Chapter 7. Kicking It Up a Notch: Intermediate Reporting

Basic training is at an end. Boot camp is over. You now know the basics of building reports in Reporting Services. You should be able to create reports both with the Report Wizard and from scratch. When needed, you can spice up your reports with color, images, and charts.

In the last chapter, you learned how to add punch to your reports with color and graphics. In this chapter, you learn how to add value to your reports through summarizing and totaling, and added interactivity. All this enhances the users' experience and allows them to more readily turn information into business intelligence.