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Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012

By : Jayaram Krishnaswamy
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Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012

By: Jayaram Krishnaswamy

Overview of this book

<p>In the present day information-centric world we live in, the success of an enterprise depends enormously on how its information is generated, handled, and disseminated. With ample screenshots and over 65 hands-on exercises, this book will guide you effortlessly through creating cutting edge reports using SQL Server Reporting Services 2012, native and fully integrated with SharePoint Server 2010 including new features like Power View and Data Alerts.</p> <p>"Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012" will get you started right from installation and then move on to configuration of SQL Server Reporting Services 2012. Start learning right from Chapter 1 and build your skill to create reports using the latest tools and deploy them to the latest servers, both Native and SharePoint. No guessing; you will learn all—Power View, Data Alerts, SQL Azure Reporting,the latest Reporting Services Gadgets, and more.</p> <p>"Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012" is a definitive guide to a step-by-step, metered approach to get a jump start on the latest features in SQL Server Reporting Services.Reporting Services in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is more tightly integrated not only with the Microsoft Business Stack but also with SharePoint, Windows Azure, and the Visual Studio suite of products, with many new features.</p> <p>You will install and configure the toolset to work with SSRS 2012 integrated with SharePoint 2010. Using SQL Server Data Tools, you will author reports and deploy. You will learn about security to work with Report Manager and Central Administration in SharePoint. Using Report Builder, you will learn about authoring cutting edge reports. You will create Tabular Models and begin experiencing the thrill of creating Power View Reports.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Viewing, searching, and printing reports


Viewing reports and printing the reports are some of the major activities that businesses do on a daily or scheduled basis. Reports are generated electronically. During printing they must be transformed into user required specific formats. The reports generated by the Reporting Services accommodate several different formats both for print and for Web. Reports on demand as well as reports for which subscription is provisioned support several print format options. For example, a user can subscribe to a report to be sent to him/her by e-mail in a Word format for printing and HTML format for easy browsing.

In a business environment the number of reports created can be very large and overwhelming. Searching for reports in a large archive is a must. In addition to report search, there must also be a tool for searching within reports for some specific information and this is accomplished by the Find tool.

Viewing of reports is tightly bound to security as...