SQL Server Reporting Services Training
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The document outlines the features and components of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), detailing its server architecture, installation process, report creation, and advanced reporting capabilities. It provides numerous resources for further reading, demo applications, and best practices for developing reports using SSRS, as well as integration options with other technologies like SharePoint. Additionally, it promotes 'timecockpit', a time tracking solution for knowledge workers, emphasizing its functionalities and trial offer.
![CREATE view [dbo].[vSalesByTimeAndTerritory] as
select top 100 percent
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, d.EnglishMonthName MonthName
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
, sum(s.SalesAmount) SalesAmt
, sum(s.OrderQuantity) OrderQty
, sum(s.Freight) Frieght
from
FactResellerSales s inner join DimDate d
on s.OrderDateKey = d.DateKey
inner join DimSalesTerritory st
on s.SalesTerritoryKey = st.SalesTerritoryKey
group by
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, d.EnglishMonthName
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
order by
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
Demo
Prerequisites
Create a view with revenue data
AdventureWorksDW2012 DB](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ssrstraining-140227103738-phpapp01/85/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-Training-26-320.jpg)
![CREATE view [dbo].[vResellerSalesProdTerrDate] as
select top 100 percent
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, d.EnglishMonthName MonthName
, pc.EnglishProductCategoryName Category
, sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName Subcategory
, p.EnglishProductName ProductName
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
, sum(s.SalesAmount) SalesAmt
, sum(s.OrderQuantity) OrderQty
, sum(s.Freight) Frieght
from
FactResellerSales s inner join DimDate d on s.OrderDateKey = d.DateKey
inner join DimProduct p on s.ProductKey = p.ProductKey
inner join DimProductSubcategory sc on p.ProductSubcategoryKey = sc.ProductSubcategoryKey
inner join DimProductCategory pc on sc.ProductCategoryKey = pc.ProductCategoryKey
inner join DimSalesTerritory st on s.SalesTerritoryKey = st.SalesTerritoryKey
group by
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, d.EnglishMonthName
, pc.EnglishProductCategoryName
, sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName
, p.EnglishProductName
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
order by
d.CalendarYear
, d.CalendarQuarter
, d.MonthNumberOfYear
, pc.EnglishProductCategoryName
, sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName
, p.EnglishProductName
, st.SalesTerritoryGroup
, st.SalesTerritoryRegion
, st.SalesTerritoryCountry
Demo
Prerequisites
Create a view with revenue data
AdventureWorksDW2012 DB](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ssrstraining-140227103738-phpapp01/85/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-Training-56-320.jpg)
![// Prepare report parameter.
REService.ParameterValue[] parameters = GetReportExecutionParameters();
// make sure the report either has parameters that are set or has no parameters.
if ((_reportHasParameters && parameters.Length != 0) || !_reportHasParameters) {
// Load the report, set the parameters and then render.
_rsExec.LoadReport(reportItem.Path, historyID);
_rsExec.SetExecutionParameters(parameters, "en-us");
result = _rsExec.Render(selectedFormat.Name,
devInfo,
out extension,
out encoding,
out mimeType,
out warnings,
out streamIDs);
// Make sure there is an output path then output the file to the file system.
if (txtOutputFolder.Text != "") {
string fullOutputPath = txtOutputFolder.Text + ""
+ reportItem.Name + selectedFormat.Extension;
FileStream stream = File.Create(fullOutputPath, result.Length);
stream.Write(result, 0, result.Length);
stream.Close();
MessageBox.Show("Report Rendered to: " + fullOutputPath);
}
else {
MessageBox.Show("Choose a folder first");
}
}
else {
MessageBox.Show("No parameters, click Get Parameters button
first and then set values.");
}
Web Services
Rendering a report using
web services](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ssrstraining-140227103738-phpapp01/85/SQL-Server-Reporting-Services-Training-87-320.jpg)
SQL Server Reporting Services Training
- 1. Trainingsunterlagen Rainer Stropek software architects gmbh SSRS Web http://www.timecockpit.com Mail rainer@timecockpit.com Twitter @rstropek SQL Server Reporting Services Saves the day.
- 2. Further Readings Reporting Services (SSRS) in MS Technet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159106.aspx SQL Server Reporting Services Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/ SQL Server Data Tools Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/ Videos about SSRS on Channel9 http://channel9.msdn.com/search?term=reporting+services&type=All Book: Professional SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Link to Amazon
- 3. Resources SQL Server 2012 Downloads Express Ed.: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062 Trial Ed.: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066 SQL Server Data Tools BI for Visual Studio 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36843 SQL Server 2012 Report Builder http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29072 AdventureWorks Sample Databases Recommended install: AdventureWorks, AdventureWorksDW http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/ Sample code from book Professional SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/Professional-Microsoft-SQL-Server-2012-Reporting-Services.productCd1118101111.html
- 4. Introduction SQL Server Reporting Services Basics
- 5. What is SSRS? Server components that execute reports Get data from data source Render report to a certain target format (e.g. PDF, Excel, HTML, etc.) Web portal for managing reports Management tasks (upload report, schedule report execution, etc.) Trigger report execution incl. interaction (drill down, links between reports, etc.) SharePoint integration API Web services URL-based API .NET components for WinForms and ASP.NET
- 6. Managing Reports Report Manager http://myserver/Reports Manage SSRS Items Reports Data Sources Subscriptions Users and permissions Run reports Server-based reporting (as opposed to local mode and RDLC)
- 7. Report Manager A lap around SSRS Report Manager Demo
- 8. Config Manager Configure server-wide settings for SSRS For system administrators See also Technet
- 9. Report Builder Office-like UI Report creation front-end for end users 3rd party alternative available Compatibility on RDL-level Image source (lower image): Technet
- 10. SSDT SQL Server Data Tools – BI aka SQL Server BI Studio Visual Studio extension Report Designer Report creation UI for developers and power users
- 11. Report Creation A lap around SSRS Report Builder and SSDT Report Builder Visual Studio with SSDT Demo
- 12. Web Services Manage SSRS and render reports Set of SOAP web services http://myserver/reportserver/ ReportExecution2005.asmx http://myserver/reportserver/Re portService2010.asmx Detailed reference see Technet
- 13. Report Viewer WinForms/WPF und ASP.NET Report viewer control C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0 ReportViewer WinForms Can be used in WPF, too (see MSDN) Detailed reference see MSDN
- 14. URL Access Launch reports using URL Details see MSDN, chapter URL Access (SSRS) http://localhost/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx? /AdventureWorks%202012/Employee_Sales_Summary &rs:Command=Render Detailed reference see Technet
- 15. Installation SSRS Installation Basics, Server Architecture
- 16. Installation Fully integrated in SQL Server installation Native Mode or SharePoint Mode SharePoint mode not covered here Windows Support service for multiple instances
- 17. Editions Developer Edition Full feature set at a reduced price For non-production use only! Can be installed on client OS, too Different editions for production use Source of feature list tables: Turley et al. Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services. Wiley.
- 18. Server Architecture Note: SSRS does not use IIS IIS and SSRS can co-exist on a single server Security Sublayer Kerberos is preferred (Windows Authentication) Basic Authentication is possible in combination with TLS/SSL Highly extensible Detailed reference see Technet Image source: Technet
- 19. Data Sources and Rendering Extension Data Sources Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services OLE DB data sources ODBC data sources Oracle XML data sources Etc. (details see Technet) Rendering Extensions CSV Excel Word HTML PDF TIFF XML Atom Details see Technet
- 20. Sources, Rendering Adding different Data Sources Rendering reports into different formats Demo
- 21. Databases ReportServer Main data store for SSRS ReportServerTempDB Session and caching data Detailed reference see Technet
- 22. Report Design Creating Reports with SSRS
- 23. Report Elements Data Connection aka Data Source Connection to the underlying data source (e.g. SQL Server) Shared or Embedded Data Sources Data Set Data returned from the data source Shared (i.e. cached) or Embedded Data Sets Report Parameters Used to filter and control the report data Also used for passing parameters in links (interactivity)
- 24. Report Elements Data Regions Table, Matrix, or List Chart Gauge Indicators Map (ESRI shapefiles, Bing Map Tiles)
- 25. Create a Report Using the Matrix Wizard Create a Data Source Create a Data Set SELECT * FROM vSalesByTimeAndTerritory Create a Matrix Format the report Publish the report http://myserver/reportserver Demo
- 26. CREATE view [dbo].[vSalesByTimeAndTerritory] as select top 100 percent d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , d.EnglishMonthName MonthName , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry , sum(s.SalesAmount) SalesAmt , sum(s.OrderQuantity) OrderQty , sum(s.Freight) Frieght from FactResellerSales s inner join DimDate d on s.OrderDateKey = d.DateKey inner join DimSalesTerritory st on s.SalesTerritoryKey = st.SalesTerritoryKey group by d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , d.EnglishMonthName , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry order by d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry Demo Prerequisites Create a view with revenue data AdventureWorksDW2012 DB
- 28. Create a Report Manual matrix creation Build matrix report manually Group property window Correct sorting Property pane Available for all report items Report Formatting Demo
- 29. Table and Matrix Tables Static columns Dynamic rows Matrix Dynamic columns Dynamic rows Tablix Under the hood, everything is a tablix You can change from table to matrix and back as you like Image Source: MSDN
- 30. Report Structure
- 33. Formatting Expressions in property pane Use expressions to add dynamic formatting
- 34. Formatting Tip: Use formulas for property values for dynamic formatting
- 35. Grouping Defining groups Grouping pane Drag & drop columns Fine-tune grouping properties with group property window E.g. sorting
- 36. Interactive Reports Interactive Sorting Drill-Down Reports Demo
- 37. Sorting Sort details or groups Interactive sorting Added to a cell in column headers Can sort groups or details
- 38. Drill-Down Reports Adding Interactivity Toggle visibility of a group Image source: Technet
- 39. Data Access Details about data access
- 40. Data Sources Represent Embedded a connection to a database data source Only available for a single report Can be used by multiple Data Sets Shared data sources Available for multiple reports Often easier to maintain (e.g. after moving to a new DB server) Tip: Prefer Shared Data Sources Simplifies maintenance
- 41. Data Sources in VS Demo
- 42. Deployment in VS Deployment settings
- 43. Data Sources Shared or embedded Types SQL Server, Oracle, etc. Connection string Note: Can be defined using an expression Credentials Tip: Prefer Windows Authentication
- 44. Data Sets SQL SELECT Statement Query type Text Query Designer available Full table Stored procedure
- 45. Queries Query as text T-SQL Query Builders Note: Query builders in VS and Report Builder are different Detailed reference see Technet Query builder in Visual Studio Query builder in Report Builder
- 46. Complex Data Set Complex query with parameters Including NULL handling Demo
- 47. select year(soh.OrderDate) as OrderYear, month(soh.OrderDate) as OrderMonth, p.ProductLine, p.Name as ProductName, st.Name as TerritoryName, sum(sod.OrderQty * sod.UnitPrice) as Revenue from Sales.SalesOrderHeader soh inner join Sales.SalesOrderDetail sod on soh.SalesOrderID = sod.SalesOrderID inner join Production.Product p on sod.ProductID = p.ProductID inner join Sales.Customer c on soh.CustomerID = c.CustomerID inner join Sales.SalesTerritory st on c.TerritoryID = st.TerritoryID where year(soh.OrderDate) = @OrderYear and (p.ProductLine=@ProductLine or @ProductLine is null) and (p.ProductID = @ProductID or @ProductID is null) and (st.TerritoryID = @TerritoryID or @TerritoryID is null) group by year(soh.OrderDate), month(soh.OrderDate), p.ProductLine, p.Name, st.Name Query
- 48. Query
- 49. Parameters
- 50. Parameters List of values Get LOV from Data Set Detailed reference see Technet
- 51. Parameters List of values Null handling in LOVs
- 52. Parameters List of values Cascaded Parameter LOVs SSRS cares for auto-refreshing of LOVs Detailed reference see Technet
- 53. Data Set Filters Filtering done by SSRS, not at the DB level Can still use parameters Used for data set caching with long-running queries
- 54. Data Set Best Practices Use shared data sources instead of embedded ones Use shared data sets for reusing complex queries Filter on the DB-level whenever possible Reduces network traffic Reduces load on SSRS servers
- 55. Advanced Reporting Advanced feature for report building
- 56. CREATE view [dbo].[vResellerSalesProdTerrDate] as select top 100 percent d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , d.EnglishMonthName MonthName , pc.EnglishProductCategoryName Category , sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName Subcategory , p.EnglishProductName ProductName , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry , sum(s.SalesAmount) SalesAmt , sum(s.OrderQuantity) OrderQty , sum(s.Freight) Frieght from FactResellerSales s inner join DimDate d on s.OrderDateKey = d.DateKey inner join DimProduct p on s.ProductKey = p.ProductKey inner join DimProductSubcategory sc on p.ProductSubcategoryKey = sc.ProductSubcategoryKey inner join DimProductCategory pc on sc.ProductCategoryKey = pc.ProductCategoryKey inner join DimSalesTerritory st on s.SalesTerritoryKey = st.SalesTerritoryKey group by d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , d.EnglishMonthName , pc.EnglishProductCategoryName , sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName , p.EnglishProductName , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry order by d.CalendarYear , d.CalendarQuarter , d.MonthNumberOfYear , pc.EnglishProductCategoryName , sc.EnglishProductSubcategoryName , p.EnglishProductName , st.SalesTerritoryGroup , st.SalesTerritoryRegion , st.SalesTerritoryCountry Demo Prerequisites Create a view with revenue data AdventureWorksDW2012 DB
- 57. SELECT FROM CalendarYear, CalendarQuarter, MonthNumberOfYear, MonthName, Category, Subcategory, ProductName, SalesTerritoryGroup, SalesTerritoryRegion, SalesTerritoryCountry, SalesAmt, OrderQty, Frieght vResellerSalesProdTerrDate Hands-On Lab Create this report and format it appropriately
- 58. Built-in Aggregation Functions Note: If you do not specify an aggregation function although there are multiple values, the first value of the group is displayed Source: MSDN
- 59. Scopes Aggregate functions and scopes Demo
- 60. Name of the Data Set Name of the details grouping of year list List grouped by OrderYear Scopes Use Lists to combine report items and data regions
- 62. Sub-Reports Combine multiple reports Pass parameters to sub report Avoid if possible, use DWH-approach instead High load on DB servers Rendering problems Detailed reference see Technet Image source: Technet
- 63. Text Boxes Detailed reference for formatting textboxes see Technet Single-value expression Range of text Multiple expression placeholders Range of text can be individually formatted Can contain HTML tags
- 64. Document Maps Detailed reference see Technet
- 65. Links Drill-through reports Navigate to a different report Aka Drill-Through Reports Parameters for filtering can be passed Navigate to bookmarks Navigate to websites Tip: You can build URL using an expression
- 66. Recursive Parents DimEmployee Tip: Use Level() function Detailed reference see Technet
- 67. Charts
- 68. Chart Types
- 69. Defining Chart Image source: Technet
- 70. Defining Chart
- 71. Chart Axis
- 72. Chart Tips & Tricks Configure axis Use Color property to change the color of a data series Add tooltips to data values
- 73. Chart Tips & Tricks Change distance between chart series Additional tips & tricks see Formatting a Chart in Technet
- 74. Sparklines Chart in a nested data region Detailed reference see Technet
- 75. Gauges
- 76. Data Visualization Indicators and Gauges combined Demo
- 77. with AggregatedResellerSales as ( select frs.EmployeeKey, dd.CalendarYear, dd.CalendarQuarter, sum(frs.SalesAmount) as TotalSalesAmount from dbo.FactResellerSales frs inner join dbo.DimDate dd on frs.OrderDateKey = dd.DateKey group by frs.EmployeeKey, dd.CalendarYear, dd.CalendarQuarter ) select ars.EmployeeKey, ars.CalendarYear, ars.CalendarQuarter, ars.TotalSalesAmount, fsq.SalesAmountQuota, ars.TotalSalesAmount / fsq.SalesAmountQuota as Ratio from AggregatedResellerSales ars full join dbo.FactSalesQuota fsq on ars.EmployeeKey = fsq.EmployeeKey and ars.CalendarYear = fsq.CalendarYear and ars.CalendarQuarter = fsq.CalendarQuarter Gauge Demo Sample Query
- 78. =Sum(Fields!TotalSalesAmount.Value) / Sum(Fields!SalesAmountQuota.Value) Gauge Demo Indicators and Gauge combined
- 80. Expression Types Simple Expressions Reference to a single item in a built-in collection (e.g. field) Complex Expressions Contains references to multiple items, operators, functions, etc.
- 81. Expression Reference Data Types http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255246.aspx Built-in functions System.Math System.Convert VB Runtime Library Built-in aggregate functions http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255275.aspx Built-in collections http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255235.aspx
- 82. Add Custom Code Use VB to embed custom code Report properties/Code Detailed reference see Technet Alternative: Custom Assemblies Detailed reference see Technet
- 83. Expression Language Tips & Tricks Use vbCrLf to add line break in string constant Use Switch instead of Iif to combine multiple conditions Use Join function to concat multiple values (e.g. multi-valued filter, result of LookupSet) First and Last are useful in page header/footer Use Lookup and LookupSet to combine multiple data sets See also Blog post See also Technet Use First(ReportItems("LastName").Value) to get first value on page Use RowNumber to get row number Also useful to control page breaks or zebra striping
- 84. Programming SSRS
- 85. Web Services Add Service References in Visual Studio Detailed reference see Technet
- 86. Web Services Rendering a report using web services Demo
- 87. // Prepare report parameter. REService.ParameterValue[] parameters = GetReportExecutionParameters(); // make sure the report either has parameters that are set or has no parameters. if ((_reportHasParameters && parameters.Length != 0) || !_reportHasParameters) { // Load the report, set the parameters and then render. _rsExec.LoadReport(reportItem.Path, historyID); _rsExec.SetExecutionParameters(parameters, "en-us"); result = _rsExec.Render(selectedFormat.Name, devInfo, out extension, out encoding, out mimeType, out warnings, out streamIDs); // Make sure there is an output path then output the file to the file system. if (txtOutputFolder.Text != "") { string fullOutputPath = txtOutputFolder.Text + "" + reportItem.Name + selectedFormat.Extension; FileStream stream = File.Create(fullOutputPath, result.Length); stream.Write(result, 0, result.Length); stream.Close(); MessageBox.Show("Report Rendered to: " + fullOutputPath); } else { MessageBox.Show("Choose a folder first"); } } else { MessageBox.Show("No parameters, click Get Parameters button first and then set values."); } Web Services Rendering a report using web services
- 89. Report Viewer WinForms Local vs. remote processing mode Report Viewer overview see Technet Detailed reference see Technet Samples and Walkthroughs see Technet
- 90. Trainingsunterlagen Rainer Stropek software architects gmbh Q&A Mail rainer@timecockpit.com Web http://www.timecockpit.com Twitter @rstropek Thank your for coming! Saves the day.
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