Chapter 2What's New in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services?
The enhancements to Reporting Services in SQL Server 2016 range from subtle to significant. Several notable enhancements expand the reporting platform and help round out the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) product tool belt. Chapter 2 contains no hands-on exercises so there is nothing to download and no exercises for this chapter. We will introduce the hands-on exercises and samples in the Chapter 3. Just sit back and learn about how Reporting Services is improved and enhanced; in some ways, it is the same or similar to the past few versions.
Before you learn about several new features introduced in Reporting Services for SQL Server 2016, take a look at the quick history lesson shown in Figure 2.1 that highlights the origins of the product.
Figure 2.1 Evolution of Reporting Services.
Reporting Services was released as an add-in tool for SQL Server 2000 in early 2004. At the time, the feature set was light when compared to the product today, but the foundational architecture hasn't changed significantly. Essential features included basic charts, sub-report data regions, ...
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