Intro to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Steve Wake Intro to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Principal Business Intelligence Developer, Brown and Caldwell Steve is currently the Principal Business Intelligence Developer at Brown and Caldwell and has experience in advertising, media, manufacturing, retail, charities, telecommunications and financial services organizations using the full Microsoft BI stack. Steve is also very involved in the SQL community, speaking at events around the world, blogging at wakebi.com, and is currently Chapter Leader of the Mile Hi Power BI User Group. Steve Wake Principal Business Intelligence Developer, Brown and Caldwell /in/b5lurker @stevewake /stevenmwake

Agenda SSRS Intro SSRS or/and Power BI Agenda SSRS Intro SSRS or/and Power BI? SSRS Terms SSRS 2017 Updates Demos

SSRS Intro SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) First available as free add-on to SQL Server 2000 in the 2002 timeframe Enterprise-wide on-prem reporting application (see this link for features by SQL Server Edition) Can be integrated with SharePoint (on-prem) Built for fixed format multiple detail page reports (Paginated Reports)

SSRS Intro Web interface for admin/accessing reports Full REST API available to customize or deliver reporting in custom apps ReportViewer controls for web and Windows apps also available from Microsoft SSRS reports can be scheduled for updates and delivery via email/file share Report Builder available for ad-hoc “end-user” report building

SSRS Intro Integration with Power BI to add SSRS reports to Power BI Power BI Report Server to host Power BI reports on-prem Mobile access to SSRS reports available in Power BI mobile apps

SSRS or/and Power BI? IT delivered/controlled reporting or End-User built reporting? On-prem vs. Cloud? Mobile-aware reporting? Custom security requirements? Custom visualizations? Custom .NET/Web/Windows application embedding? Data sources for reports?

SSRS Terms Web Portal – New version of SSRS Report Manager. Complete rewrite using HTML 5 with custom branding support. Paginated Reports – Classic SSRS reports (.rdl/.rdlx) built in SSDT and Report Builder Mobile Reports – formerly DataZen reports KPIs – KPI object embedded on Web Portal using already deployed SSRS datasets. Power BI – Self-Service BI with Windows Desktop Development/Viewing Tool (Power BI Desktop) & SaaS PowerBI.com (.pbix). Not just reporting, full BI suite for accessing source data, ETL, modeling and reporting.

SSRS 2017 Updates Standalone Installer REST API replacing SOAP API Visual Studio 2017 support MSBuild support ReportViewer control for ASP.NET WebForms and SharePoint Server Report Comments Show/Hide Download Menu from Web Portal Power BI Report Server

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