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Pro SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Pro)

Authors: Rodney Landrum, Shawn Mcgehee, Walter J. Voytek Ii
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 39916

Media: Paperback
Pages: 424
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.9 x 1.2

ISBN: 1590599926
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781590599921
ASIN: 1590599926

Publication Date: August 18, 2008
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What you’ll learn

Write efficient queries on which to base a report.
Build and lay out a report using Report Designer.
Enable end users to create ad hoc reports on demand.
Combine Reporting Services with Analysis Services, SharePoint Portal Server, and other technologies to deliver business intelligence across the enterprise.
Secure and audit your reports as part of your regulatory compliance efforts.
Customize your reports using C# assemblies and embedded Visual Basic .NET code.

Who is this book for?

Data analysts, developers, database administrators, and others who develop and deploy reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars

Find and Replace Failure! November 30, 2008
Giovanni8089
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Let me start by saying, anyone who gives the book higher than 1 star rating is either profiting from the sale of this book or didn't actually read it.

It's obvious that the instructions were either written for a previous version of SSRS or a 2008 pre-release.

The instructions have way too many discrepancies with reality!!! "Right click this and then select that..." Well, "that" doesn't exist. This issue happens all throughout the book and it's extremely frustrating.

Everyone deserves a refund! Buying this book is a waste of your money.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Read! November 25, 2008
BookWorm
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I recently was introduced to this book when I met the author who was speaking at a recent SQL users group I attended. It turned out to be fortuitous as I had just taken a position where writing reports with SSRS was at the top of my task list. The book includes a pre-populated database based on a healthcare application which was also coincidental for me as those were the types of reports I would be writing. I found the samples in the book to be intuitive and build upon one another so that in the end, what started out as a blank report with one or two data sets became a full report. It was a good idea to have the ending report included in the code so tracking back was also possible and fairly easy. I had a couple of questions on how to tie what I was learning into the reports I was writing. I contacted the author directly and he was quick to respond with suggestions. I also like the fact that there is a whole chapter on efficiently designing queries and datasets, critical to any report.

In conclusion I think this book is a great way for anyone to learn about SSRS. I went from knowing nothing of SSRS to being the "Report Guy" at my company all thanks to this book. The great part is even if you already know what you think to be "everything there is to know" about SSRS this book will still help you around some of those hard to find answers and reveal very useful ideas you can implement to make any report more useful and informative. I still find myself referencing the "SSRS Bible" (which sets on my desk at all times) from time to time whenever I need a solution to a problem.

Thanks guys and keep up the great work!

5 out of 5 stars

A Mandatory Read and Reference! November 25, 2008
Peter M. Sanchez (Pace, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is by far one of the most technically packed that I have purchased in some time, and I have over 20 years of manipulating data and writing 1000s of reports. As with anything powerful, like this book and the product it covers, there is a learning curve; however, the authors have created a logically structured flow of information so to bring the intermediate report writing developer up to advanced in short order.

In addition, the samples and SQL used in the book are very realistic, and having a complete real database (downloadable from the publisher's website) on which to learn Reporting Services 2008 is certainly icing-on-the-cake for the true detail-oriented reporting developer who is serious about producing virtually any kind of report his/her client may want. Also, the book covers using [...], deploying reports, managing reports, including the security of reports. and has a section on delivering Business Intelligence reports. It is packed with information.

In short, I recommend this book for intermediate to advanced report developers. It is very easy to read and follow, and can get you up and running quickly. It is overflowing with information, insight, and experience. This is a mandatory read and reference if you are serious about moving printed, digital, or web-based data to end users via SQL Server Reporting Services!!

1 out of 5 stars

Don't waste your money November 24, 2008
K. Frost (clt, NC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have the 2005 version of this book I purchased several years ago but ended up not being able to look at it. I opened it up a couple of weeks ago and realized I might as well start on 2008 since that's the platform I predominantly use and the 2005 didn't synch up well with the 2008 interface.

So I ordered this book. First it's the same book with an attempt to go in and edit where necessary where there were changes in 2008. So with that I'm kind of miffed I paid $39.99 for the same book I already have with minor changes.

To make matters worse, this must have been edited during the beta because I'm through chapter 3 right now and the start versions of the reports I've yet to find one that works by just following what's in the book.

Things such as right click to open up properties of a row group is incorrect, you must also select group properties. They tell you to go to the layout tab but it's called the Design tab in 08. These couple of things are minor but it tells me this book was hastily done without much attention to detail and in my opinion doesn't warrant it's cost. Also, how about an upgrade price for persons who purchased the first one?

The group on's don't work like mentioned in the book in most cases following the procedures in the order presented in the book.

Bottom line, for me to make a purchase such as this, I do it so I don't have to hassle with tinkering. To me this is a book in the category of do what I mean versus what I say. Again, for my purpose of spending $40 on a book, it totally defeats the purpose of the purchase if I have to fill in blanks to get things to work.

If I want to waste the time doing that I'll go on line and just use the documenation.

The download also contains a start version and an working version. It's starting to become clear that the RDL definitions from previous versions will work but trying to follow the instructions of making the start.rdl's work clearly don't work.

Take image.rdl versus's Image Start.rdl. Image.RDL is in a Tablix but Image Start.RDL is not so the fields in it aren't bound.

I had to play around for 30 minutes of manipulating to figure out a way to get it to work. Again, complete waste of money if you look for books that you appear to be as close to error free so you can learn and then use as a reference.

Wait for a book that written from scratch on the RTM of BI 2008 tools.

Note: I submitted errata for this book last week and still haven't heard a response so I'm checking into the hassle of trying to return this and get my money back.

5 out of 5 stars

Computer Genie September 21, 2008
Computer Genie "Gene" (Beulah, Florida USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful

covers everything i needed to know in designing reports
for my company. i would recommend this book to anyone
faced with the tasks of creating useful reporting systems.
Computer Genie...

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