Chapter 3. Exploring Reporting Services

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Use Report Builder 2.0 to develop and preview a simple report.

  • Publish a report to a native-mode or SharePoint integrated-mode report server.

  • Use Report Manager to set report properties.

  • Use the HTML Viewer to interact with a report.

In Chapter 1, you learned about the variety of features that Reporting Services provides in a complete reporting platform. Then, in Chapter 2, you learned how to install and configure all these features. Now it’s time to explore some of these features firsthand in each stage of the reporting life cycle. You start by developing a basic report using Report Builder 2.0 and then publishing your report. You continue your exploration ...

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