1. SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
SommarKollo Microsoft

2. Agenda Introducing Reporting Services
Reporting Services Component Overview
Creating Reports
Deploying Reports
Browsing Reports
Administering Reports
Conclusion

3. Introducing Reporting Services
Business Intelligence Component
Rich set of tools
Graphic Environment
A lot for “free”
A lot “Auto Magic”
Versatile Report Design
Server-based reporting platform
Report Server
Windows Service
Web Service
Database Storage

4. Reporting Services Component Overview
Managed Environment
Report Server
Windows Service
Initialization
Scheduling
delivery
Web Service
Programmatic Access
Data Sources
Relational
Multi Dimensional
Procession Extensions
Rendering Extensions
Report Manager

5. Creating Reports Report Designer Report Builder RDL Developer Driven
Visual Studio Shell
Infrastructure & layout
Report Wizard, use without shame
Manual development, could be time-consuming
Report Builder
End User Driven
Developer Initiated
Ad Hoc for users
RDL
XML based language

6. Deploying Reports Standard Scale Out Single Instance of Report Server
Local or remote database
Scale Out
High availability
Performance
Single report database
Load Balanced
High Availability

7. Browsing Reports Web Rendering Extensions Mail | File Share | Custom
Rendring Extensions
XML
CSV
Image (TIFF)
PDF
Excel
HTML
OWC
NULL (Cache)
Web
URL Access [Parameters]
Report Manager
Rendering Extensions
Mail | File Share | Custom
Printing
Subscriptions
“OR”
On Demand
Data
Intermediate Format
like
Cache,
Snapshots or
Report History
Report Definition
Queries
Expressions
CodeReferences
Rendered Report by a Rendering Extension
Schema or Push
Layout

8. Tools for Administering Reports
SQL Server Configuration Manager
SQL Server Surface Area Configuration
SQL Server Management Studio
Report Manager
Reporting Services Configuration Tool
Reporting Services Command Line Utilities

9. What to Administer Relational databases Security Report Execution
Metadata & object definitions
Security
Role-based & Windows authentication or Custom
Report Execution
Automating Reports
Encrypted values
Web Service
Windows Service
Logs
Performance

10. Conclusion Several data sources Several report formats Server based
Flexible authoring
Rendering extensions
Server based
Centrally managed
Managed environment