Visualizing data with modern styles

Let's see the modern look of data regions. A significant enhancement has been done on it by Microsoft, making sure that data regions appear with beautiful visualizations empowered by modern styles.

Getting ready

Let's compare some modern styles with old Reporting Services 2014 styles. The following image shows a chart created with 3-D Stacked Cylinder chart type using sales data:

Figure 5.06

The same chart using Reporting Services 2014 looks like figure 5.07:

Figure 5.07

How to do it...

Note

Note that creating basic charts and steps to follow are covered in Chapter 2, Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools. Please refer to it for understanding how to create a basic chart.

How it works...

As you can see, there is a significant difference between the two charts in terms of look and feel. It is all because of the modern styles applied to Reporting Services 2016. In order to get this look and feel, you do not need to do anything specifically, it comes by default...