Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Paul Turley is a senior consultant for Hitachi Consulting. He architects database, reporting and business intelligence solutions for many prominent consulting clients. In addition to Reporting Services, he has created reporting solutions using Crystal Reports, Active Reports, and Access. Since 1988, he has managed IT projects, designed and programmed applications using Visual Basic 3, 4, 5, 6, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and SQL Server. He obtained his MCSD certification in 1996 and other certifications include MCDBA, IT Project+, and Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) Practitioner. He designed and maintains www.Scout-Master.com, a web-based service that enables Boy Scout units to manage their membership and advancement records online using ASP.NET, SQL Server, and Reporting Services. Paul authored Beginning Transact SQL for SQL Server 2000 and 2005. He has been a contributing author on books and articles including Professional Access 2000 Programming, Beginning Access 2002 VBA, and SQL Server Data Warehousing with Analysis Services, all from WROX Press. Todd Bryant has been creating custom data-focused applications and reporting solutions since the early eighties. He began using Microsoft technologies in 1998, and the love affair began. Todd has been contract programming, teaching, and developing custom courseware ever since. He is currently working half-time as a software architect for SoftWyre, a Little Rock, Arkansas, based software development company as well as training half-time at Netdesk Corporation in Seattle, where he concentrates on enterprise solutions, Com+ services, and object-oriented programming using both VB.NET and C#. His certifications include the MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA, and MCT certifications from Microsoft; the CNA certification from Novell; and both CompTIAaAA's A+ and CTT+. James Counihan started teaching himself binary in the early 1970s. He is now a Seattle-area consultant specializing in development on the .NET platform. Dave DuVarney is a principal for StateraaAA's Seattle office. He has broad technical knowledge stemming from his experiences as a software developer, a certified public accountant, and a technology trainer. Dave has been involved in multiple software development projects ranging from contract management systems to human rights auditing. He is proficient in numerous development languages as well as Microsoft business intelligence technologies. Most recently he has been consulting and delivering on SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Integration Services. Dave is the coauthor of Professional SQL Server Reporting Services.

Acknowledgments. Foreword I. Foreword II. Introduction. Part One: Getting Started. Chapter 1: What Can You Do with Reporting Services? Chapter 2: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2005. Chapter 3: Reporting Services Architecture. Part Two: Report Design. Chapter 4: Basic Report Design. Chapter 5: Designing Data Access. Chapter 6: Advanced Report Design. Chapter 7: Report Solution Patterns and Recipes. Part Three: Enabling End User Reporting with Report Builder. Chapter 8: Reporting Services Report Models. Chapter 9: Report Builder. Part Four: Administering Reporting Services. Chapter 10: Report Management. Chapter 11: Report Server Administration. Part Five: Reporting Services Integration and the Reporting Services Web Services. Chapter 12: Integrating Reporting Services into Custom Applications. Chapter 13: Extending Reporting Services. Appendix A:Migrating Access Reports. Appendix B: Reporting Services Object Model. Appendix C: Transact SQL Command Syntax Reference. Appendix D: Transact SQL System Variables and Functions. Index.