Audience
Profile
This course is
intended for experienced BI professionals. The target students for this course
already have an understanding of how to use the SQL Server 2005 tools to
implement reporting functionality, but need to develop their understanding of
design principles and best practices when planning, implementing, and deploying
a Reporting Services solution.
At Course
Completion
After
completing this course, students will be able to:
- Design a reporting solution.
- Develop a reporting solution.
- Collaborate with application developers to complete
reporting and analytical interfaces.
- Deploy and manage a Reporting Services solution.
- Design security for a Reporting Services solution.
- Optimize report execution performance.
Course Outline
Module 1: Designing a Reporting Solution
In this module, students will learn how to identify user requirements and
business requirements for a reporting solution. They will then learn how to
match the requirements of the user to Reporting Services technologies.
Lessons
- Evaluating Business Requirements for a Reporting
Solution
- Designing for Reporting Services
Lab 1: Designing a Reporting Solution
- Identifying Reporting Solution Users
- Creating a Reporting Solution Specification
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the business requirements for a reporting
solution.
- Design a Reporting Services implementation.
Module 2: Developing a Reporting Solution
In this module, students will first identify how best to develop reports
using the powerful Business Intelligence Development Studio Report Designer
tool. This will include a review of best practice for report layout, and how
this is affected by the various rendering formats available. Secondly, they will
identify the considerations for effective development of a report model to
enable more experienced users to create their own reports.
Lessons
- Developing Reports
- Developing Report Models
Lab 2: Developing a Reporting Solution
- Creating Reports from a Report Specification
- Working With Report Models
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a Reporting Services solution.
- Create a report model and use it to create a report with Report
Builder.
Module 3: Integrating Reporting Services with Applications
In this module, students will review the options for integrating Reporting
Services reports into a custom application. They will look at using direct URL
access, the report viewer controls provided by Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, the
Reporting Services SharePoint Web Parts, and the Reporting Services Web
services. Lastly, they will discuss which approach, or combination of
approaches, might suit different BI applications and their different kinds of
users.
Lessons
- Integrating with Custom Applications
- Controlling Reporting Services by Using Web Services
Lab 3: Integrating Reporting Services with Applications
- Integrating Reports into an ASP.NET Application.
- Integrating a Report into a SharePoint Services
Solution
- Implementing a Reporting Services Web Service Client
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Integrate Reporting Services with custom
applications.
- Design Web service clients for Reporting Services.
Module 4: Deploying and Managing a Reporting Solution
In this module, students will learn how to deploy a Reporting Services
solution into a production environment, and how to manage report
distribution.
Lessons
- Deploying a Reporting Services Solution
- Managing Report Distribution
Lab 4: Managing Report Deployment and Distribution
- Deploying Reports
- Managing Report Distribution
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy a Reporting Services solution.
- Manage Report Distribution.
Module 5: Designing Security for a Reporting Solution
In this module, students will learn how to secure a Reporting Services
solution.
Lessons
- Designing an Authentication Strategy
- Designing an Authorization Strategy
- Designing a Secure Communication Strategy
Lab 5: Securing Reporting Services
- Configuring Authentication
- Configuring Authorization
- Configuring Secure Communications
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Design an authentication strategy for Reporting
Services.
- Design an authorization strategy for Reporting
Services.
- Design a secure communication strategy for Reporting Services.
Module 6: Optimizing Report Performance
In this module, students will learn how to optimize a Reporting Services
solution.
Lessons
- Monitoring Report Execution
- Designing a Report Execution Strategy
- Scaling Reporting Services
Lab 6: Optimizing Performance
- Monitoring Reporting Services
- Optimizing Report Execution
- Scaling Reporting Services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Monitor report execution.
- Design a report execution strategy to optimize
performance.
- Design a scalability strategy for Reporting
Services.