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Join Wes Springob, Business Intelligence Developer at Agile Bay, Inc., as he introduces SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). This session covers a brief overview of SSRS, demonstrates how to build your first report, and includes a Q&A segment. Learn how SSRS provides powerful tools for creating reports from various data sources, managing report distribution, and ensuring security. Discover the capabilities and administration tools that make SSRS an essential component of business intelligence and data analysis in any organization.
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Introduction To Reporting Services(SSRS) Presented by: Wes Springob Business Intelligence Developer, Agile Bay, Inc.
Customers & Partners Wes Springob Current Positions: Business Intelligence Developer at Agile Bay Member of SQL Pass Tampa Insert Picture
Session Agenda • Brief overview of Reporting Services. • Demonstration, Building your first report. • Q&A
Terms and Acronyms • (SSRS) SQL Server Reporting Services: Microsoft’s Reporting solution. • (BI) Business Intelligence: Reporting and Analysis of business data. • (.rdl) RDL: Report Definition Language (XML), or a Reporting Services report definition file.
Overview of Reporting Services More than just reports
SQL Server Reporting SERVICES • Provides a presentation method for sharing reporting and analysis throughout an organization and to the public. • Provides administration tools to manage versions, branding, security and distribution of reports. • Provides tools for developers to create reports.
SQL Server Reporting Services • Supports virtually any database or data source. • OLE (Deprecated) • ODBC • SQL Server • Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) • SQL Azure (Cloud Database) • SQL Server Analysis Services • Oracle • XML • Teradata • Can be presented in a variety of methods • Through Report Manager • Embedded in a web page using the Report Viewer .Net Control • Through SharePoint • In a Windows application • As HTML in an Email
SQL Server Reporting Services • Reports can be easily transformed into popular formats. • Word • Excel • CSV • PDF • HTML • Tif • XML • RSS Data Feed
Demo: Building your first report
Demo: • Introduction to Report Manager • Shared vs. embedded Data Sources • Shared vs. embedded Data Sets • Report Builder • Deploying your report • Securing your report • Distributing your report • Enhancements
Summary • SSRS is more than just reports. • Report Manager is the hub of SSRS administration. • Report Builder provides an easy to use development environment for creating RDLs.
Additional Resources • Technet (2008R2)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159106(v=sql.105).aspx • Brian Swan’s MSDN Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brian_swan/archive/2010/04/29/getting-started-with-sql-server-reporting-services-ssrs.aspx • Report Builder 3.0 (2008R2)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207008(v=sql.105).aspx