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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

You're reading from SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook Your one-stop guide to operational reporting and mobile dashboards using SSRS 2016

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786461810

Length 596 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

SQL Server

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Authors (2):

Priyankara

Robert Cain

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting It Ready – Configuring Reporting Services FREE CHAPTER

2. Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools

3. Advanced Report Authoring with SQL Server Data Tools

4. Authoring Reports with Report Builder

5. Improving User Experience – New Designing and Visualization Enhancements

6. Authoring Reports with the Mobile Report Publisher

7. Consuming Reports – Report Access Enhancement

8. Reporting Solutions for BI – Integration

9. SharePoint Integration

10. Administering and Managing Reporting Services

11. Securing Reports in Reporting Services

12. Custom Programming and Integration to .NET Applications

Chapter 2. Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools

In this chapter, we will introduce report development using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), integrated with Visual Studio 2015, exploring new features and enhancements related to report authoring. We will cover the following recipes:

The designer tool - exploring SSDT
Visual Studio 2015 support
Creating reports with a table data region
Creating reports with a matrix data region
Creating reports with a chart data region
Managing and configuring parameters

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Authors (2)

Priyankara

Priyankara

Dinesh Priyankara is an experienced professional and database enthusiast with skills in database management systems and business intelligence, especially on the Microsoft SQL Server product suite. Possessing over 16 years of experience on data related technologies, he does training, consulting, and is a top contributor to the local SQL Server community. In recognition of his contributions and expertise he has demonstrated, he was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SQL Server for 11 consecutive years since 2006. Dinesh is the Founder/Principal Architect of dinesQL (Pvt) Ltd (http://dinesql.com), a company that provides services on database, business intelligence, and training. In his spare time, he runs a blog at http://dinesql.blogspot.com with a follower base of over 100,000 from around the world and is a co-organizer of SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group (http://www.meetup.com/ssslug/). Even though he has written many articles on the database area, this is his first official book as a co-author.

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Robert Cain

Robert Cain

Robert C. Cain (http://arcanecode.com) is a Microsoft MVP, MCTS Certified in BI, and is the owner of Arcane Training and Consulting, LLC. He is also a course author for Pluralsight, with over 11 courses to his credit. Robert is a team mate at Linchpin People, and co-author of four books. A popular speaker, Robert has presented at events such as the SQL PASS Summit, IT/Dev Connections, TechEd, CodeStock, and numerous SQL Saturdays. Robert has over 25 years' experience in the IT industry, working in a variety of fields including manufacturing, insurance, telecommunications and nuclear power.

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