Duration:

5 Days

Audience:

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Course Description:

This course teaches students how to implement a SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services solution for data analysis in an organization. The course discusses how to use the Reporting Services development tools to create and manage reports and implement self-service BI solutions.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe reporting services and it’s components
  • Describe reporting services data sources
  • Implement paginated reports
  • Work with reporting services data
  • Visualize data with reporting services
  • Aggregate report data
  • Share reporting services reports
  • Administer reporting services
  • Expand and integrate reporting services
  • Describe mobile reports
  • Develop mobile reports.

Course Outline

1 – INTRODUCTION TO REPORTING SERVICES
  • Introduction to reporting services
  • Reporting services components
  • Reporting services tools
  • Lab : Exploring reporting services
2 – REPORTING SERVICES DATA SOURCES
  • Data sources
  • Connection strings
  • Datasets
  • Lab : Configuring data access with report builder
  • Lab : Configuring data access with report designer
3 – CREATING PAGINATED REPORTS
  • Creating a report with the report wizard
  • Creating a report
  • Publishing a report
  • Lab : Creating reports
4 – WORKING WITH REPORTING SERVICES DATA
  • Data filters
  • Report parameters
  • Implementing report filters and parameters
  • Lab : Create a parameterized report
5 – VISUALIZING DATA WITH REPORT SERVICES
  • Formatting data
  • Images and charts
  • Databars, sparklines, indicators, gauges, and maps
  • Lab : Manage formatting
6 – SUMMARIZING REPORT DATA
  • Sorting and grouping
  • Report sub-reports
  • Drilldown and drill through
  • Lab : Summarizing report data
7 – SHARING REPORTING SERVICES REPORTS
  • Schedules
  • Report caching, snapshots, and comments
  • Report subscription and delivery
  • Lab : Sharing reporting services reports
8 – ADMINISTERING REPORTING SERVICES
  • Administering reporting services
  • Reporting services configuration
  • Reporting services performance
  • Lab : Administering reporting services
9 – EXTENDING AND INTEGRATING REPORTING SERVICES
  • Expressions and embedded code
  • Extending reporting services
  • Integrating reporting services
  • Lab : Extending and integrating reporting services
10 – INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE REPORTS
  • Overview of mobile reports
  • Preparing data for mobile reports
  • Mobile report publisher
  • Lab : Introduction to mobile reports
11 – DEVELOPING MOBILE REPORTS
  • Designing and publishing mobile reports
  • Drillthrough in mobile reports
  • Lab : Developing mobile reports