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What’s New in Reporting Services 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 R2
First half of 2010
Aligned with Office 2010
Focused on Business Intelligence
End UserFlexibility & Power
ITInsight & Oversight
Managed Self Service
End UserFlexibility & Power
ITInsight & Oversight
Managed Self Service
Collaboration
Self Service Report Authoring
Productive tools
Re-use existing reports
Publish for other users and IT
Collaboration
“Grab and Go”
Shared Component Library
THE REPORT COMPONENT LIBRARYDemo
Self Service Analysis
Self Service Reportin
g
PowerPivotReportin
g Services
Introducing PowerPivot PowerPivot add-in
for Excel PowerPivot add-in
for SharePoint
Business users do not understand
databases
Business users do understand
reports
Reports as data sources
Rendered as Atom FeedsAssociated with PowerPivotRefreshed from the server
Reports as data sources for users
You know where to find them
You know what they mean
You already have access
Reports as data sources for IT
Many are already available
Security is already configuredUsers already understand them
PowerPivot as a data source
Uses PowerPivot for SharePointWorkbooks look like simple cubes
Connect with a URL
Query with MDX
REPORTS AS DATA SOURCESDemo
Report Viewer
Refreshed viewer look and feelSmoother navigation with AJAX
Report Manager
Improved workflow
Manage reports without preview
Improved user interface
Rich presentations
Maps
Sparklines
KPIs
Data Bars
MAPS IN ACTIONDemo
Map Features
Use with SQL Spatial
Use with Virtual Earth tiles
Data Grouping
Multiple Map layers
Sparklines
“Data intense, word-sized graphics” – Tufte
Automatic axis alignment.
Convert to full charts
Data bars
Depicts a single value in a cell.
Min-Max set automatically
Highly configurable
KPIsKey Performance Indicators
Icons show status, goals or a trend.
Change appearance with data
KPIsKey Performance Indicators
Pre-configured or custom sets
Automatically compare groups
Also supported by Gauges
Other improvementsLookup functions
Aggregate of aggregates
New Data sources: SQL Server “Madison”, SQL Azure
Reset page number on groups
Expression-based page breaks
Excel worksheet tab naming
Session variables
Renderer-dependent layout
Bottom-to-top text rotation
Aggregates of Aggregates
Average Monthly Sales• =Avg(Sum(Sales, "Month"), "Year")
Visual Totals• Aggregates respect group filters
Aggregates of Aggregates
6 200Total
2 2Jan
4 4Feb2009
Sales (filtered) Sales
Excel Renderer Worksheet Names
Reset Page Number on Group
Reset page number for each new group
Get current page & total page for each group
Bottom-to-Top Text Rotation
Renderer-based expressionsControl layout for specific renderers
Disable drillthrough for static renderers
Enable drillthrough for interactive renderers
Renderer-based expressions
Dynamic page breaksUse expressions to detect the rendererDynamically disable/enable page breaksIf exporting to Excel, disable page breaks
SQL Server 2008 R2
Public CTP, November 2009
Release, first half of 2010
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