1. Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Discover the role that Reporting Services plays in an organization's reporting
life cycle, the key features offered by Reporting Services, and the components
that make up the Reporting Services architecture.
Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
Installing Reporting Services
Reporting Services Tools
2. Authoring Basic Reports
Discover the fundamentals of report authoring, including configuring data
sources and data sets, creating tabular reports, summarizing data, and applying
basic formatting.
Creating a Basic Table Report
Formatting Report Pages
Calculating Values
3. Enhancing Basic Reports
Examine navigational controls and some additional types of data regions, and
learn to use them to enhance a basic report.
Interactive Navigation
Displaying Data
Exporting and Printing Reports
Export Formats
4. Manipulating Data Sets
Explore data sets to a greater depth, including the use of alternative data
sources and interacting with a data set through the use of parameters. Learn how
to dynamically modify the data set underlying a data region by allowing
parameters to be sent to the underlying query. Also, learn to use best practices
to implement static and dynamic parameter lists when interacting with queries
and stored procedures.
Defining Report Data
Using Parameters and Filters
Using Parameter Lists
If Time Permits: Displaying All Categories In A Parameter List
Advanced Grouping
Combining Reports
Charts
Pre-Defined Reporting Services Packages
5. Using Report Models
Learn to create a report model so business users can create their own reports
without using the full Report Designer development environment. Learn how to use
Report Builder to create a report from a report model.
Creating Report Models
Using Report Builder
6. Publishing and Executing Reports
Explore the various options you can use to publish reports to the report server
and execute them.
Publishing Reports
Executing Reports
Creating Cached Instances
Creating Snapshots and Report History
7. Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
Learn to implement subscriptions so you can distribute reports either
automatically by e-mail or by publishing reports to a shared folder.
Introduction to Report Subscriptions
Creating Report Subscriptions
Managing Report Subscriptions
8. Administering Reporting Services
Learn to administer the Reporting Services server, monitor and optimize the
performance of the report server, maintain the Reporting Services databases, and
keep the system secure.
Server Administration
Performance and Reliability Monitoring
Administering Report Server Databases
Security Administration Reporting Services Security
Web Host Security
Role-Based Security, Role Definitions, Role Assignments
Tasks and Permissions
Custom Security Extension
9. Programming Reporting Services
Learn to query Reporting Services information programmatically and automate
report management tasks. Discover how to render reports without relying on
Report Manager, and learn how you can extend the feature set of a report server
by creating custom code.
Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
Automating Report Management
Rendering Reports
Creating Custom Code
Deployment Tools
NET Assemblies to generate RDL
10. Troubleshooting and Maintenance of the Reporting Services Architecture
Backup and Restore Reporting Services
Common Installation Errors
Database Connection Errors
Credential Errors
Report Errors
Data Access Errors
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