Tips and Tricks for Building Rich Reports in SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Bob Meyers Senior Program Manager Microsoft Corporation DBI307
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Microsoft tablix = table rows columns row row group
Microsoft tablix = table
building a table demo
Microsoft tablix = table
Microsoft tablix = table + matrix row group row column column group
Microsoft tablix = table + matrix ++ column column group column
demo building a matrix
Microsoft emphasize data
Microsoft emphasize data thin font space, not lines dim labels 1 accent color no fluff
Microsoft emphasize data visualize rules simple icons
Microsoft emphasize data color scales small area =Code.ColorScaleRYG(dataValue, 0.8, 1.0)
Microsoft emphasize data
Microsoft emphasize data
Microsoft emphasize data color scales small area lighter fills darker lines/text 98.7%
Microsoft emphasize data time = sparkline simple colors expandable align axes?
Microsoft emphasize data data bars use color align axis
Microsoft emphasize data sparkpies? simple colors 12:00
Microsoft emphasize data cards use a picture butterfly align space between 1 accent hue
Microsoft emphasize data cards use a picture butterfly align 1 accent hue
demo emphasize data
Microsoft the right visual make your tables pop
Microsoft the right visual use bars for categories
Microsoft the right visual use lines for sequence
Microsoft the right visual consider sparklines instead of series
Microsoft the right visual use a scatter chart for correlation
Microsoft clipboard data ?
Microsoft clipboard data …
Microsoft clipboard data
Microsoft related data =Lookup(thisfield, otherField, returnField, datasetName) dataset 2dataset 1
Microsoft short lists =Code.JoinSorted(...) =Join(LookupSet(thisfield, otherField, returnField, datasetName), delimiter) =Code.JoinDistinctSorted(...) *NOTE: matches one field only – no group context or filters
Microsoft output to Excel
Microsoft output to Excel
Microsoft output to Excel
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