Creating Reporting Solutions using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services - Course 2030

2 days

Overview: After completing this course, students will be able to:

Understand the architecture of Microsoft Reporting Services and Office integration.
Author reports using the Report Designer.
Deploy and publish reports.
Manage the lifecycle of a report including report scheduling and backup and restore.
Experience with Microsoft Windows services.
Starting and stopping services.
Understand how to apply Reporting Services to a business problem.

Prerequisites:

MCDBA (Microsoft Certified Database Administrator) certification or equivalent knowledge.
Exposure to Visual Studio .NET.
Exposure to creating reports in Microsoft Access or third party reporting products.
Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment.
Experience with Microsoft Windows services.
Starting and stopping services.
Creating service accounts and permissions.

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Overview of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Tour of Reporting Services
Overview of Reporting Services Architecture

Authoring Basic Reports
Creating a Basic Table Report
Formatting Report Pages
Calculating Values

Enhancing Basic Reports
Interactive Navigation
Displaying Data

Manipulating Data Sets
Defining Report Data
Using Parameters and Filters
Using Parameter Lists

Managing Content
Publishing Content
Executing Reports
Creating Cached Instances
Creating Snapshots and Report History
Creating Report Subscriptions

Administering Reporting Services
Server Administration
Performance and Reliability Monitoring
Database Administration
Security Administration

Programming Reporting Services
Querying Server Information
Automating Report Management
Rendering Reports
Creating Custom Code