Duration: 2 days
Course Times: 11:00-18:00
Max Class Size: 4 delegates
Course Aims:
This course focus on producing reports using MS SQL Server Reporting Services: how to use the product features and tools related to data retrieval, visualizations and deployment.
The Target Audience:
Data analysts who will produce reports for their department or group without in-depth SQL knowledge. MS SQL Server Reporting Services gives you a user-friendly visual interface to create report.
Course Outline:
Report Models:
- Data source views
- Creating a model
- Entities, attributes and roles
Tables:
- Creating tables
- Interactive sorting
- Floating headers
Grouping:
- Inserting groups
- Group headers/footers
- Displaying group totals
- Expanding and collapsing
Expressions:
- The expression builder
- The ReportItems collection
- Built-in fields
- Conditional formatting expressions
Page set-up:
- Page headers and footers
- Page names and numbers
Exporting reports:
- The various report formats
- Using RenderFormat.Name
Parameters:
- Creating parameters
- Filtering using parameters
- Drop list parameters
- Coping with empty tables
Matrices:
- Row and column groups
- Sorting and filtering matrices
- Creating subtotals
Charts:
- Creating charts
- The parts of a chart
- Formatting charts
Basic reports:
- Text boxes and images
- Selecting report items
- Formatting parts of a report
Miniature charts:
- Creating sparklines
- Creating data bars
Graphical indicators:
- Creating and customising indicators
- Linear and radial gauges
Lists:
- Page-per-record lists
- Dashboard lists
- Other list ideas
Subreports:
- Creating a child report
- Creating the main report
- Linking the two reports
Report parts:
- Publishing report parts
- The report part gallery
- Updating report parts
What is included?
- Course notes, exercises and examples
- Course certificate
- 1-hour free consultation after the course, individually booked
- Tea and coffee but no lunch