MicrosoftSQL Server 2005 Reporting Services For Dummies

Take full advantage of all SQL Server Reporting Services can do for you

Without a way to interpret it, the data in your database just sits there doing nothing. Now you have help! This handy guide shows you how to retrieve data and create reports with the newest version of SQL Server Reporting Services, so you can deliver both hard copy and interactive, Web-based reports that tell your story.

Discover how to

• Access information from different databases
• Build the right queries
• Choose the best report type
• Move from other reporting tools
• Deliver reports on demand
• Produce drill-down and drill-through reports

Find the right information and present it the right way

Take full advantage of all SQL Server Reporting Services can do for you

Without a way to interpret it, the data in your database just sits there doing nothing. Now you have help! This handy guide shows you how to retrieve data and create reports with the newest version of SQL Server Reporting Services, so you can deliver both hard copy and interactive, Web-based reports that tell your story.

Discover how to

• Access information from different databases
• Build the right queries
• Choose the best report type
• Move from other reporting tools
• Deliver reports on demand
• Produce drill-down and drill-through reports

Mark Robinson belongs to the Business Intelligence Partner Advisory Council at Microsoft. He helps fine-tune early releases of Microsoft business intelligence products and works closely with SQL Server Reporting Services development.