Chapter 8. Building Report Models

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Create a report model project to support ad hoc reporting.

  • Use the Report Model Wizard to autogenerate a model.

  • Use Visual Studio to format, reorganize, and extend a report model.

  • Deploy and secure a report model.

In the preceding chapters of Part II, "Authoring Reports," you learned how to use the Visual Studio environment to develop reports for broad distribution. Authoring reports for Reporting Services requires you to understand the data structures and relationships of the source data as well as how to create queries that return the data that will be presented in reports. This level of understanding is expected when you are an IT professional responsible for supporting ...

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