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“A great resource to help you unlock the hidden gems in SQL
Server Reporting Services.”
Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

With Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 you can structure and store terabytes of data-but how do you
make sense of that much information? Reporting Services transforms raw
data into meaningful reports and puts your valuable information to work.

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action shows you
how to build effective Windows and Web-based reporting solutions using
SQL Server 2005. Using this example-driven book, you’ll build Reporting
Services-centric solutions, including report forecasting, RSS feeds,
ASP.NET web controls for server-side report generation, extending
Reporting Services to report on ADO.NET datasets, delivering reports to
Web services, authenticating users, performance testing, and capacity
planning.

You’ll quickly move beyond canned reports and put the
Report Designer through its paces. The book will show you how to add
interactive features to your tabular reports and how to improve
performance by using external images without taking up valuable database
real estate.

When you have large systems, efficiency is key to
productivity. Author Bret Updegraff shows you how to avoid doing the
same tasks twice. You’ll see a nifty sales forecast that uses embedded
code to create reusable utility functions that you can call from
multiple places your reports. As well, you’ll find fundamentals like
employing XSLT to create XML reports and advanced techniques such as
accessing custom code in an external .NET assembly.

Reporting
Services 2005 lets you give users greater control over their reporting
needs. SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in Action will help you
provide safe, user-friendly reporting options to your users and free up
your time for more important tasks. This book shows you how to set up
ad hoc reporting through Report Builder so business users can get the
information you need from the database without your help! You won’t stop
with the basics, though. You’ll also learn how to apply advanced
filters and security practices to protect your data from unwelcome or
misguided queries.

Of course, this new edition is thoroughly
updated to include coverage of all the new features introduced with SQL
Server 2005. You’ll see:

Direct Client Printing: Send a report
directly to a printer without having to export to printable format first
End User Sort: Let the end user to re-sort data within the report Multi
Valued Parameters: Use multiple values for parameters Custom Report
Items: Build and embed custom server controls

You’ll also work
with the improved Report Designer, Report Builder, and Analysis Services
Query Builder. You’ll learn about SharePoint WebParts and the Report
Viewer Controls for WinForms and ASP.NET, as well.

SQL Server
2005 Reporting Services in Action is a revised edition of Microsoft
Reporting Services in Action by Teo Lachev, published by Manning
Publications, August 2005, ISBN 1932394222.