September 2010
Beginner to intermediate
424 pages
12h 17m
English
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Knight's Microsoft® Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer: Leveraging Microsoft SQL Server® Integration, Analysis, and Reporting Services with Excel® and SharePoint®
by Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Adam Jorgensen, Patrick LeBlanc, Mike Davis
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The Report Builder button in the Report Manager will open Report Builder 3.0. The first window
is the wizard start-up screen. It gives you the option to start a table, matrix, chart, map, or just a
blank report. On the left is the option to create a shared dataset. Although this tool is easier to use
than BIDS, most users will need to receive a little training to get them started, especially if they have
never created a report.
A blank report in Report Builder looks like the one in Figure 28-12. On the right side you see the
link to connect to a Report Server. All the data sources and datasets in the Report Server will be
available in the Report Builder. On the left is the Report Data window. This is the same window as
in BIDS and works the same way. You can create data sources and datasets using the methods for
BIDS described in previous lessons.
FIGURE 2812
REPORT PARTS
On the right of the Report Builder is the Report Part Gallery. Users can create report parts and pub-
lish them to the Report Server for others to use. These can be tables, matrixes, charts or any item on
a report. To publish a report part in Report Builder click the Ribbon button (the round button on
the top left) and select Publish Report Parts. A window appears that asks whether you would like
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