Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
Take your business intelligence to the next level with Enterprise Reporting.
Course Description
This 4 day course will introduce Enterprise Reporting, its characteristics and relation to current business projects. It will provide System Administrators with the knowledge necessary to understand and manage a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Enterprise Reporting Solution, and Report Designers the skills necessary to design different kinds of reports. Ad-hoc reporting functionalities are state-of-the-art and you will learn how and when to use them. You will also be learning additional topics such as setup, configuration, maintenance, and extensibility. The case study provides the students with a real world scenario via a set of requirements. The individual must design and implement their solution based on the requirements. This gives the students the ability to exercise the skills they learned during the class in a real world situation.
Audience
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement reporting solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. Exams:70-448: Developing and Maintaining Business Intelligence Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Prerequisites
- Exposure to creating reports in Microsoft Access or other third-party reporting products, such as
- Crystal Reports.
- Exposure to Visual Studio.
- Conceptual understanding of the push and pull distribution/subscription paradigm.
- Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment.
- Experience with Windows services (starting and stopping)
- Experience creating service accounts and permissions
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:
- SQL Server Agent.
- SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE).
- SQL Server System tables.
- SQL Server accounts (users and permissions).
SQL200: Introduction to Transact-SQL
What You Will Learn
After completing 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.
Course Outline
- Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
- Installing Reporting Services
- Reporting Services Tools
Lab 1: Using Reporting Services Tools
Exercise 1: Exploring Report Designer
Exercise 2: Exploring Report Manager
- Creating a Basic Table Report
- Formatting Report Pages
- Configuring Data Sources and Data Sets
- Calculating Values
Lab 2: Creating a Simple Report
Exercise 1: Creating a Basic Table Report
Exercise 2: Formatting Report Pages
Exercise 3: Adding Calculated Values
3. Enhancing Basic Reports
- Interactive Navigation
- Enhancing a Basic Report
- Displaying Data
Lab 3: Enhancing a Report
Exercise 1: Using Dynamic Visibility
Exercise 2: Using Document Maps
Exercise 3: Initiating Actions
Exercise 4: Using a List Data Region
4. Manipulating Data Sets
- Defining Report Data
- Alternative Data Sources
- Using Parameters and Filters
- Using Parameter Lists
- Best Practices to Implement Static and Dynamic Parameter Lists
Lab 4: Manipulating Data Sets
Exercise 1: Using parameters to restrict query results
Exercise 2: Using parameters to filter report data
Exercise 3: Creating dynamic parameter lists
Exercise 4: Using parameters with a stored procedure
Exercise 5: Displaying all categories in a parameter list
5. Using Report Models
- Creating Report Models
- Using Report Builder
Lab 5: Working with Report Models
Exercise 1: Creating a Report Model
Exercise 2: Using Report Builder to Create a Report
6. Publishing and Executing Reports
- Publishing Reports
- Executing Reports
- Creating Cached Instances
- Creating Snapshots and Report History
Lab 6: Publishing and Executing Reports
Exercise 1: Publishing Reports
Exercise 2: Executing a Report On Demand
Exercise 3: Configuring and Viewing a Cached Report
Exercise 4: Configuring and Viewing a Snapshot Report
7. Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
- Introduction to Report Subscriptions
- Creating Report Subscriptions
- Managing Report Subscriptions
Lab 7: Implementing Subscriptions
Exercise 1: Creating a Standard Subscription
Exercise 2: Creating a Data-Driven Subscription
8. Administering Reporting Services
- Server Administration
- Performance and Reliability Monitoring
- Administering Report Server Databases
- Security Administration
Lab 8: Administering Reporting Services
Exercise 1: Using Reporting Services Configuration Manager
Exercise 2: Securing a Reporting Services Site
Exercise 3: Securing Items
9. Programming Reporting Services
- Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
- Automating Report Management
- Rendering Reports
- Creating Custom Code
Lab 9: Programming Reporting Services
Exercise 1: Using URL Access to Display a Report
Exercise 2: Building a Reporting Services Web Service Client
Exercise 3: Using the Report Viewer Contror
10. Reporting Service Case Study
This module provides the student the opportunity to build their reports solely based on user requirements. While working in a team environment, the student will have an opportunity to exercise the skills learned during the class.
- Design and create multiple report types based on user requirements.
- Enhance the report to make them user friendly.
- Deploy the reports into a production environment.
- Secure the reports.
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