Implementing and Maintaining MS SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (MS2793)

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Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement a Reporting Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to use the Reporting Services development tools to create reports, and how to use the Reporting Services management and administrative tools to manage a Reporting Services solution.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement reporting solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Reporting Services and its components.
• Create a Reporting Services report.
• Enhance a Reporting Services report.
• Create and manipulate data sets.
• Use report models to implement reporting for business users.
• Configure report publishing and execution settings.
• Implement subscriptions for reports.
• Administer Reporting Services.
• Implement custom Reporting Services applications.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have exposure to creating reports in Microsoft Access or other third-party reporting products, such as Crystal Reports, conceptual understanding of the push and pull distribution/subscription paradigm, and experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment. Students must also have experience with Windows services (starting and stopping), creating service accounts and permissions, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
  1. Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
  2. Installing Reporting Services
  3. Reporting Services Tools
  4. Using Reporting Services Tools
  5. Exploring Report Designer
  6. Exploring Report Manager
• Authoring Basic Reports
  1. Creating a Basic Table Report
  2. Formatting Report Pages
  3. Calculating Values
  4. Creating a Simple Report
  5. Adding Calculated Values
• Enhancing Basic Reports
  1. Interactive Navigation
  2. Displaying Data
  3. Enhancing a Report
  4. Using Dynamic Visibility
  5. Using Document Maps
  6. Initiating Actions
  7. Using a List Data Region
• Manipulating Data Sets
  1. Defining Report Data
  2. Using Parameters and Filters
  3. Using Parameter Lists
  4. Manipulating Data Sets
  5. Using parameters to restrict query results
  6. Using parameters to filter report data
  7. Creating dynamic parameter lists
  8. Using parameters with a stored procedure
• Using Report Models
  1. Creating Report Models
  2. Using Report Builder
  3. Working with Report Models
  4. Using Report Builder to Create a Report
• Publishing and Executing Reports
  1. Publishing and Executing Reports
  2. Creating Cached Instances
  3. Creating Snapshots and Report History
  4. Executing a Report On Demand
  5. Configuring and Viewing a Cached Report
  6. Configuring and Viewing a Snapshot Report
• Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
  1. Introduction to Report Subscriptions
  2. Creating Report Subscriptions
  3. Managing Report Subscriptions
  4. Implementing Subscriptions
  5. Creating a Standard Subscription
  6. Creating a Data-Driven Subscription
• Administering Reporting Services
  1. Server Administration
  2. Performance and Reliability Monitoring
  3. Administering Report Server Databases
  4. Security Administration
  5. Administering Reporting Services
  6. Using Reporting Services Configuration Manager
  7. Securing a Reporting Services Site
  8. Securing Items
• Programming Reporting Services
  1. Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
  2. Automating Report Management
  3. Rendering Reports
  4. Creating Custom Code
  5. Programming Reporting Services
  6. Using URL Access to Display a Report
  7. Building a Reporting Services Web Service Client
  8. Using the Report Viewer Control