Professional Microsoft SQL server 2016 reporting services and mobile reports

Optimize reporting and BI with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and Mobile Reports provides a comprehensive lesson in business intelligence (BI), operational reporting and Reporting Services architecture using a clear, concise tutorial approach. You...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Turley, Paul, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, Indiana : Wrox 2016.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Wrox professional guides
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630131206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Credits
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Who This Book is For
  • What This Book Covers
  • Part I: Getting Started
  • Part II: Basic Report Design
  • Part III: Advanced and Analytic Reporting
  • Part IV: Solution Patterns
  • Part V: Reporting Services Custom Programming
  • Part VI: Mobile Report Solutions
  • Part VII: Administering Reporting Services
  • What You Need to Use This Book
  • Conventions
  • Sample Reports and Projects
  • Errata
  • P2P.WROX.COM
  • Part I: Getting Started
  • Chapter 1: Introducing Reporting Services
  • Who Uses Reporting Services?
  • Information Workers and Data Analysts
  • Information Consumers
  • Business Managers and Leaders
  • Software Developers
  • System Administrators
  • Dashboards, Reports, and Applications
  • Application Integration
  • Business Intelligence and Analytics Solutions
  • Mobile Reports and KPIs
  • Report Tool Choices
  • Simple Report Design
  • IT-Designed Reports
  • User-Designed Reports
  • Server-Based Reports
  • Report Data Sources
  • Enterprise Scale
  • Optimizing Performance
  • Performance
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: What's New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services?
  • Report Builder and Designer Enhancements
  • Modern Browser Rendering
  • Parameter Layout Control
  • Updated RDL Specification
  • Mobile Reports
  • KPIs
  • Native Printing Control
  • PowerPoint Rendering
  • Integrated and Improved Web Portal
  • New Charts and Visual Enhancements
  • Standardized, Modern Browser Rendering
  • Power BI Dashboard Pinning
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3: Reporting Services Installation and Architecture
  • What's Changed in SQL Server 2016?
  • The Basic Installation
  • Installing Reporting Services
  • Installing the Reporting Services Samples, Exercises, and SQL Server Databases.
  • The Enterprise Deployment
  • SQL Server Editions
  • Default and Named Instances
  • Topology
  • Modes
  • Installation Options
  • The Reporting Life Cycle
  • Authoring
  • Management
  • Delivery
  • Reporting Services Tools
  • Report Builder
  • Web Portal
  • SharePoint Libraries and Web Parts
  • Reporting Services Configuration Manager
  • SQL Server Management Applications
  • Command-Line Utilities
  • HTML Viewer
  • Report Viewer Control
  • Reporting Services Web Service
  • Reporting Services Windows Service
  • HTTP.SYS and the HTTP Listener
  • The Security Sublayer
  • Web Portal and the Web Service
  • Core Processing
  • Service Management
  • WMI and the RPC Interface
  • Reporting Services Processors and Extensions
  • The Report Processor
  • Data Processing Extensions
  • Report Items
  • Rendering Extensions
  • The Scheduling and Delivery Processor
  • Delivery Extensions
  • Reporting Services Application Databases
  • ReportServer
  • ReportServerTempDB
  • Summary
  • Part II: Basic Report Design
  • Chapter 4: Report Layout and Formatting
  • Using Report Design Tools
  • Understanding Report Data Building Blocks
  • Data Sources
  • Datasets
  • Data Regions
  • Report Items
  • Samples and Exercises
  • Preparing the Report Data
  • Designing the Report Layout
  • Reviewing the Report
  • Setting Formatting Properties
  • Validating Report Design and Grouping Data
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Data Access and Query Basics
  • Database Essentials
  • Relational Database Concepts
  • What's a Sequel?
  • Data Source Management
  • Embedded and Shared Data Sources
  • Datasets and Fields
  • Embedded and Shared Datasets
  • Exercises
  • Authoring a Query with SQL Server Management Studio
  • Add the Query to the Report Dataset
  • Design the Report Body
  • Enhance the Parameter
  • Using Multiple Parameter Values
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6: Grouping and Totals
  • SQL Server Data Tools.
  • Getting Started
  • Getting Started with Sample Reports Projects
  • Report Groups
  • Adding Totals to a Table or Matrix Report
  • Expression Basics
  • Introducing Aggregate Functions and Totals
  • Sorting
  • Exercise
  • Design the Dataset Query
  • Design and Lay Out a Table Report
  • Add Summary Totals and Drill-Down
  • Aggregate Detail Row Summaries
  • Create Parameter List
  • Summary
  • Part III: Advanced and Analytic Reporting
  • Chapter 7: Advanced Report Design
  • Pagination and Flow Control
  • Headers and Footers
  • Tablix Headers and Detail Cells
  • Designing the Page Headers
  • Composite Reports and Embedded Content
  • Unlocking the Textbox
  • Padding and Indenting
  • Embedded Formatting
  • Designing Master/Detail Reports
  • Repeating Data Regions: Table, Matrix, and List
  • Groups and Dataset Scope
  • More Aggregate Functions and Totals
  • Designing Subreports
  • Federating Data with a Subreport
  • Navigating Reports
  • Creating a Document Map
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 1: Create a Report Template
  • Exercise 2: Create a Report from the Template with Dynamic Expressions
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8: Graphical Report Design
  • Visual Design Principles
  • Keep Charts Simple
  • Properties, Oh My!
  • The Fashion of Visualization
  • Visual Storytelling
  • Perspective and Skewing
  • Chart Types
  • Chart Type Summary
  • Column and Stacked Charts
  • Area and Line Charts
  • Pie and Doughnut Charts
  • Bubble and Stock Charts
  • New Chart Types
  • The Anatomy of a Chart
  • Multiple Series, Axes, and Areas
  • Exercises
  • Exercise 1: Creating and Styling a Simple Chart
  • Exercise 2: Creating a Multi-series Chart
  • Useful Properties and Settings
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9: Advanced Queries and Parameters
  • T-SQL Queries and Parameters
  • Parameter Lists and Multi-select
  • Cascading Parameters
  • Arranging Parameters in the Parameter Bar.
  • Managing Long Parameter Lists
  • All Value Selection
  • Handling Conditional Logic
  • MDX Queries and Parameters
  • Single-Valued Parameter
  • Multi-Valued Parameter
  • Date Value Ranges
  • Summary
  • Chapter 10: Reporting with Analysis Services
  • Analysis Services for Reporting
  • Using Reporting Services with Analysis Services Data
  • Working with Multidimensional Expression Language
  • MDX: Simple or Complex?
  • Building Queries with the MDX Query Designer
  • Modifying an MDX Query
  • Adding Nonadditive Measures
  • When to Use the Aggregate Function
  • MDX Properties and Cube Formatting
  • Drill-Through Reports
  • Parameter Safety Precautions
  • Best Practices and Provisions
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11: SSAS Reporting Advanced Techniques
  • Building a Dynamic Cube Browser with SSRS
  • Cube Dynamic Rows
  • Cube Dynamic Rows Anatomy
  • Cube Dynamic Rows Summary
  • Cube Dynamic Rows Expanded
  • MDX Query Modifications
  • Design Surface Modifications
  • Cube Restricting Rows
  • Designing the Report
  • Cube Metadata
  • Designing the Report
  • Adding Other Cube Metadata
  • Cube Browser
  • Anatomy of the Reports
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Final Thoughts
  • Summary
  • Chapter 12: Expressions and Actions
  • Basic Expressions Recap
  • Using the Expression Builder
  • Calculated Fields
  • Conditional Expressions
  • The IIF() Function
  • Using Custom Code
  • Using Custom Code in a Report
  • Links and Drill-Through Reports
  • Reporting on Recursive Relationships
  • Actions and Report Navigation
  • Summary
  • Part IV: Solution Patterns
  • Chapter 13: Report Projects and Consolidation
  • SSDT Solutions and Projects
  • Project Structure and Development Phases
  • Shared Datasets and Data Sources
  • Key Success Factors
  • Report Specifications
  • Report Template
  • Version Control
  • Setting Up Version Control
  • Getting the Latest Version
  • Viewing a Report's History.
  • Restoring a Previous Version of a Report
  • Setting Check-out and Check-in Policies
  • Applying Labels
  • Synchronizing Content
  • Deploying an Individual Report
  • Deploying a Suite of Reports
  • Checking for Build Errors
  • Excluding a Report from a Deployment
  • Managing Server Content
  • Checking the Deployment Location
  • Managing Content in Native Mode
  • Managing Content in SharePoint
  • Report Builder and Self-Service Reporting Strategies
  • Report Builder and Semantic Model History
  • Planning a Self-Service Reporting Environment
  • You Need a Plan
  • Design Approaches and Usage Scenarios
  • Define Ownership
  • Data Governance
  • Data Source Access and Security
  • User Education
  • Data Source and Query Options
  • User Report Migration Strategies
  • Review
  • Consolidate
  • Design
  • Test
  • Maintain
  • Summary
  • Chapter 14: Report Solutions, Patterns, and Recipes
  • Super Reports
  • Working with the Strengths and Limitations of the Reporting Services Architecture
  • Seeking the Excel Export Holy Grail
  • Report Recipes: Building on Basic Skills
  • Dashboard Solution Data Sources and Datasets
  • KPI Scorecard
  • Gauges
  • Interactive Sparkline and Chart
  • Thumbnail Map with Drill-Through Navigation
  • Summary
  • Part V: Reporting Services Custom Programming
  • Chapter 15: Integra Ting Reports Into Custom Applications
  • URL Access
  • URL Syntax
  • Accessing Reporting Services Objects
  • Reporting Services URL Parameters
  • Passing Report Information Through the URL
  • Programmatic Rendering
  • Common Scenarios
  • Rendering Through Windows
  • Rendering to the Web
  • Using the ReportViewer Control
  • Embedding a Server-Side Report in a Windows Application
  • Summary
  • Chapter 16: Extending Reporting Services
  • Extension Through Interfaces
  • What Is an Interface?
  • Interface Language Differences.
  • A Detailed Look at Data Processing Extensions.