1. INTRODUCTION TO SQL SERVER REPORTING SEVICES
Shane Risk
Business Intelligence Consultant

2. Introduction to SSRS Report Development Report Delivery
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

3. Integrated End-to-End BI Offering
SharePoint Server
SEARCH
DELIVERY
Reports
Dashboards
Excel
Workbooks
Analytic
Views
Scorecards
Plans
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
COLLABORATION
END USER TOOLS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS
Excel
PerformancePoint Server
BI PLATFORM
SQL Server
Reporting Services
Analysis Services
SQL Server DBMS
SQL Server Integration Services

4. The Microsoft BI Platform SQL Server 2008
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5. Introduction to SSRS Report Development Report Delivery
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

6. Flexible Report Layout
What is Tablix?
The best of Table merged with the best of Matrix
Allows for fixed and dynamic columns and rows
Enables arbitrary nesting on each axis
Enables multiple parallel row/column members at each level
Introduces optional omission of row/column headers
Innovative layout capabilities
Support for richly formatted text
Innovative grouping capabilities
Embed Reporting
Web Report

7. Tabl e + Matr ix Customer Retail Acme Nadir, Inc. Wholesale ABC Corp.
XYZ, Ltd.
Grand Total
Growth
19%
322%
56%
Retail
Acme
Nadir, Inc.
Wholesale
ABC Corp.
XYZ, Ltd.
Grand Total
2001
2002
Total
1,115
1,331
2,446
152
642
794
11,156
13,312
24,468
1,523
6,421
7,944
13,946
21,706
35,653
1,267
1,973
3,230
56%
12,679
19,733
32,412
57%

8. Rich Visualizations
Chart Types
Embed Reporting
Web Report

9. Rich Visualizations
Gauge Types
Embed Reporting
Web Report

10. Inline Charts
Greatly enhances report impact relative to a table of values
All reports and gauges can be embedded in tables
Allows for interesting layouts that were previously unsupported
Charts are rendered to the browser as images, be sure to test client performance prior to rolling out to users

11. Sparkline Chart Compact and concise view of data ideal for dashboards
Provides meaningful historical context
Allows understand time series comparisons across entities
Link to other reports for more detail

12. Bullet Gauge Preferred over gauges and thermometers Easier to read
Take less space
More accurate
Similar to a bar chart, but offers more information

13. Report Development Demo 1
Tablix
Inline Charts
Tablix – adjacent groups?
Sparkline
Bullet
Sparkline Drillthrough
Hide Columns or Rows Conditionally
Create tablix, sparkline, bullet, column chart for quarters

14. Maps Enhance reports with spatial data visualizations
Incorporate Bing Map layers to give maps a professional look
Supports SQL Server spatial data type
Supports ESRI Shapefile format
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are preloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau

15. Report Builder 3.0 Most recent version of the Report Builder tool
Same code base as BIDS report designer
Additional functionality allows you to utilize Shared Datasets and Shared Report Components not present in BIDS
Allows end users to design their own reports
Thin client accessible through Report Manager (Native) or SharePoint (Integrated)

16. Shared Components Shared Datasets
Share datasets across reports for simplified maintenance and improved performance
Can be cached independently from any reports
Can be reused by end users building reports in Report Builder 3.0
Shared Report Parts
Share report components between reports
Build a report visualization once and use it in many reports

17. Report Development Demo 2
Report Builder 3.0
Shared Report Parts
Shared Datasets
Tablix – adjacent groups?
Sparkline
Bullet
Sparkline Drillthrough
Hide Columns or Rows Conditionally
Create tablix, sparkline, bullet, column chart for quarters

18. Introduction to SSRS Report Delivery Report Development
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

19. Deliver Personalized Reports
Delivery to the location users want
Pull Model for retrieval of reports when needed
Push Model for scheduling automatic delivery
Embed reports for contextual business insight
Interactive Reports
Interactive navigation paths
Parameterization for optimal relevancy
Ad-hoc report customizations
Rendering in the format users want
Rendering to Microsoft Office
Rendering in SharePoint
Rendering HTML, PDF, CSV, XML, and Image
XML

20. My Reports
Personal folder where report publishers can deploy their own reports
Useful for creating one-off reports from existing reports for one time use
Can be used as a poor man’s development environment
Develop and QA reports deployed to My Reports prior to public release
System Administrators can view reports in user’s My Report folders

21. My Subscriptions
Users can subscribe to reports through the Report Manager interface
Report subscriptions can be viewed and maintained on the My Subscriptions page
Allows users to easily manage report delivery without administrative assistance

22. Data Driven Subscriptions
Table driven report delivery
Report parameters are specified via table columns
Each row in the table is a separate report instance
Reports can be delivered via , to a file share, or to a SharePoint list

23. SharePoint Portal – Key Benefits
Single place to View, Manage, & Deliver reports with-in SharePoint UI
Same site access for all business documents, including reports, report models, and shared data sources
Deep level of database and security integration
Easy integration with other information delivery tools & technologies
Collaboration activities in SharePoint. Integration with

24. Viewing Reports in SharePoint
ReportViewer web part
Full page or Dashboard view
Connects with Filter web parts
Connects with Reports Library, Doc. Library web parts
URL Access Parameters
Toolbar, HeaderArea, DocMapAreaWidth, AsyncRender
PerformancePoint Dashboard Viewer
Embed Reporting Services reports within a PerformancePoint dashboard
RV – Web part
Support full-page or dashboard views
Supports filter consumer and row consumer interfaces to allow connection with other SharePoint web parts like date filter or Reports Library web parts.
URL Access params – specify params on the URL
List reporting via the XML

25. Report Delivery Demo My Reports My Subscriptions
Tablix – adjacent groups?
Sparkline
Bullet
Sparkline Drillthrough
Hide Columns or Rows Conditionally
Create tablix, sparkline, bullet, column chart for quarters

26. Introduction to SSRS Report Server Administration Report Development
Report Delivery
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

27. Reporting Services Security
Users are granted role based access to specific folders
There are a number of predefined roles that come out of the box
New report roles can be created through SQL Server Management Studio
Roles: Browser, Publisher, My Reports, Content Manager, System User, System Administrator

28. Data Source Administration
Manage data sources through the report manager interface
Configure reports to use a proxy account or Windows Integrated Security
View subscriptions that rely on the data source
View dependent reports

29. Report Caching A report optimization technique that caches report data
Set a report to keep a temporary copy of the report when executed or refresh the cache on a schedule
Report caches can be expired after a number of minutes or according to a schedule
Caching requires the use of stored data source report credentials

30. Report Snapshots Used to retain point in time reports
Report snapshots can be configured to run on a specified schedule
Snapshots store report data in the Report Server database
Render at runtime using stored snapshot data
Requires stored report credentials

31. Linked Reports
Reports can show up in multiple folders but are only deployed to one
Simplifies report maintenance because report updates only need to be applied to a single report
Linked reports can have their own default parameters, allowing linked reports to display their own discrete data
Linked Report
Linked Report
Linked Report
Report

32. Manage, Deliver & Publish
Manage Report Items in SharePoint
Report parameters, Data sources, Processing Options, Snapshots etc.
Data Sources, Dependent Items
Model Item Security
Report Delivery from / to SharePoint
Report subscriptions & Shared Schedules
Publish to SharePoint
Report Builder, Report Designer, Model Designer

33. SSRS Features NOT Supported in SharePoint Integrated Mode
Custom SSRS Security Extensions
Report Manager Administration of Reports
Linked Reports
My Reports
My Subscriptions
SSRS Batching Methods

34. Report Server Administration Demo
Roles
Data Source Administration
Report Snapshots
Report Caching
Linked Reports
Tablix – adjacent groups?
Sparkline
Bullet
Sparkline Drillthrough
Hide Columns or Rows Conditionally
Create tablix, sparkline, bullet, column chart for quarters

35. INTRODUCTION To SSRS Exciting Developments Report Development
Report Delivery
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

36. Azure Reports
Cloud based access to Reporting Services
Alleviate the overhead of hosting your own SSRS servers
Provide per user access to reports via the internet

37. Azure Reports – Supported Features
Capability
SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Azure Reporting
Developer design tool
Business Intelligence Design Studio
(BIDS)Report Builder
Business Intelligence Design Studio (BIDS)
Report Builder (Authoring only - deployment to SQL Azure Reporting through BIDS)
Supported data sources
Diverse data sources
SQL Azure databases
Report
Embed reports into your apps
Embed hosted reports into your apps
Management and delivery
Report Manager or SharePoint Portal
display reports
rendering to multiple formats
subscriptions
scheduled delivery
SQL Azure Development Portal
Developer Extensibility
Extensible for custom data sources, assemblies, report items, authentication, etc.
Extensibility is not yet enabled
Security Model
Windows Authentication
SQL Azure Username/password

38. Project Crescent
Silverlight Ad Hoc Reporting tool coming in SQL “Denali”
Enhanced self service BI offering for PowerPivot
Supports drag and drop report building for the end user
Features highly interactive visualizations and animations
Allows visualizations to be embedded in PowerPoint presentations for powerful real time presentations

39. INTRODUCTION To SSRS Conclusion Report Development Report Delivery
Report Server Administration
Exciting Developments
Conclusion

40. Conclusion Reporting services is
a powerful enterprise reporting platform
capable of meeting your report delivery needs
simple to administer
constantly evolving to become even more powerful

41. Additional Resources Books
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services by Brian Larson
Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services by Teo Lachev
Web Sites
Blogs
Reporting Services Team Blog -
Robert Bruckner -

42. Questions? Shane Risk Business Intelligence Consultant
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