Professional Microsoft Sql Server 2012 Reporting Services

by Paul Turley, Robert M. Bruckner, Thiago Silva

Key Features SQL Server 2012 will be the most significant release of SQL Server since 2005. Reporting Services is part of Microsoft's Business Intelligence toolset, and the key tool for creating reports used by decision makers. The 2012 book is more than 30% revised, plus it adds 200 new pages. The authors are very well-known Reporting Services experts, with a wide following online and at conferences. The previous two editions have sold more than 25,000 copies. Wiley is the leading publisher on data warehousing. About the Book: Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services provides a gateway to the powerful capabilities of SQL Server, Analysis Services and the .Net Framework and can be used with a variety of data sources. Reporting Services makes reporting faster, easier and more powerful than ever in web, desktop and portal solutions. SQL Server Reporting Services is bundled with all editions of SQL Server, and is tightly integrated into Visual Studio and .NET. Developers can use C#, ASP.NET, and VB to build reporting solutions that integrate with Reoprting Services, greatly simplifying report creation. Wth the SQL Server 2008 R2 release, Microsoft introduced significant new features and capabilities for Reporting and Analysis Services; these new features will be further extended with the upcoming 2012 release. To cover these features, the current edition will be more than 30% revised, and add about 200 new pages covering: Crescent--a new reporting tool designed to simplify report creation, supporting the needs of users of PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint. Business Intelligence Semantic Model's impact on report design and creation. Semantic model design Report Builder---major enhancements as well as best practices Reporting Services support of PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint. This book teaches business analysts and developers how to use Microsoft's reporting platform to create reports and business intelligence (B

912 pages, Paperback

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.