Professional Microsoft^® SQL Server^® 2008 Reporting Services

by Paul Turley; Thiago Silva; Bryan C. Smith; Ken Withee

• ISBN13: 9780470458860
• ISBN10: 0470458860
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

Teaches solution architects, designers, and developers how to use Microsoft's reporting platform to create reporting and business intelligence (BI) solutions Updated with new information about holistic BI solutions, comprehensive OLAP/Analysis Services reporting, and complete production deployment scenarios Includes programming examples focused on specific, scenario-based solutions Explains reporting services architecture and business intelligence, teaches the fundamentals of designing reports through the use of careful planning considerations, and covers advanced report design and filtering techniques

Table of Contents

Part I. Getting Started.1. Introducing Reporting Services.2. Business Intelligence Solutions.3. Reporting Services Installation.4. Reporting Services Architecture.Part II. Report Design.5. Basic Report Design.6. Report Layout and Formatting.7. Designing Data Access.8. Advanced Report Design.Part III. Business Intelligence Reporting.9. Reporting with Analysis Service.10. Report Solution Patterns and Recipes.Part IV. Enabling End-User Reporting with Report Builder.11. Report Models.12. Report Builder.Part V. Administering Reporting Services.13. Content Management.14. Report Server Administration.Part VI. Reporting Services Integration and Custom Programming.15. Integrating Reports into Custom Applications.16. Integrating Reports with SharePoint.17. Extending Reporting Services.Appendix A. RDL Object Model.Appendix B. T-SQL Command Syntax Reference.Appendix C. T-SQL System Variables and Functions.Appendix D. MDX Command Reference.Index.