Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
This module introduces the role that Reporting Services plays in an organization's reporting life cycle, the key features offered by Reporting Services, and the components that make up the Reporting Services architecture.
Lessons
- Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
- Installing Reporting Services
- Reporting Services Tools
Lab : Using Reporting Services Tools
- Exploring Report Designer
- Exploring Report Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the features of SQL Server Reporting Services.
- Install Reporting Services.
- Describe the Reporting Services tools.
Module 2: Authoring Basic Reports
This module introduces the fundamentals of report authoring, including configuring data sources and data sets, creating tabular reports, summarizing data, and applying basic formatting.
Lessons
- Creating a Basic Table Report
- Formatting Report Pages
- Calculating Values
Lab : Creating a Simple Report
- Creating a Basic Table Report
- Formatting Report Pages
- Adding Calculated Values
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a basic table report.
- Format report pages.
- Calculate values for a report.
Module 3: Enhancing Basic Reports
This module introduces navigational controls and some additional types of data regions, and discusses how to use them to enhance a basic report.
Lessons
- Interactive Navigation
- Displaying Data
Lab : Enhancing a Report
- Using Dynamic Visibility
- Using Document Maps
- Initiating Actions
- Using a List Data Region
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create reports with interactive navigation.
- Display data in various formats.
Module 4: Manipulating Data Sets
This module explores data sets to a greater depth, including the use of alternative data sources and interacting with a data set through the use of parameters. Students learn how to dynamically modify the data set underlying a data region by allowing parameters to be sent to the underlying query. They also learn to use best practices to implement static and dynamic parameter lists when interacting with queries and stored procedures.
Lessons
- Defining Report Data
- Using Parameters and Filters
- Using Parameter Lists
Lab : Manipulating Data Sets
- Using parameters to restrict query results
- Using parameters to filter report data
- Creating dynamic parameter lists
- Using parameters with a stored procedure
- If Time Permits: Displaying all categories in a parameter list
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define report data.
- Use parameters and filters.
- Use parameter lists.
Module 5: Using Report Models
This module describes how to create a report model so that business users can create their own reports without using the full Report Designer development environment. Students also learn how to use Report Builder to create a report from a report model.
Lessons
- Creating Report Models
- Using Report Builder
Lab : Working with Report Models
- Creating a Report Model
- Using Report Builder to Create a Report
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create Report Models.
- Use Report Builder.
Module 6: Publishing and Executing Reports
This module explains the various options you can use to publish reports to the report server and execute them.
Lessons
- Publishing Reports
- Executing Reports
- Creating Cached Instances
- Creating Snapshots and Report History
Lab : Publishing and Executing Reports
- Publishing Reports
- Executing a Report On Demand
- Configuring and Viewing a Cached Report
- Configuring and Viewing a Snapshot Report
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Publish reports.
- Execute reports.
- Create cached instances.
- Create snapshots and report history.
Module 7: Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
This module describes how to implement subscriptions so that you can distribute reports either automatically by e-mail or by publishing reports to a shared folder.
Lessons
- Introduction to Report Subscriptions
- Creating Report Subscriptions
- Managing Report Subscriptions
Lab : Implementing Subscriptions
- Creating a Standard Subscription
- Creating a Data-Driven Subscription
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe report subscriptions.
- Create report subscriptions.
- Manage report subscriptions.
Module 8: Administering Reporting Services
This module discusses how to administer the Reporting Services server, how to monitor and optimize the performance of the report server, how to maintain the Reporting Services databases, and how to keep the system secure.
Lessons
- Server Administration
- Performance and Reliability Monitoring
- Administering Report Server Databases
- Security Administration
Lab : Administering Reporting Services
- Using Reporting Services Configuration Manager
- Securing a Reporting Services Site
- Securing Items
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Administer the reporting server.
- Monitor performance and reliability.
- Administer the Report Server databases.
- Administer security.
Module 9: Programming Reporting Services
This module explains how to query Reporting Services information programmatically and how to automate report management tasks. Students also learn how to render reports without relying on Report Manager, and how you can extend the feature set of a report server by creating custom code.
Lessons
- Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
- Automating Report Management
- Rendering Reports
- Creating Custom Code
Lab : Programming Reporting Services
- Using URL Access to Display a Report
- Building a Reporting Services Web Service Client
- Using the Report Viewer Control
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Query server information by using a Web service.
- Automate report management.
- Render reports.
- Create custom code.
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