1. What’s New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services
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What’s New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services
In this video I will demonstration What’s New in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services.
Peter Myers

2. Presentation Outline Reporting Services Overview New SSRS Features
Deprecated SSRS Features
Discontinued SSRS Features
Upgrading to SSRS 2016
Supported SSRS Features by Edition

3. Reporting Services Overview
Reporting Services (SSRS) delivers enterprise, web-enabled reporting functionality
Implemented as a Report Server, in one of two modes—Native and SharePoint—it can scale to support thousands of users
SSRS 2016 is extended with a new capability to deliver mobile reports, and is enhanced with a new modern web portal
To contrast classic RDL reports with the new mobile reports, SSRS reports are now referred to as either paginated or mobile

4. Reporting Services Overview
SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Architecture
ANALYZE & AUTHOR
DELIVER
SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services
CONSUME
MOBILE REPORTS
SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher
ONE SET OF MOBILE APPS
iOS App
Android App
Windows Phone App
SQL Server Reporting Services
Native mode
SharePoint integrated mode
PAGINATED REPORTS
SQL Server
Report Builder
Report Designer in SQL Server Data Tools
Mobile Reports now a component of SSRS
Key points: Roadmap slide for SQL Server 2016 BI – SQL Server Reporting Services for paginated and mobile reporting.
Talk track:
Today, customers who have a qualifying SQL Server Enterprise Edition license and active Software Assurance can download Datazen Server ( and use it as long as they have active Software assurance.
In SQL Server 2016 we provide a better integrated experience and enable both mobile and paginated reporting with SQL Server Reporting Services (native mode).
Datazen is expected to be available as a component of SQL Server Reporting Services in SQL Server 2016 enabling IT organizations to create and manage paginated reports as well as mobile reports for customers who need a mobile reporting solution that is implemented on-premises. SQL Server Reporting Services Report Server can run in one of two deployment modes, native mode and SharePoint Mode. Mobile reports will only be supported in native mode.
What changes are expected for paginated reports in SQL Server 2016?
IT can use a modernized version of SQL Server Report Builder and Report Designer to create paginated reports and manage them in SQL Server Reporting Services. SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services (native mode) allows you to access paginated reports in a new web portal experience, export paginated reports to Word, Excel, PPT, PDF and pin report items to Power BI dashboards enabling business users to get access to relevant information in one singe place.
Mobile reports are created in SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher (previously Datazen Publisher) based on data sources that are set up in SQL Server Reporting Services These mobile reports can be consumed from Power BI apps and on a new web portal, enabling business users to get access to mobile and paginated reports from one single place.
SQL Server Reporting Services in integrated mode will continue to support SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 for paginated reports.
Web portal
Paginated and mobile reports
Pin paginated report items to Power BI dashboards
Pin paginated report items to Power BI
SharePoint

5. New SSRS Features The new SSRS features are grouped by category:
Delivery
Analyze and Author
Consume
Mobile Reporting

6. New SSRS Features Delivery
Supports the current versions of Microsoft.NET Framework 4
This includes 4.0 and 4.5.1
If no version of .NET Framework 4.x is installed, SQL Server setup installs .NET 4.0 during the feature installation
Render paginated reports as PowerPoint files
Text boxes and images render as PowerPoint text boxes and images
Data visualizations render as images
The PowerPoint slide layout can be adjusted to suit, by moving and resizing individual objects

7. New SSRS Features Delivery [Continued]
Ability to deliver subscriptions by using a single file share account, reusable across multiple subscriptions
Pin report items to Power BI dashboards
Requires registering the Report Server with Power BI
Can pin charts, gauge panels, maps and images, and configure how often the data is refreshed
Dashboard tile refresh is achieved with subscriptions
Supported by all SQL Server editions
Support of SharePoint mode for SharePoint 2016

8. New SSRS Features Delivery [Continued]
Authenticated server access

9. New SSRS Features Analyze and Author Paginated report authoring:
Custom parameter pane, allowing design-time control over report parameter layout
Two new chart types: Tree Map and Sunburst charts, which effectively visualize hierarchical data
Report Builder
Now has a new modern look and feel, with streamlined UI elements
Supports High DPI (Dots Per Inch) scaling and devices

10. New SSRS Features Analyze and Author [Continued]
Updated data source support:
Oracle Database 12c (uses ODP.NET)
Oracle Essbase 11
SAP BW 7.5
Teradata 15
Personalized connection strings for Analysis Services:
Enables data sources to pass current user name as custom data
Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=Sales Analysis;CustomData={{ UserID }}

11. New SSRS Features Analyze and Author [Continued]
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
Deliver visual cues that communicate the amount of progress made toward a goal
Typically valuable for teams, managers, and businesses by enabling them to quickly evaluate the progress made toward measurable goals
Developed in, and displayed by, the new SSRS web portal
Supported by Enterprise edition, and Native mode only

12. New SSRS Features Analyze and Author: KPIs [Continued]
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
Enable defining value, goal, status and trend metrics
The value, goal and status metrics are single values—typically numeric, though text is also possible
The trend metric is designed to use a time series (e.g. monthly values)
Values can be sourced from shared datasets, or by manually entered values
Datasets can be parameterized
Datasets must use caching
Cache plans should be used to schedule the refresh
Can be configured to launch related content—either a mobile report, or a custom URL
The status colors—by default—are green (1), amber (0), or red (-1), and these can be overridden by custom branding

13. New SSRS Features Consume
The web portal is a new HTML5 application that targets modern web standards and modern browsers
Report Manager has been removed and the web portal is now the default used to browse/manage/consume the Report Server catalog
Stores, manages and secures reports and related assets:
Paginated reports
Mobile reports
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Power BI Desktop files
Excel workbooks

14. New SSRS Features Consume [Continued]
Supports custom branding, allowing the customization of logo, web portal colors and a mobile report theme

15. New SSRS Features Consume [Continued]
PDF replaces ActiveX for remote printing (plug-in free printing)
New enhanced subscription management:
Easily enable/disable
Provide a description
User can change the owner

16. New SSRS Features Mobile Reporting
Mobile reporting is enabled by the delivery of a new component
Based on Microsoft’s acquisition of Datazen in 2015
Supported by Enterprise edition, and Native mode only
It is designed to deliver reports with optimal experiences on mobile devices
It achieves this with a responsive layout that adapts to very different screen sizes and orientations
SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher is the single point for designing and publishing of mobile reports

17. New SSRS Features Mobile Reporting: Mobile Report Publisher
Use Mobile Report Publisher to:
Connect to:
The report server to access shared datasets
Local Excel workbooks (data is cached in the report)
Design a master layout consisting of navigators, gauges, charts, maps and data grids
Define additional layouts customized for tablet or phone formats
Publish reports to the report server for delivery to all devices
Mobile Report Publisher is available from the Microsoft Download Center

18. New SSRS Features Mobile Reporting: Additional Capabilities
Work with simulated data
Simulated data is automatically generated as required, and is not published with the report
This enables a design-first, rather than a data-first, design approach
Data caching
By default, shared datasets deliver the latest data
To improve performance, consider caching the shared datasets
Parameters
Mobile report values can be passed to parameterized datasets

19. New SSRS Features
Mobile Reporting: Additional Capabilities [Continued]
Custom branding
The new web portal custom branding can also be used to define a single color palette for mobile report styling
Mobile Report Publisher will make the custom color palette available once it has connected to the report server
Custom maps
Geographic maps can be defined by using ESRI shapefiles
There needs to be a .shp and .dbf file, and together they cannot exceed 512KB

20. New SSRS Features
Mobile Reporting: Additional Capabilities [Continued]
Configure firewall access
It is likely that the required firewall port is closed
A network administrator must ensure TCP on port 443 is open on the report server
Deliver with Power BI
Users can use Power BI mobile apps to consume mobile reports
The iOS Power BI mobile app requires basic authentication, and this must be configured, and HTTPS should be enabled

21. Deprecated SSRS Features
Not supported in the next major release of SQL Server:
HTML4.0 renderer (use the HTML5 renderer)
Deprecated features are those which are marked for removal in future releases
<TODO: STILL NOT ANNOUNCED AS AT 10-MAY-2016>

22. Discontinued SSRS Features
The following features are discontinued:
Uploading and managing report models with the web portal (can still be achieved with the SOAP API)
Discontinued features are those which are no longer supported, and which is likely to have been removed in the SQL Server 2016 release
<TODO: STILL NOT ANNOUNCED AS AT 10-MAY-2016>

23. Upgrading to SSRS 2016 A SSRS instance upgrade can be achieved by:
In-place upgrade
Side-by-side upgrade (Native mode only)
Supported for SQL Server 2008, or later
For full details on upgrade check-lists, methods, and considerations, see:

24. Supported SSRS Features by Edition
SSRS 2016 is supported by all editions
Maximum compute capacity per instance:
Enterprise and Developer: Operating system maximum
Standard: Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 24 cores
Web: Limited to lesser of 4 sockets or 16 cores
Express: Limited to lesser of 1 sockets or 4 cores
Maximum memory per instance:
Standard and Web: 64GB
Express: 4GB

25. Supported SSRS Features by Edition
[Continued]
Web and Express editions continue to support only basic reporting
Supported only by Enterprise edition:
Mobile reports and KPIs 1
Data-driven subscriptions
Scale-out deployment
Alerting 2
Power View 2
1 Native mode only 2 SharePoint mode only

26. Summary Seventh release of Reporting Services
Supported report types are now paginated or mobile
Paginated reports have been enhanced with custom parameter layout, and two new chart types for hierarchical data
The new mobile component is designed to deliver reports with optimal experiences on mobile devices
The web portal is a new HTML5 application that targets modern web standards and modern browsers, and support custom branding

27. Resources MSDN: SQL Server Reporting Services
MSDN: What’s New in Reporting Services
MSDN: Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2016
SQL Server Reporting Services Team Blog

28. Resources [Continued] TechNet Virtual Labs:
Exploring What's New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services for Paginated Reporting
Exploring What's New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services for Mobile Reporting
Use the search pane to locate the lab

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