1. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence

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3. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Version 1.0 was…well…version 1.0
“There Should Be An Easier Way”
Microsoft listened and the result was SQL Report Builder 2.0 and 3.0
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4. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Free download from Microsoft at
You can download and install on as many workstations as you’d like without any cost involved…as long as you own SQL Server license.
Once the Report Builder is installed, an association is established with RDL files so that users can double-click on an RDL file and have it open up in Report Builder
Users can run the reports from within the Report Builder
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5. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Can you use Report Builder on older versions of SQL Server like SQL Server 2000 or earlier?
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6. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Version specific only in terms of publishing to an SSRS site
Report Builder 2.0 publishes to SQL 2008 SSRS sites
Report Builder 3.0 publishes to SSRS sites with SQL R2 and higher
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7. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Works with any version of SQL Server in addition to many other sources of data.
Sharepoint List
OLEDB
Oracle
ODBC
XML
SQL Azure
SQL Analysis
SAP NetWeaver
Hyperion Essbase
TERADATA
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8. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Using Report Builder Outside The Box?
Report Builder can be used throughout the organization even if you are not running SSRS web interface
Install the Report Builder on all users workstations would allow them to run the RDL files from within the designer
Store RDL files within Sharepoint for check-in/check-out version control functionality
Allow end users to design the reports they need
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9. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Features:
Can add parameters
Can reference system variables
Can publish as report parts
Has wizards for quickly creating table-based reports, charts, KPI, and data plots against maps
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10. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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11. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Gauge
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12. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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13. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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14. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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15. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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16. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
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18. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Demos
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19. SQL Report Builder for Business Intelligence
Questions?
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