Introducing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Geoff Snowman Developer Community Champion Microsoft Corporation

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Reporting Services Vision Delivered through Traditional and interactive reports Scalable, manageable and embeddable server infrastructure Integration with SharePoint, Office applications, browser and other familiar tools Single platform and tools for all types of structured data (relational, hierarchical, multidimensional) Enable employees at all levels of an organization to realize the promise of BI to promote better decision making

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Licensing Model SQL Server

Scenarios Enterprise Reporting In-house reports (Sales, Finance, HR) Manageability, portal and LOB integration Embedded Reporting Report processing included in applications Extensible, embeddable architecture B2B Reporting Partner reporting via extranets, Internet Data isolation, extensible security

User Profiles Analysts Information Consumers Information Explorers 5-10% of users 15-25% of users 65-80% of users Reporting Services Analysis Services

AuthoringManagementDelivery Reporting Lifecycle SQL Server Reporting Services supports the full reporting lifecycle, including Authoring, Management and Delivery

Report Authoring Report developers can create reports to be published to the Report Server using Microsoft or 3rd party design tools that support the Reporting Services XML Report Definition Language (RDL) ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess Authoring AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Report Management Report definitions, folders, and resources are published and managed in a reporting web service; Managed reports can be executed either on-demand or via schedule and are cached for consistency and performance Management ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Report Delivery Reporting Services supports both on-demand (“pull”) and event-based (“push”) delivery of reports; Users can view reports from a web-based front-end or subscribe for reports to be delivered in Delivery ReportDefinition DeliveryChannels OnlineAccess AuthoringManagementDelivery Managed Report

Reporting Basics demo demo

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture URLWMI Web Service

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture Data Sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, Custom) Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom) Report Processing URLWMI Web Service Data Retrieval Rendering

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture Delivery Delivery Targets ( , File share, Custom) Security Services (NT, Passport, Custom) Security Data Sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, Custom) Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom) Report Processing URLWMI Web Service Data Retrieval Rendering

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture Delivery Delivery Targets ( , File share, Custom) Security Services (NT, Passport, Custom) Security Data Sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, Custom) Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom) Report Processing BrowserManagement Custom App URLWMI Web Service Data Retrieval Rendering

Report Authoring Powerful XML Report Definition Language Freeform / Table / Matrix / Chart Parameters (Dynamic, Hierarchical) Sorting / Filtering / Grouping / Aggregates Interactivity (Drill-down, Drill-through) Full VB.NET Expression Language Extensible query execution architecture SQL Server / Analysis Services OLE DB / ODBC / Oracle Report Designer Integrated with Visual Studio.NET 2003 Published definition enables 3rd party tools

Report Definition Language demo demo

Report Delivery Single report definition can be rendered to diverse output formats Web Formats (HTML 4, HTML 3.2, HTML w/OWC) Print Formats (TIFF, RTF, PDF) Data Formats (Excel, XML, CSV) Personalized and administrator defined subscription and delivery Ability to select output formats per subscription Can deliver links as well as rendered reports Data-driven subscriptions for personal delivery Extensible delivery provider architecture , File System, Custom

Report Management Web Service APIs for management Web and Win32 management user interfaces Report Management Functions Report Metadata (Name, Description, Connections, Credentials, Parameters) Scheduling integrated with SQL Server Agent Execution properties (live, cache or snapshot) History of prior executions Extensible, role-based security architecture

Report Management demo demo

Programmatic Interfaces Customizable XML report definition Open Schema Viewing Interfaces URL Addressability Web Service / SOAP Management Interfaces Web Service / SOAP WMI Interface Extension Interfaces Data, Delivery, Rendering and Security

URL Addressability Virtual Roots Report Server Web Service Interface Parameter directives Report Server Web Application SSL Support Fully localized Based on language in HTTP header

URL Parameter Directives Report Parameters Parameter names must match report definition Example: CategoryID=1&EmployeeID=1 User Credentials (dsu: and dsp:) Credentials for each report data set Example: dsu:DataSet1=MyUserName& dsp:DataSet1=MyPassword Can also use HTTPS POST Use Secure Protocols!

URL Parameter Directives Report Server Parameters (rs:) Performance optimization avoids item type check Example: rs:Command=Render Rendering Device Info (rc:) Name/Values pairs specifying information about the format being rendered to (i.e., FindString, Section, Zoom, etc.) Unique per Rendering Extension Example: rc:Section=7&rc:HTMLFragment=true

Web Service Interfaces Namespace Management Item Properties Report Execution Report Parameters Report History Data Source Management Scheduling Subscriptions and Delivery Linked Reports Job Management Security Management

Getting Started Web Service Reference Reportservice.asmx?wsdl Proxy generated by Visual Studio.NET Complex types defined in XSD Synchronous and asynchronous support Update operations may be batched SOAP Headers Session ID Server Info Batch ID

Web Service WSDL demo demo

Getting Started Web Service - Authentication Authentication Basic Authentication System.Net.NetworkCredentials Dim rs As New MyServer. RSWebService() ‘ Prompt user for credentials rs.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential ("user", "pwd", "domain") Integrated Authentication System.Net.CredentialCache Dim rs As New MyServer. RSWebService() rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

WMI Configuration Manage Report Server Configuration Report Server Instance Name Report Server and Report Server Web Application virtual directory Report Server Database Connectivity Information WMI syntax supported Per Property Gets Puts (Create and Update) EnumerationQuery Configuration Only - No WMI events in first release

Extending the Report Server Extensions provide a way to extend the Reporting Services Platform Managed code runs in server process Published CLR interfaces Extension Types Data – Communicates to data sources and returns data Delivery – Delivers reports over different protocols and to different devices Rendering – Renders to specific formats and devices Security – Provides a means to authorize users to custom authorization schemes

Partner Support Cizer, Hitachi

Key Differentiators Full Reporting Platform All server components are extensible Completely embeddable Published, extensible report definition Scalability and Performance Designed from day one to be a.NET web service Web farm architecture Optimized processing and rendering Reports execute as CLR assemblies

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