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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

You're reading from   SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook Your one-stop guide to operational reporting and mobile dashboards using SSRS 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461810
Length 596 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert Cain Robert Cain
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Dinesh Priyankara Dinesh Priyankara
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting It Ready – Configuring Reporting Services FREE CHAPTER 2. Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools 3. Advanced Report Authoring with SQL Server Data Tools 4. Authoring Reports with Report Builder 5. Improving User Experience – New Designing and Visualization Enhancements 6. Authoring Reports with the Mobile Report Publisher 7. Consuming Reports – Report Access Enhancement 8. Reporting Solutions for BI – Integration 9. SharePoint Integration 10. Administering and Managing Reporting Services 11. Securing Reports in Reporting Services 12. Custom Programming and Integration to .NET Applications

How to design reports with the wizard


In this section, we'll create a report using the wizard built into Report Builder. We will recreate the same report from Chapter 2, Advanced Reports with SQL Server Data Tools , in order to compare the way a report is created in Report Builder with the way you create reports in SSDT.

Getting ready

To get to the wizard, simply open Report Builder. If you already have Report Builder open, simply select the File tab and click on New.

How to do it...

  1. On the Getting Started dialog, click on Table or Matrix Wizard:

    Figure 4.04

  2. On the next page of the wizard, ensure that the Create a dataset option is selected and then click on Next.

  3. If you deployed the reports in Chapter 3, Advanced Report Authoring with SQL Server Data Tools , Installing Reporting Services Related Tools and How to publish reports recipe, you should see an existing data source connection for WideWorldImportersDW. If it is there, simply click on it and pick Next. If not, you can use the New button...

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