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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

By : Dinesh Priyankara, Robert Cain
Book Image

SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

By: Dinesh Priyankara, Robert Cain

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services comes with many new features. It offers different types of reporting such as Production, Ad-hoc, Dashboard, Mash-up, and Analytical. SQL Server 2016 also has a surfeit of new features including Mobile Reporting, and Power BI integration. This book contains recipes that explore the new and advanced features added to SQL Server 2016. The first few chapters cover recipes on configuring components and how to explore these new features. You’ll learn to build your own reporting solution with data tools and report builder, along with learning techniques to create visually appealing reports. This book also has recipes for enhanced mobile reporting solutions, accessing these solutions effectively, and delivering interactive business intelligence solutions. Towards the end of the book, you’ll get to grips with running reporting services in SharePoint integrated mode and be able to administer, monitor, and secure your reporting solution. This book covers about the new offerings of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services in comprehensive detail and uses examples of real-world problem-solving business scenarios.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.Packtpub.com
Preface

Filtering data for the current user


SSRS Reports has the ability to use the identity of the current user as a built-in variable within the report. This means the user ID can be used as a filter for SQL queries against a data source, assuming the data source stores that same ID.

Getting ready

In order for this recipe to work correctly, we will need to add IDs to the database. We will modify the Dimension.Employee table within the WideWorldImportersDW database to hold a fictitious manager ID field. First, open SSMS and execute the following query against the WideWorldImportersDW database:

ALTER TABLE [Dimension].[Employee] 
ADD [ManagerID] NVARCHAR(50) 

Next, we will need to insert data into this column. In this example, you should replace the IDs shown with ones that will be valid in your organization or computer; the ones used here are for testing purposes:

UPDATE [Dimension].[Employee]  
   SET [ManagerId] = 'ACSRV\ArcaneCode' 
 WHERE [Employee Key] < 101 
UPDATE [Dimension].[Employee] ...