Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, 2nd Edition

1.2. Report Authoring Architecture

As mentioned previously, Reporting Services reports are created using one of two tools, the Report Builder and the Report Designer. The Report Builder is geared toward those power users and analysts who want to do their own ad hoc reporting, without having to learn all the ins and outs of database structure and query creation. The Report Builder presents report authors with a simplified model of your database, so these authors do not need to know the details of querying databases to create reports. Once the Report Builder has created a report, that report can be deployed to the report server and will function exactly like a report created with the Report Designer.

The Report Builder is an outstanding tool for ...