Overview:
This 3-day instructor-led course will teach you how to implement a reporting services solution in an organisation. It discusses how to use the reporting services development tools to create reports, and how to use the reporting services management and administrative tools to manage a reporting services solution.
Learning method:
This course uses a combination of instructor presentation, and student hands-on practical exercises. Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom throughout the course.
Who will benefit from this course?
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement reporting solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, you must have:
- exposure to creating reports in Microsoft Access or other third-party reporting products, such as Crystal Reports
- conceptual understanding of the push and pull distribution/subscription paradigm
- experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment
- experience with Windows services (starting and stopping)
- experience creating service accounts and permissions
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 or 2005, including:
- SQL Server Agent
- SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE)
- SQL Server System tables
- SQL Server accounts (users and permissions)
What can you expect to gain from this course?
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- describe SQL server reporting services and its components
- create a reporting services report
- enhance a reporting services report
- create and manipulate data sets
- use report models to implement reporting for business users
- configure report publishing and execution settings
- implement subscriptions for reports
- administer reporting services
- implement custom reporting services applications
Course outline:
Module 1:Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
- Overview of SQL server reporting services
- Installing reporting services
- Reporting services tools
- Lab 1: Using reporting services tools
- Exercise 1: Exploring report designer
- Exercise 2: Exploring report manager
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the features of SQL server reporting services
- Install reporting services
- Describe the reporting services tools
Module 2: Authoring Basic Reports
- Creating a basic table report
- Formatting report pages
- Calculating values
- Lab 2: Creating a simple report
- Exercise 1: Creating a basic table report
- Exercise 2: Formatting report pages
- Exercise 3: Adding calculated values
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Create a basic table report
- Format report pages
- Calculate values for a report
Module 3:Enhancing Basic Reports
- Interactive navigation displaying data
- Lab 3: Enhancing a report
- Exercise 1: Using dynamic visibility
- Exercise 2: Using document maps
- Exercise 3: Initiating actions
- Exercise 4: Using a list data region
- After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Create reports with interactive navigation
- Display data in various formats
Module 4:Manipulating Data Sets
- Defining report data
- Using parameters and filters
- Using parameter lists
- Lab 4: Manipulating data sets
- Exercise 1: Using parameters to restrict query results
- Exercise 2: Using parameters to filter report data
- Exercise 3: Creating dynamic parameter lists
- Exercise 4: Using parameters with a stored procedure.
- If time permits: Displaying all categories in a parameter list
Module 5:Using Report Models
- Creating report models
- Using report builder
- Lab 5: Working with report models
- Creating a report model
- Using report builder to create a report
Module 6:Publishing and Executing Reports
- Publishing reports
- Executing reports
- Creating cached instances
- Creating snapshots and report history
- Lab 6: Publishing and executing reports
- Publishing reports
- Executing a report on demand
- Configuring and viewing a cached report
- Configuring and viewing a snapshot report
Module 7:Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
- Introduction to report subscriptions
- Creating report subscriptions
- Managing report subscriptions
- Lab 7: Implementing subscriptions
- Creating a standard subscription
- Creating a data-driven subscription
Module 8:Administering Reporting Services
- Server administration
- Performance and reliability monitoring
- Administering report server databases
- Security administration
- Lab 8: Administering reporting services
- Using reporting services configuration manager
- Securing a reporting services site
- Securing items
Module 9:Programming Reporting Services
- Querying for server information using a web service
- Automating report management
- Rendering reports
- Creating custom code
- Lab 9: Programming reporting services
- Using URL access to display a report
- Building a reporting services web service client
- Using the report viewer control