Building a Modern Reporting Solution

with SQL Server 2016

Guillermo Caicedo
guillermo.caicedo@prpass.org | @sqltitan
Guillermo Caicedo, MCP

• Consultor en Nagnoi, LLC (nagnoi.com)

• Enfoque en Business Intelligence & application architecture
• 10+ años en SQL Server
• 6+ años en BI & OLAP
• Data Platform MVP
• blog: sqltitan.com
• Líder del Capitulo de Puerto Rico PASS (PRPASS) y
Power BI User Group
What's your role?

Sophisticated Visual data

Productive Authoring
Design Environment representation

Re-use of insights Highly Interactive

Report Viewer Controls

Rich Design Capabilities Flexible layout Self Service

Report Designer Report Builder Power BI

Embedded Operational Self-Service

Vision for Business Intelligence
Vision for Business Intelligence
Symmetry across on-premises and cloud
Vision for Microsoft BI Reporting
SQL Server 2016+

CREATE MANAGE CONSUME

Excel Power BI web portal

Power BI
• Power BI Desktop
• Microsoft Excel
Power BI Desktop • Mobile reports Windows App
• Paginated reports
Android App

iOS App
Mobile Report Publisher

SQL Server
Reporting Services Report Server web portal
SQL Server (all BI report types)
Report Builder • Power BI Desktop
• Mobile reports
Report Designer in • Paginated reports
SQL Server Data Tools SharePoint web parts

Public Roadmap http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2015/10/29/microsoft-business-intelligence-our-reporting-roadmap.aspx

Modern Reporting
For paginated and mobile reports

CONSUME Design beautiful documents using updated

tools and new features

Create responsive, interactive reports optimized

Paginated reports
Mobile reports
for mobile devices

Other
data sources

Consume both types of reports in one web

portal using modern browsers
Report Server 2016
New Reporting Portal
Demo – new web portal
Custom Branding
Power BI Desktop
Streamlined, unified and improved experience

Power Query ETL

Power Pivot Data Model

Power View Reports

Publish Power BI Desktop Reports on-premises

Demo – Power BI Desktop
Modern Paginated Reports
Design beautiful documents quickly and easily

Modern chart and gauge styles

Updated Report Builder look and feel

Visual Studio 2015 support

Plugin-free printing
Customizable Parameter Layout
Position report parameters the way you want
Export to PowerPoint
Generate presentations from paginated reports

Generate slides including all report

content in seconds

Move and resize individual objects

Export manually, schedule for email

delivery, or generate programmatically
Demo – paginated reports features
Pin to Power BI Dashboards
Get more from existing Reporting Services investments

Monitor the most important metrics and

trends in one place

Pin SSRS visualizations as tiles to Power BI

dashboards
Register Report Server with Power BI
Pin to Power BI Dashboard
Demo – Pin to Power BI
Create Mobile Reports
Responsive experiences for phones and tablets
Demo – mobile report publisher
Consume mobile reports
Native apps for all major mobile platforms

Native mobile experience optimized for touch

Keep data up-to-date with real-time query or

scheduled data refresh

Ensure data security with personalized data

views

Interact with mobile reports even when

disconnected
Enhancements for SharePoint BI

Edit mode for PowerPivot workbooks

Support for Excel 2016 workbooks
Scheduled Data Refresh for Power Query connections

New chart types and HTML5 rendering

Plugin-free printing and export to PowerPoint
Updated Report Builder
Summary: Enhanced Reporting Services

Modern design tools

Support for latest enterprise data source
Expanded browser support
Secure access
Power BI integration

 Report consumption from modern browsers

 Improved parameters
 Modern themes
 New chart types
References
• Download SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition (Free)-
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/03/31/microsoft-sql-
server-developer-edition-is-now-free/
• What's New in Reporting Services (SSRS) - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ms170438.aspx
• Get more done in the new Reporting Services web portal with SQL Server 2016 RC0 -
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlrsteamblog/2016/03/07/get-more-done-in-the-
new-reporting-services-web-portal-with-sql-server-2016-rc0/
• Enable a report server for Power BI Mobile access - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/c1a71522-394b-46a7-b9ec-f964bdd81d82.aspx
Gracias!