SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services (SSRS) for Report Developers

Enhance your reporting expertise with the SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services (SSRS) course, designed for database professionals and information workers eager to master report design and data visualization techniques.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design reports using SSRS tools.

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Enhance reports with advanced formatting and visual elements.

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Manage and deploy reports effectively using Report Manager.

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Utilize Report Builder for data visualization and custom reports.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 4 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Information Workers
  • Database Professionals
  • Report Developers
  • IT Analysts

Description

During this course, attendees will learn how to use SSRS tools, work with solutions and projects, design basic reports, enhance reports with formatting, images, and charts, effectively group and summarize data, work with parameterized reports, incorporate charts and custom maps, work with drillthrough reports, manage reports, and to utilize Report Builder.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: SSRS Overview and Tools

  1. Reporting Services Features

  2. Tools Available with SQL Server 2016

  3. SQL Server Documentation

Module 2: Working with Solutions and Projects

  1. Working with SQL Server Data Tools

  2. Understanding Solutions and Projects

  3. Working with the Visual Studio Interface

Module 3: Creating Basic Reports

  1. What is a Data Source?

  2. What is a Dataset?

  3. Using the Report Wizard

  4. What is Tablix?

  5. Creating a Tabular Report

  6. Creating a List Report

  7. What is a Matrix?

  8. Deploying a Project

Module 4: Formatting Reports

  1. Working with Text Boxes

  2. Rich Text Formatting

  3. Managing Text Boxes

  4. Drawing Lines and Boxes

  5. Images

  6. Page Headers and Footers

  7. Adding a Document Map

  8. Rendering Reports

Module 5: Custom Expressions

  1. Understanding Expressions

  2. Defining Expressions

  3. Working with Report Variables

  4. Understanding Lookup, LookupSet, and Multilookup Functions

  5. Expression Samples

Module 6: Summarizing and Sorting

  1. Creating Groups

  2. Parent/Child vs. Adjacent Groupings

  3. Adding Totals and Aggregations

  4. Creating Aggregates of Aggregates

Module 7: Add Flexibility with Parameters

  1. Adding Parameters to a Report

  2. Report Parameters vs. Query Parameters

  3. Manage Report Parameter Properties

  4. Use Parameters with SQL Queries and Stored Procedures

  5. Work with Cascading Parameters

  6. Sort Based on a Parameter Setting

  7. Filtered Reports

Module 8: Enhanced Report Items

  1. Charts

  2. Gauges

  3. Add a Map to a Report

  4. Data Bar, Indicator, and Sparkline Report Items

  5. Nesting Data Regions

  6. Subreports and Drillthrough Reports

  7. Working with Drillthrough Reports

Module 9: Using Report Manager

  1. Deployment

  2. Navigating Report Manager

  3. Understanding Permissions

  4. Viewing Reports

  5. Working with Shared Data Sources

  6. Managing Reports

Module 10: Using Report Builder for SQL Server 2016

  1. ClickOnce vs. Stand-alone

  2. Installing the Stand-alone Version

  3. Using the Report Builder Tool

  4. Creating Datasets

  5. Creating Reports

  6. Creating Reports Using Wizards

  7. Creating Reports Without a Wizard

  8. Opening Existing Reports

  9. Working with Report Parts

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