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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

Exploring the new Web Portal


The new Web Portal is only for Reporting Services Native Mode. It does not support on SharePoint integrated mode. The new portal looks organized and that makes it easy to navigate various items and explore different sections. The old look, with a few buttons and a top bar, has been replaced with multiple tabs and a set of menus that provides easy access to items which can be managed efficiently. Have a look on Figure 7.01 that shows the old Report Manager:

Figure 7.01

Now see how the appearance and the layout of the portal has changed with the new Web Portal. It is shown in the Figure 7.02:

Figure 7.02

Getting ready

Since the Web Portal is a web-based application, it has to be opened using a browser. The URL configured for the Web Portal is based on the instance type of SQL Server. If the instance is the default instance, the URL is configured as follows:

http://<servername>:80/reports.

The port 80 is automatically added but it can be configured to a different...