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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

The designer tool - exploring SSDT


SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is the main interface for working with SQL Server Business Intelligence projects, including Reporting Services. It offers a full suite of utilities to not only author your reports but also assist you in doing so. It is worth taking time to explore SSDT.

Getting ready

In Chapter 1 , Getting It Ready - Configuring Reporting ServicesInstalling Reporting Services-related tools recipe, describes how to install SQL Server Data Tools. If these instructions were completed successfully, you should be able to launch SSDT. On Windows 10, simply click on the Start menu, pick All apps, and scroll to SQL Server Data Tools 2015, as shown in figure 2.01:

Figure 2.01

Don't confuse the version number of SSDT with the version of SQL Server. The version for SSDT is based on Visual Studio (more on that later). By default, SQL Server Data Tools 2015 comes already installed as part of Visual Studio 2015. If you don't have Visual Studio 2015 already...

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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook
Published in: Nov 2016
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781786461810
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