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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
www.Packtpub.com
Preface

Understanding the mobile report layout


So far our layout has been what Microsoft calls the Master layout. This is the format used when someone looks at your report using a web browser.

The Mobile in the Mobile Report Publisher implies you can create reports specially formatted for tablets and phones. In this recipe, we'll see just how easy it is to do so.

Getting ready

This recipe continues where the previous one left off, so if you don't have Report 06-01 ready, open it now.

How to do it...

  1. In the upper right corner is a white box with a drop-down arrow. Click on it:

    Figure 6.31

  2. You will now see the three layout options for working with reports. Click on Tablet to change to tablet mode.

  3. The four available report elements appear to the left. We'll drag each one onto the designer in a layout that will look good on a tablet. Start with the Sales by Year chart. Place it in the very upper left corner and then drag it so that it is two rows high by six wide.

  4. Next, place the Sales by State map under...