
Microsoft Resources• Microsoft E-learning Clinic: 6258. IT’S FREE!
http://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=89922
• SQL Server 2008 Marketing Pagehttp://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx
• Microsoft Learning and Certificationhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/sql/2008/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/sql/2008/default.mspx
• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) & MSDN Magazinehttp://microsoft.com/msdn http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine
• Trial Software and Virtual Labshttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/trials/default.mspx
MSDN Library
Knowledge Base
Forums MSDN
Magazine User Groups
Newsgroups
E-learning Product
Evaluations
Videos Webcasts V-labs
Blogs MVPs Certification Chats
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Additional Resources
• Microsoft Learning and Certificationhttp://www.microsot.com/learning/sql/2008/default.mspx
• SQLServerFAQ http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/
• LearnSQLServer.org – Released November 2008http://www.LearnSQLServer.org
• Remarc Group www.remarc.co.uk/remarcgroup/bitsoffer.aspx
• Chris Testa-O’Neillco’[email protected]
