Course : SQL Server Reporting Services

Versions 2022 to 2012

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. BRS
Price : 1680 CHF E.T.

SQL Server Reporting Services

Versions 2022 to 2012



For recurring and shared reporting needs, Reporting Services is the solution. You'll learn how to query data from a cube or other DBMS formats, create and enrich your reports, give users options to choose from, and find out about deployment possibilities.


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IN-HOUSE
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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. BRS
  2d - 14h00
1680 CHF E.T.




For recurring and shared reporting needs, Reporting Services is the solution. You'll learn how to query data from a cube or other DBMS formats, create and enrich your reports, give users options to choose from, and find out about deployment possibilities.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the specific features of the suite's reporting tools and how to use them
Create your first simple report with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Create a cube-based report (source Analysis Services)
Adding a custom calculation to an SSRS report
Adding graphics to an SSRS report
Export and publish SSRS reports

Intended audience
Developers, consultants, project managers, IS architects.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of RDBMS and SQL.

Course schedule

1
Introduction

  • Overview.
  • Reporting Services architecture.
  • Positioning Reporting Services and Power BI: purpose and use.
  • Sharing on SharePoint.
  • The BIDS development tool.
  • Report types: table, matrix, graphs...
Demonstration
Tools presentation.

2
Report design

  • Report creation using the wizard.
  • Setting up a shared data source.
  • Query editing.
  • Use tablix (tables and matrices).
  • Group data in a tablix.
  • Add calculations to a report.
  • Selection parameters. Filters. Sub-reports.
Exercise
Database connection. Create and present reports with simple calculations.

3
Analysis Services source-based report design

  • Design an MDX query using the wizard.
  • Add variable parameters. Render into a matrix.
  • Best practices for SSAS sources.
Exercise
Report creation based on an Analysis Services cube.

4
Enrich your reports

  • Drill down to explore data in a report.
  • Interactive sorting.
  • Navigating from one report to the next.
  • "Data Alert". Program an alert on an indicator.
Exercise
Insert interactive data sorting in a report.

5
Programming Reporting Services

  • Add custom code to a report.
  • Using the Report Viewer in remote mode.
Exercise
Add a custom calculation expression to a report column.

6
Finalize and deploy reports

  • Presentation of mobile reports.
  • Export and rendering types: XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
  • Use Report Builder.
  • Create and publish a report template.
  • Design tables and graphs.
  • Publish reports. Create a report cache. Report subscription and distribution.
  • Administration. Configuration manager. Security, roles.
Exercise
Add graphics. View deployment and security settings.