Microsoft® SQL Server® Reporting Services Recipes: for Designing Expert Reports

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I THANK MY LEADERS at Hitachi Consulting for their support and tolerance during this long project. I would especially recognize Hilary Feier, Patrick Bolin, and John Lauer for allowing this book to materialize. My thanks go to Thierry D'Hers and the entire Reporting Services product team who have provided direct support and have been responsive to my questions and feedback; to Sean Boon, Bob Meyers, Lukasz Pawlowski, Chris Baldwin, Chris Hays and Carolyn Chau for building an incredible product and helping us take it up a notch or two.

Thanks to my family. To my wonderful wife, Sherri, who is the toughest, most selfless, and most caring woman on the planet. To my daughters Rachael, Sara, and Krista for supporting their dad. To my son Josh for doing the right thing to serve his country, and to Angel for being there with him. Thank you especially to Sara for being strong and teaching us about love.

Thank you to my Lord and Savior, for providing for my family and for challenges to make us stronger and better people.

—Paul Turley

I WOULD LIKE TO thank in particular Paul Turley and Bob Elliott for initially envisioning and approaching me about this project, and the great collaboration throughout. Furthermore, I would like to express a big "thank you" to all co-authors contributing to this book, and the invaluable editorial work of Tom Dinse, Rob Boek, and Paul Walters to ensure accuracy.

—Robert M. Bruckner

THANKS TO THE MANY people who contributed to this material—far ...