Chapter 9Reporting Services

The first phase in implementing a solid IT infrastructure is to develop a data management strategy. The organization needs to know what data is stored, how it is stored, where it is stored, for how long it is stored, and a description of its security. The second phase of the infrastructure implementation is the reporting layer. Using a solid data foundation allows the organization to form a reliable, consistent way to report data from all its sources. That is the focus of this chapter. The third layer, which I cover in the next chapter, is analytics.

Among all the disciplines in database technology, the one that crosses the most skill lines is reporting. To implement a complete reporting system, you need people who ...

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