Teach yourself how to use the components, capabilities, and programming model in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services—one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through each stage of the reporting life cycle, including authoring, managing, and delivering reports. Work at your own pace through the easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to master essential tasks and techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working with instructive code examples and best practices for SQL Server Reporting Services. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Install and configure Reporting Services</li> <li>Use Report Designer to structure and format table reports</li> <li>Connect to data sources and datasets</li> <li>Use expressions to perform calculations and change properties</li> <li>Apply advanced techniques—from matrix, chart, and data regions to parameters</li> <li>Manage content on the Report Server, including implementing security features</li> <li>Monitor Report Server activity and tune for performance</li> <li>Access and view reports, rendered in customized formats</li> <li>Write and reuse custom code to author and manage reports</li> <li>Build your own reporting tools</li> </ul>
About Reporting Services SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services is a comprehensive, server-based reporting solution to create, manage, and deploy reports—on paper or over the Web. A key part of the Microsoft business intelligence framework, Reporting Services enables organizations to deliver real-time information to support daily operations and drive decisions at a lower cost of ownership. CD features: <ul>
<li>Practice files for all the book’s procedures</li> <li>Complete eBook in PDF format</li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2000 Reporting Services Step by Step

Computers & Technology

Misner, Stacia

Hitachi Consulting

Networking & Cloud Computing

Microsoft Press

Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Analysis Services—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to build flexible and powerful solutions that meet the analytical needs of your organization. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Start building cubes using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Business Intelligence designers </li> <li>Create dimensions and measure groups to build, browse, and modify OLAP cubes</li> <li>Design objects to handle unique financial analysis requirements</li> <li>Improve query performance with aggregations and user hierarchies </li> <li>Customize cubes with multi-dimensional expressions (MDX) and other advanced design techniques </li> <li>Use actions to integrate Web pages, reporting applications, and drillthrough capabilities with cubes</li> <li>Manage role-based security and restrict data access</li> <li>Deploy and maintain a database in a production environment</li> </ul>
CD features <ul>
<li>All practice exercises and answer files</li> <li>Fully searchable eBook</li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step

Consulting, Hitachi

Jacobsen, Reed

Computer Science

Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Reporting Services—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to build flexible and powerful solutions that support the reporting needs of your organization. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Install and configure Reporting Services </li> <li>Author, manage, and access reports</li> <li>Create attractive, information-rich reports with the Report Designer</li> <li>Calculate values, organize information, and manipulate report data</li> <li>Build, deploy, and maintain a report model</li> <li>Render and distribute reports in various formats</li> <li>Implement role-based security to restrict access to information</li> <li>Explore more advanced report design techniques </li> <li>Programmatically customize any stage of the reporting lifecycle</li> </ul>
CD features all practice exercises. For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step

Programming

Teach yourself how to build, manage, and access SQL Server 2008 reports—one step at a time. Whether you’re a report developer, IT administrator, or business user, this sequential, learn-by-doing tutorial shows you how to deliver the business intelligence information your organization needs. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Install and configure Reporting Services </li> <li>Put Report Builder and Report Designer tools to work </li> <li>Create interactive, online reports that enable users to sort and filter data 
</li> <li>Add charts and gauges to present data visually 
</li> <li>Deploy reports to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 
</li> <li>Monitor server performance and help secure content 
</li> <li>Use subscriptions to distribute reports via e-mail 
</li> <li>Build ad hoc reports and extend them with custom code 
</li> </ul>
CD features: <ul>
<li>Practice exercises and code samples </li> <li>Fully searchable eBook</li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Step by Step (Step by Step Developer)

“This readable, practical book helps business people quickly understand what business intelligence is, how it works, where it's used, and why and when to use it—all illustrated by real case studies, not just theory.” Nigel Pendse Author of The OLAP Report www.olapreport.com So much information, so little time. All too often, business data is hard to get at and use—thus slowing decision-making to a crawl. This insightful book illustrates how organizations can make better, faster decisions about their customers, partners, and operations by turning mountains of data into valuable business information that’s always at the fingertips of decision makers. You’ll learn what’s involved in using business intelligence to bring together information, people, and technology to create successful business strategies—and how to execute those strategies with confidence. Topics covered include: 
<ul>
<li>THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MINDSET: Discover the basics behind business intelligence, such as how it’s defined, why and how to use it in your organization, and what characteristics, components, and general architecture most business intelligence solutions share. </li>
<li>THE CASE FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: Read how world leaders in finance, manufacturing, and retail have successfully implemented business intelligence solutions and see what benefits they have reaped. </li>
<li>THE PRACTICE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: Find out what’s involved in implementing a business intelligence solution in your organization, including how to identify your business intelligence opportunities, what decisions you must make to get a business intelligence project going, and what to do to sustain the momentum so that you can continue to make sense of all the data you gather. </li>
</ul>

Business Intelligence

Business & Money

Vitt, Elizabeth

Luckevich, Michael

Management & Leadership

Dive into the business intelligence (BI) features in SharePoint 2010—and use the right combination of tools to deliver compelling solutions. This practical guide helps you explore several BI application services available in SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. You’ll learn each technology with step-by-step instructions, and determine which ones work best in specific BI scenarios—whether you’re a SharePoint administrator, SQL Server developer, or business analyst. 
<ul>
<li>Choose the BI tools that meet your needs—and learn how they work together </li>
<li>Examine the BI lifecycle, from determining key performance indicators to building dashboards </li>
<li>Take Microsoft Excel further—gain more control and functionality with web-based Excel Services </li>
<li>Mash up data from multiple sources using PowerPivot for Excel 2010 </li>
<li>Create data visualizations with objects, context, and metrics using Microsoft Visio Services </li>
<li>Build dashboards, scorecards, and other monitoring and analysis tools with PerformancePoint Services </li>
<li>Use SharePoint to view BI reports side by side, no matter which tools were used to produced them </li>
</ul>
Your companion web content includes: 
<ul>
<li>Interactive exercises that help you try out concepts or techniques </li>
<li>Code samples that enable you to work with the exercises </li>
</ul>

Business Intelligence in Microsoft SharePoint® 2010

Campbell, John

Warren, Norman P.

Neto, Mariano Teixeira

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012l explores the exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server, ranging from improvements in operation to those in reporting and management. This book is for anyone who has an interest in SQL Server 2012 and wants to understand its capabilities, including database administrators, application developers, and technical decision makers.

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Mistry, Ross

NOTE: This title is also available as a free eBook on the Microsoft Download Center. It is offered for sale in print format as a convenience.
 Get a head start evaluating SQL Server 2014 - guided by two experts who have worked with the technology from the earliest beta. Based on Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) software, this guide introduces new features and capabilities, with practical insights on how SQL Server 2014 can meet the needs of your business. Get the early, high-level overview you need to begin preparing your deployment now.
 Coverage includes:
<ul>
<li>SQL Server 2014 Editions and engine enhancements</li> <li>Mission-critical performance enhancements</li> <li>Hybrid cloud enhancements</li> <li>Self-service Business Intelligence enhancements in Microsoft Excel</li> <li>Enterprise information management enhancements</li> <li>Big Data solutions</li> </ul>

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014

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