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Part I: Getting Started
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The report design tools are covered in Part II. You ’ ll learn about the basics beginning in Chapter 5,
“ Basic Report Design, ” and about advanced techniques in Chapter 8, “ Advanced Report Design. ”
In Part III, Chapter 9, “ Reporting with Analysis Service, ” and Chapter 10, “ Report Solutions Patterns and
Recipes, ” will take you beyond the features and discuss several common business scenarios. In these
chapters, you will learn techniques for designing the best reporting and data analysis solutions to meet
some common and unique challenges.
End - user and ad hoc reporting is covered in Part IV. These are different from Reporting Services ’
standard server - side reports. Because this feature is intended to give users the power to create and
modify their own reports, it does not require Visual Studio, Business Intelligence Development Studio,
or the new stand - alone Report Builder 2.0 designer to be installed on their computers. First, a data model
is prepared to support the reports users may build. These data models are stored on the report server
with shared data sources and reports. The data model serves two important purposes. First, it provides a
simplified view to hide the complexity of relational or hierarchal data. Second, it allows the data model
designer to control access to sensitive or irrelevant data stored in the database. When a user wants to
build a report from the Report Manager, the Report Builder design components are downloaded and
activated in the user ’ s web browser. This design environment shares common features and
characteristics with the Report Designer but is simpler to use and specifically designed for creating these
client - side reports. Report Builder reports are automatically laid out and formatted for ease of use.
Finished reports may be stored on the server for reuse.
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