[...]... you use Reporting Services Best wishes, Brian Larson blarson@teamscs.com Introduction M icrosoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services were exciting products With the addition of the tablix and gauge data regions, the enhancements to the chart data region, and the complete re-architecting of the rendering engine, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. .. me up-to-speed on Reporting Services information and newsgroup postings We have learned a great deal preparing presentations on Reporting Services and providing Reporting Services solutions for clients xix Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use xx Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services I also want to thank John Miller, the owner of Superior Consulting Services. .. Report-Serving Architecture Diving In Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use 4 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services S QL Server 2000 Reporting Services was Microsoft s entry into the web-based reporting arena This first version of Reporting Services enabled you to easily share business information—what is commonly known as “business intelligence” these days—with... The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use xxii Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services This book is designed to help you and your organization achieve those same results As you work through the examples in this book, I hope you have several of those “ah-ha!” moments—not only moments of discovering new capabilities in Reporting Services, but also moments of discovering how Reporting Services. .. applications for hospitals I still keep in touch with the Reporting Services development team and have been trying out the newest features as the product approaches release xvii Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Click here for terms of use xviii Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Brian Larson was one of the early proponents of Reporting Services and completed the first edition of this... Reporting Services is certainly right Free! As long as the report server is installed on the same computer as the SQL Server database engine, your SQL Server 2008 license covers everything With this single server architecture, it will not cost you one additional penny to share your reports with others using Reporting Services Reporting Services to the Rescue Let’s take one more look at the three scenarios... Cleveland, but the production manager is in Portland Because a subscription to a report can be delivered by e-mail, the Reporting Services server can be set up in Cleveland, produce the report from the local data source, and then e-mail the report to Portland 9 10 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services The solution for the vice president of sales is even more straightforward He wants a report with... world In an interconnected workplace, it makes sense that your reporting solution should offer company-wide, nationwide, and even worldwide communication SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services built on the success of the original Where almost every other aspect of the SQL Server 2005 release represented a completely new platform, Reporting Services simply added to the solid foundation provided by the earlier...x Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Common Installation Issues Administrative Rights Server Components Not Shown on the Feature Selection Screen Installation Error 2755 Reporting Services and IIS on the Same Server The Repair Utility and Installation Log... Reporting Services was released, a brief introductory article on Reporting Services appeared in SQL Server Magazine One of the sales representatives here at Superior Consulting Services, Mike Nelson, decided this would be a nice bit of marketing material to have as we trumpeted our involvement with Reporting Services One thing led to another, and before we knew it, Mike had offered Marty’s and my services . 570 xiv Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Chapter 12 Extending Outside the Box: Customizing Reporting Services . 571 Using Reporting Services. 39 The SQL Server 2008 Installation . 39 The Reporting Services Configuration Manager 49 For more information about this title, click here x Microsoft SQL Server