Note – This book abbreviates SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as SSRS and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services as SSRS2K5. New features available in SSRS and not in SSRS2K5 are labeled with “New in ...

Last month, I talked about the licensing model for the “Scale Out” Reporting Services model. It is expensive. Well, this month I am building a proof-of-concept for a customer. Luckily, we can use the ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

NEW DELHI, INDIA : As a developer, many times you need to create reports from data sitting in a database. Although many developers continue to use traditional methods of creating this using code, an ...

Next, you create a data set for the report, including at least one query, using the appropriate language and syntax needed to retrieve data Transact-SQL (T-SQL), if you're accessing a Microsoft SQL ...

A Java Web application often uses a SQL Server database. SQL Server now comes bundled with a reporting tool, Reporting Services. RS has generated a lot of attention among developers since it first ...