Analyzing Data with SQL Server Reporting Services -SSRS ISI-1598

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About this class

What you'll be able to do

• Describe reporting services and its components
• reports from relational or MDX compliant data sources .
• Implement paginated reports
• Work with reporting services data
• Visualize data with reporting services
• Aggregate report data
• Share reporting services reports
• Administer reporting services
• Expand and integrate reporting services
• Describe mobile reports
• Develop mobile reports
• Give a context for Reporting Services.
• Describe the components of Reporting Services.
• Explain Reporting Services tools.
• Module 2: Reporting Services Data
• Almost every report that you publish by using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) will
• be built using data that’s obtained from one or more source systems. This lesson explains
• how to configure SSRS to interact with source data systems by working with dat a sources.
• Lessons
• Data sources
• Connection strings
• Datasets
• Lab : Configuring a data access with report builder
• Configuring data access with report builder
• Lab: Configuring data access with report designer
• Configuring data access with report designer
• Describe data sources.
• Work with connection strings.
• Describe datasets.
• Module 3: Creating Paginated Reports
• Now that you have learned about BI and data modelling, and how to access data from
• Report Designer and Report Builder, you need to learn how to create reports. This module
• shows you how to create different types of reports in both applications, in addition to using
• the Report Wizard.
• Lessons
• Creating a report with the report wizard
• Creating a report
• Publishing a report
• Lab : Creating reports
• Use the report wizard – report designer
• Use the report wizard – report builder
• Creating and publishing a report – report designer
• Creating and publishing a report – report builder
• Create a report with the report wizard.
• Create a report using report builder or report designer.
• Publish a report to reporting services.
• Module 4: Working with Reporting Services Data
• It is common for business requirements to change regarding the information they need
• and how they want data presented. On viewing a detailed report, senior management
• might ask for higher level, summarized, or filtered versions of the same report. Report
• B uilder and Report Designer support these scenarios via filtering, sorting, drilldowns,
• grouping and the parameterizing of reports. In this module, you will see how to use filters
• and parameters to make reports more dynamic and useful to business users
• Lessons
• Data filters
• Report parameters
• Implementing report filters and parameters
• Lab : Create a parameterized report
• Using parameters in report designer
• Using parameters in report builder
• Filter data in reports
• Use parameters in reports
• Module 5: Visualizing Data with Report Services
• As the amount of data being generated continues to grow, the need to make sense of its
• meaning increases. You use data visualization to make data easier to understand, and
• faster to interpret. Data visualizations highlight comparisons, show trends, and convey
• scale much faster than a table of numbers could. The detail is important, but visualizations
• are a highly effective way of conveying meaning and insights quickly and accurately.
• Lessons
• Formatting data
• Images and charts
• Databars, sparklines, indicators, gauges, and maps
• Lab : Manage formatting
• Report designer
• Report builder
• Format data in reports.
• Use images and charts in your reports.
• Use databars, sparklines, and indicators in reports.
• Explain what a KPI is and how it’s used.
• Module 6: Summarizing Report Data
• As the amount of data we need to deal with increases, so does the requirement to manage
• data by grouping and summarizing. In this module, you will learn how to create group
• structures, summarize data, and provide interactivity in your reports, so that user s see the
• level of detail or summary that they need.
• Lessons
• Sorting and grouping
• Report sub- reports
• Drilldown and drill through
• Lab : Summarizing report data
• Sorting and grouping in report builder
• Sorting and grouping in report designer
• Group and sort data in reports.
• Create report sub- sections.
• Use drill down and drill through.
• Module 7: Sharing Reporting Services Reports
• When you have published a Reporting Services report, users can view the report
• interactively. In some situations, it can be advantageous to run reports automatically,
• either to improve performance through caching and snapshots, or to deliver reports to
• users —by using e- mail or other mechanisms. To run reports automatically, you need to
• understand how Reporting Services manages scheduling. This module covers report
• scheduling, caching and the report life cycle, and automatic subscription and delivery of
• reports.
• Lessons
• Schedules
• Report caching, snapshots, and comments
• Report subscription and delivery
• Lab : Sharing reporting services reports
• Create a shared schedule
• Configure caching
• Subscribe to a report
• Explain schedules.
• Describe report caching, report snapshots, and report comments.
• Configure report subscriptions.
• Module 8: Administering Reporting Services
• System administrators take responsibility for the configuration and day - to - day operations
• of IT systems. In SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), administrative tasks include the
• configuration of the web portal and web service, branding the web portal, and ensuring
• that access to sensitive reports is carefully controlled. Administrators also monitor and
• optimize performance.
• Lessons
• Administering reporting services
• Reporting services configuration
• Reporting services performance
• Lab : Administering reporting services
• Authorize access to reports
• Web portal branding
• Secure access to reports by using authentication, permissions, and SSL
• encryption.
• Use report services configuration manager to reconfigure SSRS servers.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of SSRS on a given set of server
• hardware.
• Module 9: Extending and Integrating Reporting Services
• Although Reporting Services is a powerful tool, its built - in capabilities might not always
• meet your needs. This module covers the methods for extending the functionality of
• Reporting Services with expressions and custom code. You will also learn about the
• methods for working with Reporting Services programmatically, and integrating Reporting
• Services reports into other applications.
• Lessons
• Expressions and embedded code
• Extending reporting services
• Integrating reporting services
• Lab : Extending and integrating reporting services
• Custom code – report designer
• Custom code – report builder
• URL access
• Work with expressions and embedded code.
• Extend reporting services functionality with external assemblies.
• Integrate reporting services with other software.
• Module 10: Introduction to Mobile Reports
• This module introduces the design and publication of reports that are intended for
• consumption on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. Microsoft SQL Server
• Reporting Services (SSRS) includes support for mobile reports, although the tools that a re
• used to design and publish mobile reports are different to the tools used for the paginated
• reports discussed in the earlier modules of this course.
• Lessons
• Overview of mobile reports
• Preparing data for mobile reports
• Mobile report publisher
• Lab : Introduction to mobile reports
• Format data for a mobile report
• Create a mobile report
• Create KPIs
• Describe considerations for mobile reports.
• Prepare data for publication in mobile reports.
• Use SQL Server mobile report publisher to create mobile reports.
• Module 11: Developing Mobile Reports
• In this module, you will learn about the element types that you can add to your Microsoft
• SQL Server Reporting Services mobile reports. You will also learn about working with
• dataset parameters, and how to add drill through actions to your reports.
• Lessons
• Designing and publishing mobile reports
• Drill through in mobile reports
• Lab : Developing mobile reports
• Add a dataset with parameters
• Design a mobile report
• Publish a mobile report
• Add a drill through to a custom URL
• Describe how to design and publish mobile reports.
• Explain how to drill through from mobile reports.

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