sql server 2012: what is reporting services?

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Chapter: SQL Server 2012 Reporting ServicesCourse: SQL Server 2012 - A Comprehensive IntroductionCourse ID: 170Instructor: Scott Whigham

Chapter 17: Video # 1

What IsReportingServices?



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Chapter Listing:

1. Course Introduction

2. Why SQL Server 2012?

3. Installing, Configuring, andUpgrading to SQL Server 2012

4. Creating & Managing Databases

5. Server Security

6. Backup and Restore

7. High Availability/Disaster Recovery

8. Jobs & Automating Maintenance

9. Creating Tables and Constraints

10. Writing Queries andManipulating Data

11. Views, Indexes, and Query Plans

12. Stored Procedures, Triggers, &UDFs

13. Database Security

14. Business Intelligence in 2012

15. Analysis Services 2012

16. Integration Services 201217. Reporting Services 2012



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Chapter Contents:

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t l i n e

• What isReportingServices?

• Types of Reports You Can Create

• Authoring Tools• Installing and

Configuring SSRS

• Report Manager

• Report Builder

• SQL Server DataTools

• FAQs



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Data in the enterprise



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SQL Server 2012 Reporting

Services (SSRS): – Microsoft’s report server and report

development platform

• A “served-based report solution”


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Reports are developed:

– … in Report Builder

– … in Visual Studio

– ... in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

– … by hand-writing XML



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Reporting Services reports can be:

– … stored in a SQL Server Database Engine

– … a .rdl file

– … embedded into .NET applications

– … integrated with SharePoint



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Reports can be delivered:

– … to email, mobile devices, and browsers

– … via SSRS web service

– … on a schedule

– ... when the data changes



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SSRS 2012 101:

– Is included at no additional cost when youbuy a license to SQL Server 2012

– There is a freebie version for Express Edition•

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/editions/2012-editions/express.aspx • Download “SQL Server Express with Advanced Services”

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/editions/2012-editions/express.aspx









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Let’s talk a little about the

architecture of SQL Server 2012Reporting Services

– SSRS can be anything from a small“plaything” on one machine to a mission-critical enterprise reporting platform



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There are three components in

play: – The client

• The one requesting the report

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The report server • SSRS

– The underlying data that the reports will bebuilt from• SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, etc



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This is traditional client-server

architecture – The client makes a request (via a url) of the

report server

– The report server responds with the reportdata (or error/info)



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However, when the report server

makes the request to the datasource, it is also client-server

– The client is the report server

– The server is the data source

– The report author/administrator can specify how to authenticate to the data source



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All client requests to the report

server are made via URL – Typically, users are working with

applications that feature links to reports or

have the reports embedded• This way, users do not need to know URLs

– SSRS has it’s own web server baked in



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The report server does much more

than “just” connecting to the datasource and creating the report

– It also manages secure access to the reports,can schedule delivery for later times, canrender the report in multiple ways, andmore



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In the next video… – What Types of Reports Can You Create?

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