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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

By : Dinesh Priyankara, Robert Cain
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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
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Preface

How to create a mobile report


In this section, we'll begin the process of creating a mobile report by placing the visual elements we want onto the designer. This is a great feature of the Mobile Report Publisher, as it lets you work with the end user to design the report before taking the more involved step of accessing the required data.

Getting ready

Simply open the Mobile Report Publisher. If you already have it open, ensure that it is ready by using the New button in the toolbar in the very upper left.

How to do it...

  1. On the Layout tab, drag and drop the Time chart control into the very upper left block in the designer. It will be auto-renamed to Time chart 1.

  2. In the bottom-right corner, you will see a sizing handle:

    Figure 6.07

  3. Drag the handle so that the chart is four blocks wide and two blocks high.

  4. In the Gauges area, find Radial gauge and drop it beside the time chart. Expand so that it takes up an area two blocks wide and two blocks high.

  5. Scroll down to the Maps area and place Gradient...