DBA230 Introducing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Jason Carlson Product Unit Manager SQL Server Microsoft Corporation

Reporting Services Vision Delivered through Traditional and interactive reports Scalable, manageable and embeddable server infrastructure Integration with SharePoint, Office applications, browser and other familiar tools Single platform and tools for all types of structured data (relational, hierarchical, multidimensional) Enable employees at all levels of an organization to realize the promise of BI to promote better decision making

Scenarios Enterprise Reporting In-house reports (Sales, Finance, HR) Manageability, portal and LOB integration Embedded Reporting Report processing included in applications Extensible, embeddable architecture B2B Reporting Partner reporting via extranets, Internet Data isolation, extensible security

BI User Profiles Information Consumers Information Explorers 5-10% of users 15-25% of users 65-80% of users SQL Server ReportingServices Analysis Services Analysts

AuthoringManagementDelivery Reporting Lifecycle SQL Server Reporting Services supports the full reporting lifecycle, including Authoring, Management and Delivery

Report Authoring Report developers can create reports to be published to the Report Server using Microsoft or 3rd party design tools that support the Reporting Services XML Report Definition Language (RDL) ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess Authoring AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Report Management Report definitions, folders, and resources are published and managed in a reporting web service; Managed reports can be executed either on-demand or via schedule and are cached for consistency and performance Management ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Report Delivery Reporting Services supports both on-demand (“pull”) and event-based (“push”) delivery of reports; Users can view reports from a web-based front-end or subscribe for reports to be delivered in Delivery ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Reporting Services Brian Welcker Group Program Manager SQL Server Microsoft demo demo

Report Delivery Single report definition can be rendered to diverse output formats Web Formats (HTML 4, HTML 3.2, HTML w/OWC) Print Formats (TIFF, RTF, PDF) Data Formats (Excel, XML, CSV) Personalized and administrator defined subscription and delivery Ability to select output formats per subscription Can deliver links as well as rendered reports Data-driven subscriptions for personal delivery Extensible delivery provider architecture , File System, Custom

Report Authoring Powerful, XML Report Definition Language Freeform / Table / Matrix / Chart Parameters (Dynamic, Hierarchical) Sorting / Filtering / Grouping / Aggregates Interactivity (Drill-down, Drill-through) Full VB.NET Expression Language Extensible query execution architecture SQL Server / Analysis Services OLE DB / ODBC / Oracle Report Designer Integrated with Visual Studio.NET 2003 Published definition enables 3rd party tools

Report Management Web Service APIs for management Web and Win32 management user interfaces Report Management Functions Report Metadata (Name, Description, Connections, Credentials, Parameters) Scheduling integrated with SQL Server Agent Execution properties (live, cache or snapshot) History of prior executions Extensible, role-based security architecture

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture Delivery Delivery Targets ( , File share, Custom) Security Services (NT, Passport, Custom) Security Data Sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, Custom) Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom) Report Processing BrowserManagement Custom App URLWMI Web Service Data Retrieval Rendering

Key Differentiators Full Reporting Platform All server components are extensible Completely embeddable Published, extensible report definition Scalability and Performance Designed from day one to be a.NET web service Web farm architecture Optimized processing and rendering Reports execute as CLR assemblies

Next Steps Online Session Evaluations! Signup for Reporting Services Beta Public Beta in Late Summer Signup on RTM by end of 2003

Additional Resources Visit the “Ask the Experts” area for follow up questions Attend the Reporting Services sessions at Tech  Ed DBA230 – Introducing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services DAT235 – Authoring reports using SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services DBA331 – Managing a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services implementation Hands-On Lab HOL03 – SQL Server Reporting Services

Community Resources Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Newsgroups Converse online with Microsoft Newsgroups, including Worldwide User Groups Meet and learn with your peers

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