Deepak Kumbhar [June 11 th, 2009] Reporting Services Deep Dive

Reporting Services 2008 Architecture Report Engine Improvements Report Rendering Improvements Memory Management New Controls -Tablix [demo] -Charts and Gauges [demo] Report Builder 2.0 [demo] 2

Easier configuration -IIS settings for other applications impact SSRS. Better resource management -IIS is designed for static or dynamic HTML pages and not for executing large reports for many concurrent users. -Memory management is easier to implement outside of IIS and can be efficiently managed. Consolidation of two services into one -Communication process between services is now eliminated. Elimination of deployment obstacles -SQL Server DBAs lacking IIS skills. -IT policies prevent IIS and SQL Server on same server. 3

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On-demand processing of reports with many datasets and data regions Reports with heavy usage of interactivity can be significantly faster Faster page-by-page navigation when viewing reports interactively Smaller memory footprint You probably now think -- thanks that’s nice; and where is the catch? 5

Table Matrix List Chart Calcs Storage Data Tablix Group Winforms Webforms CSV XML PDF Image ROM HTML Image HTML Excel Print Image Hard Page Layout Data Soft Page Layout Chart 6

Low Memory Pressure Medium Memory Pressure High Memory Pressure Current requests continue New requests accepted Background low priority Current requests continue New requests might be accepted Memory allocations reduced for all apps Background largest reduction Current requests slow New requests denied Memory allocation reduced Memory swaps to disk 7

Full Memory Range KB WorkingSetMaximum MemoryThreshold MemorySafetyMargin WorkingSetMinimum Low memory pressure Medium memory pressure High memory pressure Boundaries of medium pressure % 8

Total 20,23574,28194,517 10,085 8,369 4,545,3379,190,83813,736,175 2,850,01210,765,17713,615,189 7,415,58420,048,75027,464,334 AccessoriesHelmets Locks Pumps BikesMountain Bikes Road Bikes Grand Total Product Accessories Helmets Locks Pumps Bikes Mountain Bikes Road Bikes Grand Total Avg Sale , Tablixe + Matr 20,23592,735112,971 7,395,34919,956,01527,351,363 9

Flexible grid layout -Fixed columns and dynamic rows like a Table -Dynamic rows and columns like a Matrix -Any combination of Table and Matrix layouts Flexible grouping -Nested groups -Adjacent groups -Recursive groups 10

Accessories20,23592,735 Helmets20,23574,281 Locks10,085 Pumps8,369 Bikes7,395,34919,956,015 Mountain Bikes4,545,3379,190,838 Road Bikes2,850,01210,765, AccessoriesTotal20,23592,735 Helmets20,23574,281 Locks10,085 Pumps8,369 BikesTotal7,395,34919,956,015 Mountain Bikes4,545,3379,190,838 Road Bikes2,850,01210,765, CurrentDesired

Avg Sale AccessoriesHelmets19.56 Locks14.92 Pumps11.94 BikesMountain Bikes1, Road Bikes AccessoriesHelmets20,23574,281 Locks10,085 Pumps8,369 BikesMountain Bikes4,545,3379,190,838 Road Bikes2,850,01210,765,177 Current Desired Avg Sale AccessoriesHelmets20,23574, Locks10, Pumps8, BikesMountain Bikes4,545,3379,190,8381, Road Bikes2,850,01210,765,

EuropeNorth America AccessoriesHelmets6,96387,554 Locks1,0509,035 Pumps9637,406 BikesMountain Bikes 569,24413,166,930 Road Bikes 731,68212,883, AccessoriesHelmets20,23574,281 Locks10,085 Pumps8,369 BikesMountain Bikes 4,545,3379,190,838 Road Bikes 2,850,01210,765,17 7 Current Desired EuropeNorth America AccessoriesHelmets20,23574,2816,96387,554 Locks10,0851,0509,035 Pumps8, ,406 BikesMountain Bikes4,545,3379,190,838569,24413,166,930 Road Bikes2,850,01210,765,177731,68212,883,507 13

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CSV Renderer redesign - True data renderer, not a combination of data and layout - Removing the layout information means the data output file can be consumed more readily by other applications. Excel Renderer - Supports rendering of subreports and nested data regions 17

18 Output RDL to Microsoft Word binary format (.doc) Support for Word 2000 and later Documents fully editable in Word

Apply different format properties to selected text within a textbox - Font settings: Color, Font, TextAlign - Paragraph settings: Indent, SpaceAfter, SpaceBefore - List settings: ListLevel, ListStyle Use HTML tags in selected text - Action: HTML – Interpret HTML tags as styles 19

Reporting Services Tablix Control 20

21 MS has acquired Dundas Software’s Data Visualization products - Chart - Gauge - Map - Barcode - Calendar New Chart and Gauge in SSRS 2008 Other controls planned for post-2008

Stepped Line Range (Spline Area) Pie Callout Polar Radar Range Column/Bar Funnel Pyramid Boxplot/Error 22

Display and monitor real-time data Use as dashboard or scorecard components for visualizing KPIs 23

Reporting Services Data Visualization 24

Globals Data Pane Parameters Data Source & Dataset Office-style Ribbon Properties Pane Group Task Pane Expression Placeholders 25

26 ReportDesignerReportDesigner ReportBuilder2.0ReportBuilder2.0 Report Builder 1.0 Full RDL Support Shared Layout Surface Shared Dialogs Report Models Feel Office 12 Look & Feel VS Integration Integrated Query and Layout Full Report Model Support Click through Reports Limited RDL Support

Reporting Services Report Builder

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