MS SQL Server Reporting Services ("SSRS") Course

This 4 day course is intended for students who need to learn and understand the full reporting lifecycle of designing, managing, and accessing reports in a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 environment.

Days 1 and 2 will familiarise attendees with the SQL Server Reporting Services (“SSRS”) development tools used to create and author reports, and will enable students to design initially basic, then more complex, reports. All of the data regions utilised in report design are covered here including tables, matrices, lists, and charts. Interactive features such as drilldown and drill-through reports are also covered in this section, as are the implementation and use of report parameters.

Day 3 builds upon the knowledge gained over the previous two days by covering advanced report design concepts such as using Analysis Services as a data source, making your reports more dynamic (such as allowing users to interactively select groups for a matrix through parameters), alternating background colours for table rows, and other handy tips to enable developers to design truly professional reports. Day 4 of the course deals more specifically with the role of the Report Server itself. Here, students will learn how to deploy reports to a Report Server, manage Report Server content, handle subscriptions, and control access to reports.

Concise coverage of the subject matter is augmented with plenty of hands-on exercises to facilitate the learning process and to enable students to quickly gain confidence in using SSRS.

Additionally, with the course structure being fully modularised, customised versions of this course can also be devised and delivered. For example, clients interested only in report development could attend just the first 3 days of the course omitting Report Server management ordinarily covered on day 4.

This course can be run at our London, Manchester and Guildford training centre. We also frequently provide SQL Server training at our customer’s offices.