Objectives

This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement a Reporting Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to use the Reporting Services development tools to create reports, and how to use the Reporting Services management and administrative tools to manage a Reporting Services solution.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Reporting Services and its components
• Create a Reporting Services report
• Enhance a Reporting Services report
• Create and manipulate data sets
• Use report models to implement reporting for business users
• Configure report publishing and execution settings
• Implement subscriptions for reports
• Administer Reporting Services
• Implement custom Reporting Services applications.

Main topics

• Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
• Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
• Installing Reporting Services
• Reporting Services Tools
• Authoring Basic Reports
• Creating a Basic Table Report
• Formatting Report Pages
• Calculating Values
• Enhancing Basic Reports
• Interactive Navigation
• Displaying Data
• Manipulating Data Sets
• Defining Report Data
• Using Parameters and Filters
• Using Parameter Lists
• Using Report Models
• Creating Report Models
• Using Report Builder
• Publishing and Executing Reports
• Publishing Reports
• Executing Reports
• Creating Cached Instances
• Creating Snapshots and Report History
• Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
• Introduction to Report Subscriptions
• Creating Report Subscriptions
• Managing Report Subscriptions
• Administering Reporting Services
• Reporting Server Administration
• Performance and Reliability Monitoring
• Administering Report Server Databases
• Security Administration
• Upgrading to Reporting Services 2008
• Programming Reporting Services
• Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
• Automating Report Management
• Rendering Reports
• Creating Custom Code