Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2008

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed Michael Lisin Jim Joseph Amit Goyal The authoritative, example-rich guide to Microsoft’s powerful reporting platform With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services you can quickly deliver relevant business intelligence data wherever it’s ne...

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Otros Autores: Lisin, Michael Author (author), Joseph, Jim Contributor (contributor), Goyal, Amit Contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Sams 2009
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Unleashed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628891606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Introduction to Reporting Services
  • 1 Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
  • What Is SSRS?
  • SSRS for End Users
  • Overview of Features
  • Enterprise Report Examples
  • SSRS in the Report Development Life Cycle
  • Editions of Reporting Services
  • How Is SSRS Licensed?
  • Summary
  • 2 Reporting Services 2008 Architecture
  • Removal of IIS Dependency and Impact on SSRS
  • SSRS Windows Service
  • Memory Management
  • Programmatic Interfaces
  • Report Processor
  • Command-Line Utilities
  • Reporting Services Extensions
  • Report Server Databases
  • Scheduling and Delivery Processor
  • Report Builder 1.0
  • Report Model Designer
  • Report Builder 2.0
  • Report Designer
  • Report Manager
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Reporting Services Configuration Tool
  • RSPrintClient Control
  • WMI Provider
  • Performance Monitoring Objects
  • Summary
  • 3 Getting Started with Reporting Services Tools
  • Report Manager
  • Business Intelligence Development Studio
  • Report Designer
  • Report Builder 1.0
  • Report Builder 2.0
  • Reporting Services Configuration Manager
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Summary
  • 4 What's New in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
  • Report Server Architecture Changes
  • Reporting Services Configuration Manager
  • SQL Server Management Studio Updates for Administrators
  • Report Manager Update
  • Report Engine Architecture Changes
  • Report-Processing Scalability Enhancements
  • Report-Rendering Enhancements
  • ReportViewer Control Enhancements
  • Report Designer Enhancements
  • Report Builder 2.0
  • Tablix
  • Data-Visualization Controls
  • Rich-Text Support
  • RDL Enhancements
  • Teradata as a Data Source
  • SharePoint Integration Enhancements
  • Programming and API Changes
  • Upgrading from Earlier Versions
  • Summary.
  • 5 Reporting Services Deployment Scenarios
  • High-Availability Deployment Considerations
  • Overview of Deployment Scenarios
  • Requirements for a Standard Deployment
  • Requirements for a Scale-Out Deployment
  • Internet Deployment Considerations
  • Minimum Hardware Requirements
  • Software Requirements
  • Key Features of SSRS 2008 Editions
  • Licensing
  • Summary
  • 6 Installing Reporting Services
  • Summary
  • Part II: Report Authoring from Basic to Advanced
  • 7 Report Server Project Wizard
  • Sample Database Setup
  • Using the Report Server Project Wizard to Create a Simple Report
  • Summary
  • 8 Report Designer(s)
  • Three Main Report Designers from Microsoft
  • Visual Studio Haves Versus Have Nots
  • Solution, Project, File Hierarchy
  • Generating Reports with Visual Studio
  • Summary
  • 9 Report Definition Language
  • Language: A Way to Communicate
  • Use of XML
  • Declarative Programming
  • Report Elements
  • Summary
  • 10 Expressions
  • What Is an Expression?
  • Expression Syntax
  • Adding Expressions
  • Collections
  • Using Functions
  • Other Functions
  • Expression and Built-In Function Security
  • Using Expressions to Change Report Item Properties
  • Emphasizing Certain Values
  • Summary
  • 11 Accessing Data
  • Data-Processing Extensions
  • Types of Data Sources
  • Data Source Credentials
  • Connection Strings
  • Querying Data
  • Adding a Data Source
  • Summary
  • 12 Report Parameters
  • Setting Up Parameters
  • Parameter Properties
  • Data-Driven Parameters
  • Expressions with Parameters
  • Dynamic SQL with Parameters
  • Parameter Dependencies
  • Using Multivalue Parameters
  • Example of Using Multivalue Dependent Parameters
  • Summary
  • 13 Working with Report Items
  • Data Regions, Containers, and Independent Report Items
  • Report Designer's Toolbox
  • Line Report Item
  • Rectangle Report Item
  • Image Report Item.
  • Textbox Report Item (Improved in 2008)
  • Tablix (New in 2008) = Table, Matrix, List
  • Practical Application of Report Items
  • Chart Report Item (Improved in 2008)
  • Practical Application of a Chart
  • Gauge Report Item
  • Report Body Versus Page Header/Footer
  • Summary
  • 14 Grouping, Sorting, Aggregating Data, and Working with Scope
  • Grouping Data on a Report
  • Sorting, Including Interactive Sorting and Data Source Sorting
  • Scope Parameter of Aggregate Functions
  • Level and InScope Functions
  • Summary
  • 15 Advanced Report Formatting
  • Formatting-Related Report Item Properties
  • Formatting Numeric and Date/Time Values
  • Creating Alternating Colors for the Lines on a Report
  • Paging Report (Improved in 2008)
  • Summary
  • 16 Report Navigation
  • Hyperlink (Go to URL) Navigation
  • BookmarkLink (Go to Bookmark) Navigation
  • Drillthrough (Go to Report) Navigation
  • Document Map
  • Hide and Toggle Items
  • Practical Application of Action Items
  • Summary
  • 17 Working with Multidimensional Data Sources
  • Analysis Services Concepts
  • Data-Mining Concepts
  • MDX and DMX
  • Advanced OLAP Concepts
  • Creating Data-Mining Reports
  • Summary
  • 18 Ad Hoc Reporting
  • Issues Facing Ad Hoc Reporting
  • Client-Side Reporting with SSRS
  • Report Models and the Model Designer
  • Report Builder 2.0
  • Summary
  • Part III: Reporting Services Management
  • 19 Managing Reports, Data Sources, and Models
  • Deployment Options in Visual Studio
  • Deployment Through Report Manager
  • Changing Report Properties
  • Setting Report History and Snapshots
  • My Reports
  • Summary
  • 20 Securing Report Server Items
  • Reporting Services Security Model
  • Defining Custom Roles
  • Summary
  • 21 Report Execution and Processing
  • Managing Schedules
  • Report Execution and Processing
  • Report-Execution History
  • Summary
  • 22 Subscribing to Reports.
  • Overview of Subscriptions
  • Overview of Delivery Extensions
  • Creating a Simple Subscription
  • Creating a Data-Driven Subscription
  • Managing Subscriptions
  • Summary
  • 23 SSRS Administration
  • Monitoring
  • Key Management
  • Scale-Out Deployment
  • Summary
  • 24 RS Utility
  • Inside the Reporting Services Script Files
  • Command-Line Arguments
  • Sample Command Lines
  • Code Examples
  • Summary
  • Part IV: Reporting Services Customizations
  • 25 Implementing Custom Embedded Functions
  • Adding Embedded Code
  • Debugging Embedded Code
  • Summary
  • 26 Creating and Calling a Custom Assembly from a Report
  • Initializing Assembly Classes
  • Strong-Named Custom Assemblies
  • .NET Security Primer for an SSRS Administrator
  • Assemblies That Require Other Than Execute Permissions
  • Debugging Custom Assemblies
  • Summary
  • 27 Using URL Access
  • How to Control Rendering Through URL Access
  • How to Integrate URL Access in an Application
  • Summary
  • 28 Using Reporting Services Web Services
  • Report Management Web Service (ReportService2005.asmx)
  • How to Script Reporting Services (Using the RS Utility)
  • Working with Report Parameters
  • Security When Calling a Web Service (.NET 2.0 Style)
  • Security When Calling a Web Service (.NET 3.x, WCF Style)
  • Using SSL to Increase Security
  • Some of the Commonly Used Methods with Short Code Snippets
  • Summary
  • 29 Extending Reporting Services
  • Common Considerations for Custom Reporting Services Extensions: Implementation, Deployment, and Security
  • Report Definition Customization Extension
  • Delivery Extension
  • Interactions Between User, SSRS, and a Delivery Extension
  • Custom Report Items
  • Summary
  • Part V: SharePoint Integration
  • 30 Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint
  • SharePoint Technology
  • Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint.
  • Planning for SharePoint Integration
  • Unsupported Features
  • Sample Reports Integrated with SharePoint
  • Summary
  • 31 SSRS 2008 SharePoint Integration Architecture
  • Reporting Services Add-In for SharePoint
  • Summary
  • 32 Installation of Reporting Services Integrated with SharePoint
  • Installing Reporting Services
  • Installing SharePoint
  • Configuring Report Server in SharePoint Integrated Mode
  • Installing the RS Add-In for SharePoint
  • Configuring Report Server Integration via SharePoint Central Administration
  • Upgrading from SSRS2K5 SP2
  • Scaling-Out Deployments
  • Troubleshooting
  • Summary
  • 33 SharePoint Mode Administration
  • Security Overview
  • User Authentication with SharePoint
  • Windows Integrated Security
  • Trusted Account with Windows or Forms Authentication
  • User Authorization with SharePoint
  • Programmability
  • Configuration Code Sample
  • Setting Up Kerberos Authentication
  • Summary
  • 34 Tools Support for SSRS Integrated with SharePoint
  • Report Services Configuration Tool
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Administration and Management Pages
  • Report-Authoring Tools
  • Summary
  • 35 Viewing Reports in SharePoint
  • Report Viewer Web Part
  • Connect the Report Viewer Web Part with Other SharePoint Web Parts
  • URL Access Parameters
  • Viewing Reports with SharePoint 2.0 Web Parts
  • Summary
  • 36 Managing Reports in SharePoint
  • Managing Properties
  • Managing Permissions
  • Managing Parameters
  • Managing Report History
  • Managing Shared Schedules
  • Managing Subscriptions
  • SharePoint Document Management
  • Summary
  • 37 Ad Hoc Reporting in SharePoint
  • Report Builder Reports in SharePoint
  • Data Sources in SharePoint
  • Report Models in SharePoint
  • Report Builder 2.0
  • Tips for Report Builder Usage
  • Summary
  • Part VI: Appendixes
  • A: References and Additional Reading
  • MSDN Websites.
  • SQL Customer Advisory Team Technical Notes.