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Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX

By : Mukesh Hirwani
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Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX

By: Mukesh Hirwani

Overview of this book

<p>SQL Server Reporting Services is the primary reporting platform for Microsoft Dynamics AX. Nowadays every business demands reports ranging from showing an aggregate view of their business performance to the transactional data formatted in a way that can be easily filtered, printed, and emailed. SQL Server Reporting Services allows you to do all this and more, quickly and easily.</p> <p>Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX 2012 covers all the technical aspects of AX 2012 reporting, taking you through various step-by-step guides to quickly develop reports. It encapsulates various real-time scenarios and walkthroughs which will guide you step-by-step to develop reports. You will then go on to learn about various performance-related measures to help you develop or customize reports for Dynamics AX 2012 more efficiently.</p> <p>Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX 2012 is completely based on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 report development. Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX has been written in a way to make reporting complex components quicker and easier. You will come across day-to-day scenarios to perform report development.</p> <p>Learn various mechanisms of developing reports in Visual Studio for Dynamics AX 2012. Develop reports using various types of data sources like AOT Query, external data source, and Report Data Provider class. You will also learn various performance enhancement techniques that will help you to manage complex reporting requirements.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Developing SSRS Reports for Dynamics AX
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Common SSRS Expressions
Index

About the Reviewers

Manoj Nuthakki is the Founder and CEO of 42Hertz INC, an enterprise IT solutions provider. The company offers business and technology consulting, systems integration, application services, custom software development, and support services across business verticals such as Enterprise Architecture Consulting, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Customer Relationship Management. 42Hertz specializes in providing a complete range of services for popular platforms like Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, and SQL BI.

Manoj has over 10 years of experience in Microsoft Dynamics AX in software development, product, and project management. He has authored the Microsoft courseware and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer for Microsoft Dynamics AX courses. He has presented at several technical conferences including Convergence, TechReady, and many AX Readiness events. He regularly conducts webinars on advanced topics in BI. Manoj also works independently in the capacity of a Senior Technical Solution Architect and Advisor to partners and customers implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Before founding 42Hertz, Manoj worked as a Senior Program Manager with the Dynamics AX product team at Microsoft, Redmond. During his tenure at Microsoft, he led efforts on several reporting and analytics features of the product right from the conceptualization to release. He has an in-depth understanding of business intelligence systems and hands-on experience with technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, Web Services, ASP.NET, and Microsoft .NET. His achievements include innovative frameworks in reporting and analytics; he has been awarded five patents for his work in this area.

Manoj graduated with high honors from The University of Texas, Austin with a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Computer Science from The University of Washington, Seattle. He also holds an MBA in Finance from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Umesh Pandit is a Techno-functional Consultant with KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. He has done a Master of Computer Applications with first division having specialized in ERP from the Ideal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.

Umesh has worked with top IT giants such as Google India and Capgemini India. He has a deep understanding of ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics AX. He has worked with different versions of Axapta like AX 3.0, AX 4.0, AX 5.0 (AX 2009), and AX 6.0 (AX 2012). He has a vast knowledge as regards to Microsoft Technologies like SQL, CRM, TFS, Office, Window Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, SSRS, SSAS, VSS, and VCS.