SQL Server Reporting Services
(SSRS)

SQL SERVER Reporting Services(SSRS)

Installation of SQL Server & Data Tools

Link to SQL SEVER 2017: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server

Creating a SSRS Project

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In this lesson, we’ll create our first Report project using the Visual Studio SSDT Stand Alone version.

CREATING a REPORT

Open Visual Studio Data Tools as ADMINISTRATOR

File à New à Project

Select à Reporting Services

Name the project SalesReport

Do not use the wizard  

Creating your First Report

Right Click Report Folder and select ->Add ->New Item

Select Report  and name the file SalesReport

 

Connecting to the DATA SOURCE

First you need to add a Data Source   to your project.

Right Click  Data Source located on the left of your window

Select ->Add  a Data Source

Adding a Dataset

Next Add a Datasets to your project.

Right click the dataset folder

Located on the left of the window under Data Source

select -> add datasets

Connect to the Data Source and use the Query Wizard to select the tables and attributes that you are going to use in your report.

Preview your report

Select FactInternetSales and DimCustomer

Next select the columns

From FactInternetSales à TotalProductCost and SalesAmount

Next in the DimCustomer we are looking at demographics

Select Gender and MaritalStatus

Click ok.

The wizard writes the query for you.

Next, we’ll create a tabular report

On the left side click on Toolbox if the Toolbox is not visible go to

View tab and select Toolbox

Drag and drop a Table from the Toolbox

Grab from the Datasets gender, MaritalStatus, Sales Amount Total Product and drop into the design window

Click on preview to see the data

Conclusion

Thank you for participating to this Basic reporting using SSRS, Visual Studio 2017 SSDT Stand Alone version
If you want to learn more I would suggest to read the following books.

Microsoft Server Reporting Services Recipes

By Prof. Gonzalez Adjunct Professor at New York City College of Technology

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