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SQL Server Reporting Services

London Database Developer Forum

Anoop Patel


Agenda

What is SQL Server Reporting Services Installation Report Authoring Report Management Report Delivery


What is Reporting Services

New Microsoft reporting software for creating, managing and delivering reports

Centralized management Deliver browser based, file and email reports SQL Server based Create reports using Visual Studio.net Free with SQL Server 2000


Reporting Services Architecture

SQL Server Catalog

Report Server

Delivery

Delivery Targets(E-mail, File share,

Custom)

Security Services(NT, Passport,

Custom)

Security

Data Sources(SQL, OLE DB, ODBC,

Oracle, Custom)

Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom)

Browser Management Custom App

URL WMI Web Service

Data Retrieval Rendering


Installation

Component Prerequisite

Report Server /

Report Manager

Windows XP / 2000 Server SP4 / 2003

IIS 5

Microsoft .Net Framework version 1.1

Report Server Database SQL Server 2000 SP3a

Email Delivery Extension SMTP Server

Report Designer Visual Studio.NET 2003


Report Authoring

Integrated with Visual Studio .NET 2003 Full report authoring capabilities Generates Report Definition Language Report previewing Deploy directly to Report Server


Report Authoring Demo


Data Sources

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 Oracle databases OLE DB including Analysis Services ODBC Shared data source


Data Sources Demo


Report Layout

List (free-form)– Data arranged free-form on the page

Table– Fixed number of columns

Matrix (Pivot table / Crosstab)– The number of columns depends on the query results

Chart– Data represented graphically (pie, line or bar chart)


Table Demo


Matrix Demo


Headers and Footers

Report Header/Footer– Area of report above or below data region

Page Header/Footer– Add to page definition– Optional for First and Last pages

Table Header/Footer– Optional repeat on each page

Group Header/Footer– Force page break before or after– Optional repeat on each page


Report Sorting and Filtering

SortingFilteringGroupingAggregates (Sum, Avg, Count, etc)


Interactivity

Document Map Hyperlinks Bookmarks Drill Through Drill Down


Interactivity Demo


Report Parameters

Report Parameters Query Parameters

– SQL (named @ parameters)– Access (unnamed parameters)

Dynamic Parameter Lists


Report Parameters Demo


Import Access Reports

Access 2002 Import all reports in mdb OK for simple reports Unsupported features:

– Module Code– Checkbox, ComboBox, ListBox, ActiveX Control– Conditional Formatting

Parameters Duplicate Object Names


Report Management

Publish reports to Report Server Database Web based Report Manager Maintain report folders Data source Parameters Execution (cache or snapshot) Subscription and delivery Role-based Security


Report Execution

On Demand Caching Snapshot Report History


Subscription and Delivery

On-demand (“pull”) Event-based (“push”)

– e-mail – File System

Data Driven


Report Rendering

Web Formats– HTML 4, HTML 3.2, Web Archive

Print Formats– TIFF, PDF

Data Formats– Excel, XML, CSV


URL Addressability

Report Server– http://[servername]/ReportServer

Report– ?/ReportDirectory/ReportName

Parameter directives– &CategoryID=1&EmployeeID=1

SSL Support– ?dsu:DataSet1=MyUserName&

dsp:DataSet1=MyPassword Report Manager

– http://[servername]/Reports


Not covered

Security Web Service Interface Rendering Extensions Delivery Extensions


Further information

Questions– [email protected]– 020 88 66 55 77

Microsoft site– http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting

Evaluation copy (120 day)– http://www.microsoft.com/

sql/reporting/productinfo/trial.asp

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Documents

server slide

report parameters demo

report authoring demo

report sorting

page slide

table demo slide

data sources demo slide

matrix demo slide