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Larson, Brian. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Authors: Brian Larson

Published:  August 2008

eISBN: 9780071548090 0071548092 | ISBN: 9780071548083
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Galactic Database and Other Supporting Materials
  • Part I: Getting Started
  • Chapter 1 Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
  • Sharing Business Intelligence
  • Report Authoring Architecture
  • Report-Serving Architecture
  • Diving In
  • Chapter 2 Putting the Pieces in Place: Installing Reporting Services
  • Preparing for the Installation
  • The Installation Process
  • Common Installation Issues
  • Spending Some Time in Basic Training
  • Part II: Report Authoring
  • Chapter 3 DB 101: Database Basics
  • Database Structure
  • Galactic Delivery Services
  • Querying Data
  • On to the Reports
  • Chapter 4 A Visit to Emerald City: The Report Wizard
  • Obtaining the Galactic Database
  • Your First Report
  • An Interactive Table Report
  • Creating Matrix Reports
  • Report Parameters
  • Flying Solo
  • Chapter 5 Removing the Training Wheels: Building Basic Reports
  • Riding Down Familiar Roads
  • The Tablix and Data Regions
  • New Territory
  • Getting Graphical
  • Chapter 6 Graphic Expression: Using Charts, Images, and Gauges
  • Chart Your Course
  • Gauging the Results
  • Image Is Everything
  • Building Higher
  • Chapter 7 Kicking It Up a Notch: Intermediate Reporting
  • Never Having to Say “I’m Sorry”
  • Handling Errors in Reports
  • Data Caching During Preview
  • Under the Hood
  • Practicing Safe Source
  • Advance, Never Retreat
  • Chapter 8 Beyond Wow: Advanced Reporting
  • Speaking in Code
  • Reports Within Reports
  • Interacting with Reports
  • A Conversion Experience
  • What’s Next
  • Chapter 9 A Leading Exporter: Exporting Reports to Other Rendering Formats
  • A Report in Any Other Format Would Look as Good
  • Presentation Formats
  • Data Exchange Formats
  • Call the Manager
  • Part III: Report Serving
  • Chapter 10 How Did We Ever Manage Without You? The Report Manager
  • Folders
  • Moving Reports and Supporting Files to the Report Server
  • Managing Items in Folders
  • Seek and Ye Shall Find: Search and Find Functions
  • Printing from Report Manager
  • Managing Reports on the Report Server
  • Roles
  • Linked Reports
  • Delivering the Goods
  • Chapter 11 Delivering the Goods: Report Delivery
  • Caching In
  • Execution Snapshots
  • Report History
  • Subscriptions
  • Site Settings
  • A Sense of Style
  • Building On
  • Chapter 12 Extending Outside the Box: Customizing Reporting Services
  • Using Reporting Services Without the Report Manager
  • Custom Security
  • Best Practices
  • Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Part IV: Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Report Item Reference
  • Report Objects
  • Property Reference
  • Appendix B: Web Service Interface Reference
  • Reporting Services Web Service
  • Appendix C: Ad Hoc Reporting
  • The Report Model
  • Creating Reports with the Report Builder
  • Give It a Try
  • Index