Chapter 12. Introduction to Reporting Services

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Understand reporting as a technology and business solution

  • Understand Reporting Services architecture

  • Create a basic report with some intermediate features

  • Add summary information to a report

  • Filter data in a report

  • Provide interactive filtering and sorting options on a report

  • Add code to a report

The primary objective of custom database applications is to manage live data by adding new data, updating data, deleting obsolete data, and so on. Therefore, it is logical that developers focus primarily on these features. However, another important aspect of applications consists of giving users the information they need for long-term consumption. These long-term ...

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