1. Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

2. Overview Overview of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Tour of Reporting Services
Overview of Reporting Services Architecture

3. Lesson: Overview of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
The Reporting Life Cycle
Highlights of Reporting Services
Reporting Services Scenarios

4. The Reporting Life Cycle
AUTHORING
MANAGEMENT
DELIVERY
RDL
Any .NET managed data provider
Report Designer or custom
Central Report Server database
Managed report execution
Secured reports
Web-based Report Manager or custom
Runtime report rendering
Pull
Report Manager
Custom
Push s

5. Highlights of Reporting Services
Authoring
Wide range of supported data sources
Open report authoring options
Flexible report designs
Management
Parameterized reports
Execution properties
Report scheduling and history
Role-based security
Delivery
Range of rendering options
Flexible and extensible delivery

6. Reporting Services Scenarios
Internal reporting
Departmental
Corporate
External reporting
Business to business
Embedded reporting
Portals
Applications

7. Lesson: Tour of Reporting Services
Delivering Reports
Authoring Reports
Managing Reports

8. Delivering Reports Runtime rendering Web – HTML, MHTML
Print – PDF, TIFF
Data – CSV, Excel, XML
Pull delivery – User issues report request
Report Manager
Custom
Push delivery – Report is automatically distributed to user
File

9. Demonstration: Delivering a Report
In this demonstration you will see how to:
View a report
Create a subscription
Access reports from a custom portal

10. Report Definition Language
Authoring Reports
Report Definition Language
Access through
ADO.NET managed
data providers
List / Table / Matrix / Chart
Sorting / Filtering / Grouping / Aggregates
Interactivity (drill-down, drill-through)
Parameters
Full Visual Basic .NET Expression Language
OLE DB
ODBC
OLE DB for OLAP
Development options
Report Designer
Third Party

11. Demonstration: Authoring a Report
In this demonstration you will see how to:
Use Report Designer within Visual Studio .NET 2003
Create a tabular report using the Report Wizard
Configure a data source

12. Managing Reports
Publish reports to a centralized report server database
General report management tasks:
Define execution schedule–on demand or in advance
Set up security
Maintain report folders
Administer user features
Management roles
Content manager
System administrator

13. Practice: Managing a Report
In this practice you will:
Open a saved report project in Report Designer
Publish the report to Report Server
Schedule the report to be executed as a snapshot on a weekly basis

14. Lesson: Overview of Reporting Services Architecture
Reporting Services Platform
Reporting Services Components
Single Server Deployment
Web Farm Deployment

15. Reporting Services Platform
Browser
Microsoft
Office
Custom
Applications
Web UI
Programmatic Interfaces
Report Server
Report Processing
Report Sources
Data Processing
Security
Security
Services
Rendering
Delivery
Output
Formats
Delivery
Channels
Report Server Database

16. Reporting Services Components
Prerequisites
Server
Report Server
Report Manager
IIS
.NET Framework
Report Server Database
SQL Server
SQL Server Agent
Delivery Extension
SMTP Server
Client
Report Designer
Visual Studio .NET
Utilities
Windows Management Instrumentation

17. Single Server Deployment
User
Report Author
SMTP
IIS
Report Manager
Visual Studio .NET
Report Server
Report Designer
Client
Report Server Database
Server

18. Report Server Database
Web Farm Deployment
User
IIS
Report Manager
MSRS
MSRS
Report Server
SMTP
Web Farm Virtual Report Server
Report Server Database
MSSQL

19. Review Overview of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Tour of Reporting Services
Overview of Reporting Services Architecture