Writing Reports with Report Builder and SSRS Level 2

Writing Reports with Report Builder and SSRS Level 2 (55128)

Course Length: 2 days
Delivery Methods: Multiple delivery options
Course Overview

In this course, students will continue their learning on the foundations of report writing with Microsoft® SQL Server® Report Builder and SSRS. The focus will be on report creation by connecting to a database and manipulating the data.

The primary audience for this course are persons who are new to reporting with Microsoft® SQL Server® Report Builder and SSRS, persons who are transitioning from another reporting software application, and persons who are existing Report Builder and SSRS report authors. The secondary audience for this course are persons who are using Report Designer (SSRS). Course participants may be business analysts, programmer analysts, data analysts, database administrators, or IT professionals and may or may not have experience with Microsoft® SQL Server® Report Builder and SSRS, programming (Visual Basic), and/or Transact-Structured Query Language (T-SQL) experience.

Course Benefits
  • Create parameter reports.
  • Create list reports.
  • Format reports with complex expressions.
  • Add images and subreports.
  • Add drilldown and drillthrough functionality.
  • Add sparklines, data bars, and indicators.
Available Delivery Methods
Public Class
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private Class
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Course Outline
  1. Parameter Reports
    1. Parameterized reporting
    2. Create report parameters
    3. Modify report parameters
    4. Provide default parameter values
    5. Provide available values for parameters
    6. Lab: Creating parameterized reports
  2. List Data Regions
    1. Introducing the list data region
    2. Create reports using list data regions
    3. Modify reports which use list data regions
    4. Lab: Creating list reports
  3. Enhancing Reports with Complex Expressions
    1. Formatting reports
    2. Top N reports
    3. Running values
    4. Lab: Enhancing reports with complex expressions
  4. Enhance Reports with Images and Subreports
    1. Add images to reports
    2. Retrieve images from a database
    3. Introducing SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) Report Server
    4. Add subreports to reports
    5. Lab: Working with images and subreports
  5. Drilldown and Drillthrough Reports
    1. Add and configure drilldown reporting
    2. Add and configure drillthrough reporting
    3. Lab: Add drilldown and drillthrough functionality to reports
  6. Sparklines, Data Bars, and Indicators
    1. Sparklines
    2. Data bars
    3. Indicators
    4. Lab: Adding sparklines, data bars, and indicators to reports
Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

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