Chapter 1Introducing Reporting Services
Welcome to SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services. This chapter provides an overview that includes a high-level introduction featuring not only concepts and capabilities of this powerful reporting tool, but also of the Microsoft data analysis platform. Reporting Services embodies a rich history as a rock-solid reporting tool. Although many features have been part of the product for more than 12 years, some features are new, have changed, or were introduced in later versions.
This is the fifth edition of this book. Reporting Services was officially released in early 2004. Since that time, I gained assistance from trusted and experienced colleagues who contributed to previous book editions, and this edition draws upon that foundation of expertise. In areas where the product has matured and evolved forward, I share advanced capabilities and patterns for solving new business problems. The book includes material and techniques using the new or existing features more effectively.
As a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, a specialist, and a respected contractor for Microsoft, I spend considerable time working with different organizations to design reporting solutions. For many years, ...
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