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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

You're reading from   SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook Your one-stop guide to operational reporting and mobile dashboards using SSRS 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461810
Length 596 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert Cain Robert Cain
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Dinesh Priyankara Dinesh Priyankara
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting It Ready – Configuring Reporting Services 2. Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools FREE CHAPTER 3. Advanced Report Authoring with SQL Server Data Tools 4. Authoring Reports with Report Builder 5. Improving User Experience – New Designing and Visualization Enhancements 6. Authoring Reports with the Mobile Report Publisher 7. Consuming Reports – Report Access Enhancement 8. Reporting Solutions for BI – Integration 9. SharePoint Integration 10. Administering and Managing Reporting Services 11. Securing Reports in Reporting Services 12. Custom Programming and Integration to .NET Applications

Creating reports with a table data region

It's time to create your first report. The most basic of all reports is the table report. This is a row-by-row listing of information. In the process, we'll learn much about the SSDT report interface, including how to use many of the windows within SSDT.

Getting ready...

Before writing any reports, we first need a data source. With SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced an entirely new set of sample databases named Wide World Importers. You can find the announcement, along with download links, on the Microsoft website at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/06/09/wideworldimporters-the-new-sql-server-sample-database/ . If you find that a lot to type, you can use the shortcut, http://bit.ly/packtwwi . Note that with bit.ly, the URL is case sensitive, so be sure to enter it precisely as shown.

The Wide World Importers, samples actually contain two databases, WideWorldImporters and WideWorldImportersDW. The first is...

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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook
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