Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services by Paisley, Grant ( AUTHOR ) Jun-01-2012 Paperback

by Paul Turley

A must-have guide for the latest updates to the new release of Reporting ServicesSQL Server Reporting Services allows you to create reports and business intelligence (BI) solutions. With this updated resource, a team of experts shows you how Reporting Services makes reporting faster, easier and more powerful than ever in web, desktop, and portal solutions. New coverage discusses the new reporting tool called Crescent, BI semantic model's impact on report design and creation, semantic model design, and more. You'll explore the major enhancements to Report Builder and benefit from best practices shared by the authors.Builds on the previous edition while also providing coverage of the new features introduced with SQL Server 2012Explains Reporting Services architecture and BI fundamentals Covers advanced report design and filtering techniques, walking you through each design, discussing its purpose and the conditions where it could be more efficient Discusses semantic model design, Report Builder, Crescent, and more Targets business analysts and report designers as well as BI solution developers

"Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services" is mandatory reading if you are eager to start using the newest version of SQL Server Reporting Services.

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First published May 17, 2012

Reviews

[Jamie Belanger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had worked with SSRS years ago and found the designer tools to be substandard and annoying. I used to make prototype reports in the designer and then fix, polish, and update them by manually editing the RDL files in Notepad. From what I've seen in this book, the tools behind Reporting Services have gotten much more mature. And even though I've never worked with Sharepoint, I still read all those sections too, and it was neat to see how well integrated the two products have become.

In all seriousness, I really don't know why I bought or read this book, since I've primarily been working with the LAMP stack for the past eight years. But I did buy and read this, cover to cover, and found the updated knowledge on Reporting Services to be oddly fascinating. If you're a programmer looking for good books on SQL Server, this Wrox series is well written and worth the purchase price.