SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Advanced Programming

Author: Xie Wenliang
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: SQL Server Reporting Services is a tailored solution for report designers and programmers. This guide will help readers quickly acquire the ability to design, deploy, manage, and even customize report solutions. Even if readers lack programming experience or knowledge of extending reports through VB, C#, and ASP.NET, they can still create powerful reports by learning this book. The book is equipped with numerous detailed examples, illustrating the creation of reports, the design of report solutions, and the development of deployment strategies that interact with various platforms, helping readers fully utilize this revolutionary tool. Additionally, readers will learn how to extend the functionality of Reporting Services in practice by implementing their own security architecture or adding custom data access. The main content of the book includes:
- In-depth knowledge of report programming and report scripting
- Advanced report design, including drill-down reports, nested lists, drilling, linking, and dynamic content
- Advanced strategies for business and support systems
- Presenting reports using .NET code, .NETIO namespace classes, and URL-based deployment strategies to address hardware, software, and platform considerations, licensing issues, and scaling options
- How to design reports for mobile devices
- Various tools for defining data sources and semantic metadata models
- How to use parameters and expressions to define innovative report solutions
- Advanced object-oriented programming techniques, with examples written in C# and VB2005
Target Audience
The target audience for this book includes report designers, developers, administrators, and business professionals who are interested in learning the advanced features of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, report server management, and security issues.