Filtering Techniques for SQL Server 2008 R2 Reports
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It is important to consider to filter report data based on user’s selection criteria as many databases contain large amounts of data. This post discusses different techniques to filter report data using report parameter concepts. By using the filters on reports, it greatly reduces the network traffic and helps the report to render efficiently. |
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We are using same data source and query that we used to demonstrate the tabular reports demo. You can read the post here.
Filtering by query - You can filter the records in query by adding a where clause to it. Write the following query in query designer as follows
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No commentsChart Reports in SQL Server 2008 R2 reporting services
| Charts are effective way to visualize the aggregated values. This post discuss about creating a chart, Pie and Gauge reports using SQL server 2008 R2 Reporting Services. You will notice a significant difference in chart types in SQL 2008 R2 compared to SQL 2005. | |
Choosing Chart types: The important point while choosing a report type is – choose a chart type that meets the need and adds business value to the report.
You can choose Linear bar and column charts for visualizing the quantitative points. Line Chart may be the best choice when you measure the time on one axis and data values on another axis. Pie chart is suitable when you want to show portions and ratios.
We can use the same dataset that we used for tabular report for creating chart reports. You can read the post here.
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| It is important to understand the reporting options available in SQL Server 2008 R2 to provide an appropriate report layout to meet the business requirements and needs of our end users. This post briefly discusses about different report layout types available and explains in detail the steps to create a Tabular Report. It also explains how to sorting and drilldown features to your report. | |
Different Available Report Layouts are
- Tabular Reports – these reports are defined using table data and organized in to rows and columns. The columns are typically fields in the table. Reporting detail rows can be grouped on various fields, each group can have header, footer , breaks and subtotals.
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| This post discusses how to configure SQL server reporting services in SharePoint Integration mode. You must do some configuration steps on both report server and SharePoint server to get report viewing on SharePoint sites. |  |
SQL server reporting services can be configured in two modes
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This post explains how to Deploy the SQL server Reports to Office SharePoint Server 2007. SQL Server Reporting Services can operate in two modes, either in Native Mode or Share Point Integration Mode.
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No commentsReport Builder 2.0 in SQL Server 2008
Report builder 2.0 is a report authoring tool that we can use to design and publish reports. We can specify the data source, what data to display on report and which layout you prefer to see the report. When you run the report, the report processor takes all the information you specified and retrieves the data and generates each page as you view it. This post explains step-by-step details of creating the report using Report Builder 2.0.
Using Report Builder you can
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