SQL Server Reporting Services

By Sam Nasr
March 29, 2005

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Agenda
Introduction Reporting Services 2000 Examples Reporting Services 2005 (Beta 2) Q&A Announcements Survey and raffle

Terminology
RDL: Report Definition Language Expression: custom code using keywords, ops, values, or functions (i.e. field, code). Web Archive: self-contained, portable selfreport with images (used for offline viewing).

Features
Report Designer Report Builder (Yukon) Report Manager Integration Services (Formerly DTS) Management Tools Tightly integrated with VS Integrated with BI analysis services (Yukon).

RS Architecture

Subscription (trigger) Methods

When report runs When data changes Scheduled

Report Formats
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. XML CSV PDF TIFF Excel Web Archive (MHTML-embedded)

Delivery Methods
File Server Share E-mail Null Delivery (stored in DB)

Installation
Components of SQL Server


Reporting Services
Command line utilities

Virtual Directories
 

Reports (C:\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\\Reporting Services\ReportManager) (C:\ Files Server\MSSQL Services\ ReportServer (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\\Reporting Services\ReportServer) (C:\ Files\ Server\MSSQL Services\

Databases
 

ReportServer stores report formats, RDL, etc. ReportServerTempDB stores temporary data used in processing the reports.

Security Tasks
1. Create linked reports 2. Manage all subscriptions 3. Manage data sources 4. Manage folders 5. Manage individual subscriptions 6. Manage report history 7. Manage reports 8. Manage resources 9. Set security for individual items 10.View 10.View data sources 11.View 11.View folders 12.View 12.View reports 13.View 13.View resources

Security Roles (Default)

1. Browser: May view folders, reports and subscribe to reports. 2. Content Manager: May manage content in the Report Server. This includes folders, reports and resources. 3. My Reports: May publish reports and linked reports; manage folders, reports and resources in a users My Reports folder. 4. Publisher: May publish reports and linked reports to the Report Server.

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon Release Dates

Currently Available: Beta 2 May/June 2005: Beta 3 End of 2005: Final Release

Additional Info
SQL Server 2005 Webcasts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/2005/2005Webcasts/default.aspx

SQL Server 2005

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/

Recommended Books
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Step by Step by Stacia Misner ($22.75) Microsoft Reporting Services in Action by Teo Lachev ($30.95) Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Developers by Peter DeBetta ($16.95)

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