Microsoft Course 6236 - Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services — A 3-Day Course
Course Synopsis
This M6236 course teaches students how to implement a Reporting Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to use the Reporting Services development tools to create reports, and how to use the Reporting Services management and administrative tools to manage a Reporting Services solution.
Course Objectives
After completing this M6236 training course the student will be able to:
- Describe SQL Server Reporting Services and its components
- Create a Reporting Services report
- Enhance a Reporting Services report
- Create and manipulate data sets
- Use report models to implement reporting for business users
- Configure report publishing and execution settings
- Implement subscriptions for reports
- Administer Reporting Services
- Implement custom Reporting Services applications
Intended Audience
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement reporting solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.
Course Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have the following prerequisites:
- Exposure to creating reports in Microsoft Access or other third-party reporting products, such as Crystal Reports
- Conceptual understanding of the push and pull distribution/subscription paradigm
- Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment
- Experience with Windows services (starting and stopping)
- Experience creating service accounts and permissions
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:
- SQL Server Agent
- SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE)
- SQL Server System tables
- SQL Server accounts (users and permissions)
Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices
London — £595 (+VAT)
- 17–19 Mar 2010
- 21–23 Apr 2010
- 4–6 May 2010
- 2–4 Jun 2010
- 4–6 Aug 2010
- 13–15 Oct 2010
- 18–20 Oct 2010
- 13–15 Dec 2010
Wokingham — £595 (+VAT)
- 9–11 Aug 2010
- 15–17 Dec 2010
Bristol — £595 (+VAT)
- 9–11 Jun 2010
Birmingham — £595 (+VAT)
- 21–23 Jun 2010
Manchester — £595 (+VAT)
- 28–30 Apr 2010
- 28–30 Jun 2010
- 25–27 Oct 2010
Leeds — £595 (+VAT)
- 4–6 May 2010
- 7–9 Jun 2010
- 5–7 Jul 2010
- 13–15 Sep 2010
- 20–22 Dec 2010
Edinburgh — £595 (+VAT)
- 16–18 Jun 2010
Glasgow — £595 (+VAT)
- 12–14 Apr 2010
Aberdeen — £595 (+VAT)
- 20–22 Sep 2010
Outline Course Contents
Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
The students will be introduced to the role that Reporting Services plays in an organization’s reporting life cycle, the key features offered by Reporting Services, and the components that make up the Reporting Services architecture.
- Overview of SQL Server Reporting Services
- Installing Reporting Services
- Reporting Services Tools
Authoring Basic Reports
The students will learn the fundamentals of report authoring, including configuring data sources and data sets, creating tabular reports, summarizing data, and applying basic formatting.
- Creating a Basic Table Report
- Formatting Report Pages
- Calculating Values
Enhancing Basic Reports
The students will learn about navigational controls and some additional types of data regions, and how to use them to enhance a basic report.
- Interactive Navigation
- Displaying Data
Manipulating Data Sets
The students will explore data sets to a greater depth, including the use of alternative data sources and interacting with a data set through the use of parameters. Students will learn how to dynamically modify the data set underlying a data region by allowing parameters to be sent to the underlying query, as well as will learn to use best practices to implement static and dynamic parameter lists when interacting with queries and stored procedures.
- Defining Report Data
- Using Parameters and Filters
- Using Parameter Lists
Using Report Models
The students will learn how to create a report model so that business users can create their own reports without using the full Report Designer development environment. Students will also learn how to use Report Builder to create a report from a report model.
- Creating Report Models
- Using Report Builder
Publishing and Executing Reports
The students will learn the various options you can use to publish reports to the report server and execute them.
- Publishing Reports
- Executing Reports
- Creating Cached Instances
- Creating Snapshots and Report History
Using Subscriptions to Distribute Reports
The students will learn how to implement subscriptions so that you can distribute reports either automatically by e-mail or by publishing reports to a shared folder.
- Introduction to Report Subscriptions
- Creating Report Subscription
- Managing Report Subscriptions
Administering Reporting Services
The students will learn how to administer the Reporting Services server, how to monitor and optimize the performance of the report server, how to maintain the Reporting Services databases, and how to keep the system secure.
- Reporting Server Administration
- Performance and Reliability Monitoring
- Administering Report Server Databases
- Security Administration
- Upgrading to Reporting Services 2008
Programming Reporting Services
The students will learn how to query Reporting Services information programmatically and how to automate report management tasks. Students will also learn how to render reports without relying on Report Manager, and how to extend the feature set of a report server by creating custom code.
- Querying for Server Information Using a Web Service
- Automating Report Management
- Rendering Reports
- Creating Custom Code
- Create custom code
