SQL Server Reporting Services By Sam Nasr March 29,

Agenda Introduction Reporting Services 2000 Examples Reporting Services 2005 (Beta 2) Q&AAnnouncements Survey and raffle

Terminology RDL: Report Definition Language Expression: custom code using keywords, ops, values, or functions (i.e. field, code). Web Archive: self-contained, portable report with images (used for offline viewing).

Features Report Designer Report Builder (Yukon) Report Manager Integration Services (Formerly DTS) Management Tools Tightly integrated with VS Integrated with BI analysis services (Yukon).

RS Architecture

Subscription (trigger) Methods When report runs When data changes Scheduled

Report Formats 1. 1.XML 2. 2.CSV 3. 3.PDF 4. 4.TIFF 5. 5.Excel 6. 6.Web Archive (MHTML-embedded)

Delivery Methods File Server Share Null Delivery (stored in DB)

Installation Components of SQL Server Reporting Services Reporting Services Command line utilities Virtual Directories Reports (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportManager) Reports (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportManager) ReportServer (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer) ReportServer (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer)Databases ReportServer – stores report formats, RDL, etc. ReportServer – stores report formats, RDL, etc. ReportServerTempDB – stores temporary data used in processing the reports. ReportServerTempDB – stores temporary data used in processing the reports.

Security Tasks 1.Create linked reports 2.Manage all subscriptions 3.Manage data sources 4.Manage folders 5.Manage individual subscriptions 6.Manage report history 7.Manage reports 8.Manage resources 9.Set security for individual items 10.View data sources 11.View folders 12.View reports 13.View resources

Security Roles (Default) 1.Browser: May view folders, reports and subscribe to reports. 2.Content Manager: May manage content in the Report Server. This includes folders, reports and resources. 3.My Reports: May publish reports and linked reports; manage folders, reports and resources in a users My Reports folder. 4.Publisher: May publish reports and linked reports to the Report Server.

Yukon (Beta 2) Installation

Yukon Release Dates Currently Available: Beta 2 May/June 2005: Beta 3 End of 2005: Final Release

Additional Info SQL Server 2005 Webcasts: SQL Server SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Recommended Books Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Step by Step by Stacia Misner ($22.75) Microsoft Reporting Services in Action by Teo Lachev ($30.95) Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Developers by Peter DeBetta ($16.95)

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