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Kathi Kellenberger, Beginning SQL Server Reporting Services, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1990-4_3

3. Understanding Data Sources and Datasets

Kathi Kellenberger

(1)Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

I deployed my first group of SSRS reports back in 2004 when SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) was initially released. The reports were so successful that word got around to the other departments at the company where I worked. Soon I had more requests for reports than I could handle. I was a database administrator first, and creating reports was just a small part of my job. It wasn’t long before I put together a day-long SSRS workshop to teach a small group of people from each department how to develop their own reports.

Since then, I have ...

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