SSRS 2014, Part 02 of 10: Creating Reports

Course description

In this course you’ll get a high-level view of the parts and pieces of Reporting Services so that you know what you’re working with. I’ll start by looking at the two modes you can install and operate a report server in. Then I’ll show you some of the extensive configuration options you can use to fine tune reporting features. Reporting Services has a fairly complex architecture, and I’ll walk you through a high-level view of it. There are a lot of parts and you need to have a good feel for how they all work. Then I’ll take a look at the tools available for building reports, and will walk through creating a simple report using Report Designer.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

This course assumes that you have a basic familiarity with the concept of relational databases and a basic understanding of what SQL Server is and the high-level tools in it, as well as how to create and manage objects using Management Studio. You should also have a basic understanding of how SQL Server implements security, including its authentication and authorization schemes, and how to assign permissions on securable objects to principals. You should know the fundamentals of Transact-SQL to write queries to retrieve data and join data from multiple tables, and how to execute scripts using the query editor in Management Studio.

Meet the expert

Don Kiely

Don Kiely is a featured instructor on many of our SQL Server and Visual Studio courses. He is a nationally recognized author, instructor, and consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. Don has many years of teaching experience, is the author or co-author of several programming books, and has spoken at many industry conferences and user groups. In addition, Don is a consultant for a variety of companies that develop distributed applications for public and private organizations.

Video Runtime

65 Minutes

Time to complete

248 Minutes

Course Outline

Data Tools

Introducing Data Tools (15:09)

• Introduction (00:39)
• Introducing Data Tools (01:25)
• Installing Data Tools (02:08)
• Report Project Types (01:39)
• Demo: Data Tools Interface (04:44)
• Demo: Add Item (04:05)
• Summary (00:27)

Configuring Report Projects (13:12)

• Introduction (00:46)
• Demo: Report Properties (02:54)
• Demo: Deployment Properties (03:27)
• Demo: TargetServerVersion (02:49)
• Report Project Configurations (00:43)
• Demo: Configurations (02:00)
• Summary (00:30)

Creating a new Report (14:46)

• Introduction (00:39)
• The Report Designer (01:37)
• Steps to Building a Report (00:56)
• Demo: Report Designer (04:00)
• Demo: Data Sets (04:52)
• Demo: Sorting Data (01:31)
• Demo: Data Set Settings (00:43)
• Summary (00:24)

Building the Report (22:47)

• Introduction (00:22)
• Demo: Adding Components (02:27)
• Demo: Adding Data Regions (04:22)
• Demo: Formatting a Report (03:55)
• Demo: Dates and Currencies (03:41)
• Demo: Grouping (05:31)
• Demo: More Report Design (01:45)
• Summary (00:41)