Reporting Services Futures: Report Authoring for Information Workers Ciprian Jichici Microsoft Regional Director for Romania General Manager, Genisoft (a member of Maxtel Group)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and the Microsoft Office System Future Office Integration in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 OfficeWriter Technology Office Integration Roadmap Session Objectives and Agenda

END USER TOOLS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS Excel PerformancePoint Server BI PLATFORM SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server DBMS SQL Server Integration Services SharePoint Server DELIVERY ReportsDashboardsExcelWorkbooksAnalyticViewsScorecardsPlans Microsoft’s Integrated BI Offering

Office Integration in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services SharePoint Integration Microsoft Office Excel Rendering Extension CSV Rendering Extension Delivery through

SharePoint Server 2007 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services WSS Object Model SharePoint Content Database WSS Object Model Report Server Database Security Extension Catalog Management Report Viewer Web Part Report M a nageme n t UI SSRS Add-In SQL Server SP2

Demo SharePoint Integration

SSRS and SharePoint Integration Seamless integration with Document Library Centralized user interface for report management through SharePoint UI Rich reporting experience

SQL Server 2008 Office Integration Word Rendering Extension Supported in Microsoft Word Export any SSRS report to Microsoft Office Word Exports to Word binary format Table-based layout

Demo Word Rendering Extension

Reporting In Office: A Top Priority For Customers Enhance the SSRS experience within Office and deliver rich Office documents Customers want rich, data-driven delivery of reports in Microsoft Office document formats Information workers want to use Excel and Word as managed report authoring tools

OfficeWriter Technology Entire report authoring lifecycle takes place in Office Authoring add-ins for Excel and Word Supports Office Full-fidelity Excel and Word output

OfficeWriter Key Scenarios Creation of document-centric reports Mass delivery of documents Rich Excel reports Easy editing by end users Separation of data and layout duties

Demo Excel Charts, Formulas and Pivot Tables

Authoring In Excel Support for all Excel features (pivot tables, formulas, charts) Most report tasks are done using standard Excel dialogs and techniques (formatting, formulas, layout)

OfficeWriter Report Rendering Design in Office Excel Word Publish to SSRS RDL Template Generate Documents Excel Word

OfficeWriter RDL Document template stored in RDL

Multiple Layouts In RDL <Report xmlns=" 10in <Custom Application="Excel" VersionEx=" "> 0M8R4KGxAAAAA... RDL Renderers OfficeWriter Renderers

Demo Word Purchase Order, Mailing Labels, and Form Letter

Authoring In Word Enables new classes of document-based reports Uses standard Word constructs to define layout

Mass Delivery Of Documents Reports designed with OfficeWriter can take advantage of server features (security, delivery, subscriptions) Use data-driven subscriptions to pump out large numbers of Excel and Word documents

Office Report Design Roadmap Today, purchase from SoftArtisans Integration coming in a future release Full integration with Reporting Services User interface redesign Report Builder model support Export to other formats Server workflow functions

Summary Reporting Services integrates with SharePoint 2007 A new rendering extension for Word will be available in SQL Server 2008 Reporting in Office is coming too

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