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Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

by Michael Lisin, Jim Joseph
March 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
480 pages
11h 17m
English
Sams
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Chapter 16. Ad Hoc Reporting New in 2005

In This Chapter

• Issues Facing Ad Hoc Reporting

• Client-Side Reporting with SSRS

• Report Models and the Model Designer

This chapter begins with a few words about needs and challenges for ad hoc reports and some definitions.

A lot of things have changed for business in the post dot-com era, but one thing that remains is the need for accurate and timely data. Most businesses want to analyze and report on up-to-the-minute data. Moreover, a lot of analysts want to analyze the data kept in their organization’s data warehouse(s) to test their theories or to spot trends. This kind of analytical reporting does not preclude the nicely printed and formatted reports for C-level executives, but rather serves ...

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