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[...]... considerations for reporting requirements and deployment scenarios for Reporting Services You’ll learn about the configuration tools and utilities, backup and restore procedures, and monitoring a Reporting Services instance for issues and optimal performance Part V: Reporting Services Integration and the Reporting Services Web Services Practically all of the built-in functionality in Reporting Services can... a comprehensive Reporting Services object programming reference, Transact -SQL syntax, commands, and functions What You Need to Use This Book To use SQL Server Reporting Services and to run the samples presented in this book, you will need: ❑ SQL Server 2005, any edition An evaluation version of SQL Server and Reporting Services may be downloaded from Microsoft at www.microsoft.com /sql ❑ Windows 2000,... Caching Exploring the Execution Log Performance Counters Summary 477 477 478 480 484 Part Five: Reporting Services Integration and the Reporting Services Web Services 485 Chapter 12: Integrating Reporting Services into Custom Applications 487 URL Access URL Syntax Accessing Reporting Services Objects Reporting Services URL Parameters Passing Report Information through the URL Programmatic Rendering Common... and graphing technology under license to Microsoft for inclusion in SQL Server and 2000 and 2005 Reporting Services Dundas also offers aadditional data visualization charting and gauge extensions for Reporting Services as add-on products Introduction Over the past three years, we’ve been using SQL Server Reporting Services to build reporting, business intelligence, and decision-support solutions for... Managing and Customizing the Report Server Summary Chapter 2: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 Traditional Application Reporting Today’s Reporting Requirements Business Intelligence Defined Automation to the Rescue — a Scenario Challenges of Existing Reporting Solutions How Does SQL Server Reporting Services Meet This Challenge? 16 17 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 Contents Business Intelligence... Carlson SQL Server Reporting Services Product, Unit Manager, Microsoft Jason Carlson is the Product Unit Manager for SQL Server Reporting Services He joined Microsoft in 1996 as a program manager for Visual Source Safe and Repository In 1997, the Repository team joined SQL Server and Jason became the development manager for SQL Server Meta Data Services In 2001, he built a team and started work on v1 of Reporting. .. the core services of the reporting environment: data access, rendering formats, security, and delivery Chapter 12 covers how reports may be integrated into applications, and Chapter 13 will teach you how to write custom extensions to the standard features of Reporting Services Chapter 12, “Integrating Reporting Services into Custom Applications,” shows you that Reporting Services is a flexible reporting. .. Deploying Reports Designing and Architecting Report Solutions Third-Party Product Integration Summary Chapter 3: Reporting Services Architecture Reporting Lifecycle Authoring Management Delivery Reporting Services 2005 Platform Overview Reporting Services XML Web Service Report Server Reporting Services Catalog Report Design Report User Interface Summary 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 41 41 42 45 46 46 46 47 47 47... Architecture,” details the mechanics of the Reporting Services architecture Reporting Services is implemented as an ASP.NET Web service, which provides a wealth of capabilities for enterprise-wide reporting You will explore the different functional areas of Reporting Services and how they relate to user and business needs You’ll learn about the platform’s features and the reporting lifecycle—from report design... specific to P2P and Wrox books To read the FAQs, click the FAQ link on any P2P page xxxii Part I Getting Star ted Chapter 1: What Can You Do with Reporting Services? Chapter 2: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 Chapter 3: Reporting Services Architecture . delivering on SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Integration Services. Dave is the coauthor of Professional SQL Server Reporting Services. I. 3: Reporting Services Architecture 45 Reporting Lifecycle 46 Authoring 46 Management 46 Delivery 47 Reporting Services 2005 47 Platform Overview 47 Reporting