What’s New in Reporting Services 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2 First half of 2010Aligned with Office 2010Focused on Business Intelligence

End User Flexibility & Power End User Flexibility & Power IT Insight & Oversight IT Insight & Oversight Managed Self Service

End User Flexibility & Power End User Flexibility & Power IT Insight & Oversight IT Managed Self Service CollaborationCollaboration

Self Service Report Authoring Productive toolsRe-use existing reportsPublish for other users and IT

Collaboration “Grab and Go”Shared Component Library

THE REPORT COMPONENT LIBRARY Demo

Self Service Analysis Self Service Reporting

PowerPivot Reporting Services

Introducing PowerPivot PowerPivot add-in for Excel PowerPivot add-in for SharePoint

Business users do not understand databases

Business users do understand reports

Reports as data sources Rendered as Atom FeedsAssociated with PowerPivotRefreshed from the server

Reports as data sources for users You know where to find themYou know what they meanYou already have access

Reports as data sources for IT Many are already availableSecurity is already configuredUsers already understand them

PowerPivot as a data source Uses PowerPivot for SharePointWorkbooks look like simple cubesConnect with a URLQuery with MDX

REPORTS AS DATA SOURCES Demo

Report Viewer Refreshed viewer look and feelSmoother navigation with AJAX

Report Manager Improved workflowManage reports without previewImproved user interface

Rich presentations MapsSparklinesKPIsData Bars

MAPS IN ACTION Demo

Map Features Use with SQL SpatialUse with Virtual Earth tilesData GroupingMultiple Map layers

Sparklines “Data intense, word-sized graphics” – Tufte Automatic axis alignment.Convert to full charts

Data bars Depicts a single value in a cell. Min-Max set automaticallyHighly configurable

KPIs Key Performance Indicators Icons show status, goals or a trend. Change appearance with data

KPIs Key Performance Indicators Pre-configured or custom sets Automatically compare groups Also supported by Gauges

Other improvements Lookup functions Aggregate of aggregatesNew Data sources: SQL Server “Madison”, SQL AzureReset page number on groupsExpression-based page breaksExcel worksheet tab namingSession variablesRenderer-dependent layoutBottom-to-top text rotation

Aggregates of Aggregates Average Monthly Sales =Avg(Sum(Sales, "Month"), "Year") Visual Totals Aggregates respect group filters

Aggregates of Aggregates

Excel Renderer Worksheet Names

Reset Page Number on Group Reset page number for each new group Get current page & total page for each group

Bottom-to-Top Text Rotation

Renderer-based expressions Control layout for specific renderers Disable drillthrough for static renderers Enable drillthrough for interactive renderers

Renderer-based expressions

Dynamic page breaks Use expressions to detect the rendererDynamically disable/enable page breaksIf exporting to Excel, disable page breaks

SQL Server 2008 R2 Public CTP, November 2009Release, first half of 2010