SQL Server 2005 for Reporting Services

Overview:

In this instructor-led course, you'll learn to implement a Reporting Services solution in an organization. Learn to use the Reporting Services development tools to create reports and use the Reporting Services management and administrative tools to manage a Reporting Services solution. Supplemental content and our enhanced labs add additional hands-on experience.

This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product (OMLP):
Course 2793: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Description:

1. Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

Discover 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.

• 
  Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
• 
  Installing Reporting Services
• 
  Reporting Services Tools

2. Authoring Basic Reports

Discover the fundamentals of report authoring, including configuring data
sources and data sets, creating tabular reports, summarizing data, and applying
basic formatting.

• 
  Creating a Basic Table Report
• 
  Formatting Report Pages
• 
  Calculating Values

3. Enhancing Basic Reports

Examine navigational controls and some additional types of data regions, and
learn to use them to enhance a basic report.

• 
  Interactive Navigation
• 
  Displaying Data
• 
  Exporting and Printing Reports
• 
  Export Formats

4. Manipulating Data Sets

Explore data sets to a greater depth, including the use of alternative data
sources and interacting with a data set through the use of parameters. Learn how
to dynamically modify the data set underlying a data region by allowing
parameters to be sent to the underlying query. Also, learn to use best practices
to implement static and dynamic parameter lists when interacting with queries
and stored procedures.

• 
  Defining Report Data
• 
  Using Parameters and Filters
• 
  Using Parameter Lists
• 
  If Time Permits: Displaying All Categories In A Parameter List
• 
  Advanced Grouping
• 
  Combining Reports
• 
  Charts
• 
  Pre-Defined Reporting Services Packages

5. Using Report Models

Learn to create a report model so business users can create their own reports
without using the full Report Designer development environment. Learn how to use
Report Builder to create a report from a report model.

• 
  Creating Report Models
• 
  Using Report Builder

6. Publishing and Executing Reports

Explore the various options you can use to publish reports to the report server
and execute them.

• 
  Publishing Reports
• 
  Executing Reports
• 
  Creating Cached Instances
• 
  Creating Snapshots and Report History

7. Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports

Learn to implement subscriptions so you can distribute reports either
automatically by e-mail or by publishing reports to a shared folder.

• 
  Introduction to Report Subscriptions
• 
  Creating Report Subscriptions
• 
  Managing Report Subscriptions

8. Administering Reporting Services

Learn to administer the Reporting Services server, monitor and optimize the
performance of the report server, maintain the Reporting Services databases, and
keep the system secure.

• 
  Server Administration
• 
  Performance and Reliability Monitoring
• 
  Administering Report Server Databases
• 
  Security Administration Reporting Services Security
• 
  Web Host Security
• 
  Role-Based Security, Role Definitions, Role Assignments
• 
  Tasks and Permissions
• 
  Custom Security Extension

9. Programming Reporting Services

Learn to query Reporting Services information programmatically and automate
report management tasks. Discover how to render reports without relying on
Report Manager, and learn how you can extend the feature set of a report server
by creating custom code.

• 
  Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
• 
  Automating Report Management
• 
  Rendering Reports
• 
  Creating Custom Code
• 
  Deployment Tools
• 
  NET Assemblies to generate RDL

10. Troubleshooting and Maintenance of the Reporting Services Architecture

• 
  Backup and Restore Reporting Services
• 
  Common Installation Errors
• 
  Database Connection Errors
• 
  Credential Errors
• 
  Report Errors
• 
  Data Access Errors

Agenda:

Lab 1: Using Reporting Services Tools

• Exploring Report Designer
• Exploring Report Manager

Lab 2: Creating a Simple Report

• Creating a Basic Table Report
• Formatting Report Pages
• Adding Calculated Values

Lab 3: Enhancing a Report

• Using Dynamic Visibility
• Using Document Maps
• Initiating Actions
• Using a List Data Region
• Exporting Reports

Lab 4: 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
• Using Advanced Grouping
• Combining Reports
• Creating and Using Charts

Lab 5: Working with Report Models

• Creating a Report Model
• Using Report Builder to Create a Report

Lab 6: Publishing and Executing Reports

• Publishing Reports
• Executing a Report On Demand
• Configuring and Viewing a Cached Report
• Configuring and Viewing a Snapshot Report

Lab 7: Implementing Subscriptions

• Creating a Standard Subscription
• Creating a Data-Driven Subscription

Lab 8: Administering Reporting Services

• Using Reporting Services Configuration Manager
• Securing a Reporting Services Site
• Securing Items

Lab 9: Programming Reporting Services

• Using URL Access to Display a Report
• Building a Reporting Services Web Service Client
• Using the Report Viewer Control

Lab 10: Programming Reporting Services

• Backup and Restore Reporting Services
• Identify and Troubleshoot Multiple Types of Errors

Audience:

Information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement reporting solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

Objectives:

• 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