Saturday, May 26, 2007

New Reporting Services Video Tutorial: Pt. 1 - An Introduction to Ad-Hoc Reporting, Report Models and the Report Builder

Pt. 1 - An Introduction to Ad-Hoc Reporting, Report Models and the Report Builder - view details
What is ad-hoc reporting? Ad hoc reporting in SQL Server Reporting Services is the practice of giving your users the ability to create and save/deploy reports without having to write any SQL or DMX! It's that simple - your users don't have to be SQL gurus any longer - they can use the Report Builder tool that is built into SQL Server Reporting Services to drag and drop report items.

Highlights from this video:
  • An overview of the Report Model and Report Builder
  • Concepts and terms to know in ad hoc reports
  • Report Model definitions and terms
  • How Report Models can help you create an abstraction layer
and much more


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Keywords Associated with this video: ad hoc, adhoc, ad-hoc, dynamically, beginning, beginner