Your hands-on guide to learning Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft’s customizable reporting solution for business data analysis. Reporting Services is a powerful tool for business intelligence, so an understanding of the essentials—how to architect a report, as well as how to install and program Reporting Services—is key to harnessing the full benefits of SQL Server. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to get started, how to use the report project wizard, how to think about and access data, and how to build queries. It also walks you through the creation of charts and visual layouts to enable maximum visual understanding of the data analysis. Interactivity features (enhanced in SQL Server 2005) and security are also covered in detail. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you’ll understand the fundamental techniques for using Reporting Services. A companion CD includes data sets and sample code.

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This Book Is a Waste of Time and Money - 2009-06-08
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The installation scripts in this book simply don't work. The later step by step instructions bear no resemblance to actual SQL Server experience. I have been using SQL Server for over 10 years. I bought this book to learn SSRS 2005, not to edit the author's book. I have given up on this book and will look elsewhere to learn SSRS 2005. This unedited, unchecked and untested book wasn't released, it escaped. Beware, it will waste your time and it will waste your money.

Just what you need to get started - 2009-01-07
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I own a few of the Microsoft "step-by-step" titles and this one lived up to the expectation. You are started out with an overview, then basics, and from there led into the step-by-step setup and layout. Like the other "step-by-step" titles, you are also given a CD loaded with examples. This is your springboard to an intermediate or advanced title. Well worth it.

Good Seller His Books are like new - 2008-12-01
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The book I purchased looks like it is new. I'd buy again from this seller.

Hubby had to have it! - 2008-11-24
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co-worker had this book and this was hubby's #1 item on the Christmas list this year.

Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step - 2008-06-19
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Microsoftr SQL Server(TM) 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) should be the best book in this topic. The reason that made me ranked this book at 4 stars is because this book missed just one sentence to tell their readers the exact folder to copy the source code to or how to modify the path in sql script.

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