You Want To Use A Perspective In An Mdx Query. How Do You Select The Perspective?
Use the Cube Selector in the MDX Query Designer to select a perspective.
Can You Use Data Mining Models In Ssrs?
Yes, you can use the DMX Designer to create data mining queries for SSRS reports. However, do not forget to flatten the result set returned by the DMX query.
What Is The Main Difference Between A Matrix Report Item And A Table Report Item?
The main difference between a Matrix and a Table report item is in the initial template. Actually, both report items are just templates for the Tablix data region.
When You Do Not Use Report Caching, Is It Better To Use Parameters To Filter Information In The Query Or To Use Filters In The Dataset?
From a performance perspective, it is better to use parameters because they let SSRS pull filtered data from the data source. In contrast, when you use filters, the queries retrieve all data and then filter the information in an additional step.
How Do You Configure A Running Aggregate In Ssrs?
You can use the RunningValue function to configure a running aggregate.
What Is The Main Purpose Of A Report Parameter?
The main purpose of a report parameter is to add interactivity to your reports, letting users change the report behavior based on options they select.
You Want Your Report To Display A Hyperlink That Will Take Users To Your Intranet. How Do You Configure Such A Hyperlink?
Create a text box item, set the action to Go To URL, and then configure the URL.
You Want A Report To Display Sales By Category, Subcategory, And Product. You Want Users To See Only Summarized Information Initially But To Be Able To Display The Details As Necessary. How Would You Create The Report?
Group the Sales information by Category, SubCategory, and Product. Hide the SubCategory group and set the visibility to toggle based on the Category item. Hide the Product category group and set the visibility to toggle based on the SubCategory item.
You Want To Create An Excel Interactive Report From Ssrs. In Ssrs, Can You Create The Same Interactive Experience In Excel That You Would Have On The Web?
No, you cannot create the same experience with SSRS. you can, however, use Excel to create such an experience.
What Is The Main Purpose Of A Query Parameter?
The main purpose of a query parameter is to filter data in the data source.
You Want Your Users To Select A Parameter From A List Of Values In A List Box. How Should You Configure The Parameter?
You should create a data source that contains the possible values and then bind the data source to the parameter.
Can We Use Data-grids For Our Report In Ssrs?
We have an ASP.NET project that populates a data-grid. Using data-grid as my data-source for my report using SQL Server Reporting Services. Is this possible? The simple is no. However, nothing's ever simple. A set of reporting controls was added in Visual Studio 2010 allowing you to report in a data-set, on data that was supplied by you. So, if you retrieved your data into a data-set, bound the data-grid to the data-set so it had data to display, you could then use that data-set as the data-source for the reporting controls. These are then client-side reports, not server reports though.
What Are The Different Kinds Of Ssrs Reports?
Reports can be categorized into operational and analytical reports. The distinction is based on the source of data and level of analysis facilitated by any particular report. Operational reports are based on OLTP sources and are static reports and Analytical reports are based on OLAP sources and generally facilitate drill-down and drill-through for analysis. Technically, SSRS reports can be categorized into parameterized, linked, snapshot, cached, etc...
What Are Parameterized Reports? What Are Cascading Parameters In Ssrs Reports?
Reports that accept parameters from users to fetch and report data conditionally, are known as parameterized reports. When you have multiple parameters in a report and values of different parameters are dependent and populated dynamically based on the value of parent parameters, it's known as a cascading parameter.
What Is The Main Benefit Of Using Embedded Code In A Report?
The main benefit of using embedded code in a report is that the code you write at the report level can be reused in any expression in the report.
What Programming Language Would You Use To Create Embedded Functions In Ssrs?
An SSRS report supports only visual Basic .nET embedded code.
Is Ssrs Support Other Database Except Ms Sql Server?
Yes. SSRS can be building based on relational or multidimensional data source like Oracle, OLEDB. ODBC etc.
What Is The Chart In Report?
Chart reports are for graphical representation. You can get pie charts columns harts and various other options. 3D charts are also available in reporting services.
What Are The New Features Of Sql Server 2012 Reporting Service?
The SQL Server 2012 has introduced a lot of new features. Some of them are given bellow
Power View – interactive data exploration
SharePoint integration
Introduction to Data Alerts
SQL Server Data tool
New rendering extensions (supports MS Office 2010)
Project Crescent is being introduced
What Is Sub Report?
Sub Reports is on kind of child report which opens in main report when main report loads. We can pass parameter to sub report.
Can Sub Report Data Source Be Different From That Of The Parent Report?
YES.
What Is Report Rendering?
To Exporting a report data with different type of file format is knows as Report rending. SSRS supports multiple rendering extensions like Word, Excel, CSV, PDF, HTML etc.
What Is The Rdl File?
RDL stands for Report Definition Language. When we save a report then than the file is saved as ReportName.rdl. It is a XML file. This RDL file is used for deploying report to report server.
How Would You Go About Developing A Ssrs Report?
General development methodology for a SSRS report is to start by creating a data source. Based on the data source create one or multiple datasets as needed for parameters and the body of the report. Add required controls from the toolbox which would act as a container for the fields in the dataset. Format the controls added to the report body. Verify and validate the report and finally deploy the report.
What Is A Dataset And What Are The Different Types Of Datasets?
A dataset is similar to a query definition, which is executed when the report is executed. Datasets are of two types: Shared and Embedded. An embedded dataset is private to the report in which it exists and shared datasets can be shared across reports.
Would You Store Your Query In A Ssrs Report Or A Database Server? State The Reason Why?
Storing SQL queries directly in text format in the dataset, should be avoided. Ideally it should be stored in a stored procedure in the database server. The benefit is that the SQL would be in a compiled format in a SP and brings all the benefits of using an SP compared to using an ad-hoc query from the report.
What Are The Limitations In Ssrs On Sql Server Express Edition?
Microsoft offers reporting services free as part of SQL Server Express with Advance Services edition. But it has the following limitations
Management Studio cannot be used to administer report server
Report Models will not be available
Report Builder is not available
Caching, History and Delivery of Report is not available.
SQL Server agent is not available
No scheduling is possible
Remote server database is not available for Report Data Source (Local SQL Server is a only option,)
We cannot store the report server database on a remote server (it has to be local only)
Reports can be rendered only in Excel, PDF, Image formats only
Reporting Services will not be able to use more than 1 GB of RAM
No Subscriptions (Standard and Data Driven) can be made
Can not be integrated with Share Point
Can not implement Role based security
Only named instances is supported
Scale-out Report Servers will not be available
How To Deploy The Report?
We can deploy SSRS report in three ways.
Using Visual Studio
In visual studio we can directly deploy the report through Solution explorer by providing the report server URL in project properties at Target Server URL. As our choice this will deploy entire project or single report as.
Using Report Server
We can directly go to the report server and deploy the report by browsing the report from the disk location of server.
Creating the Utility
SQL server provides the facilities to Create a customize utility to deploy the report.
What Is Rs.exe Utility?
Rs.exe utility is used for deploying the report on report server. It is built in with the report server and can be customized.
Can We Run Reporting Services With Sql Server Express Edition, Which Is A Free Version Of Sql Server?
Yes we can. SQL Server Express Edition with Advanced Services support Reporting Services. These is the free version.
What Are The Tools Available In Market As An Alternative To Sql Server Reporting Services?
Non-Open Source
Actuate
Hyperion (BRIO)
SIEBEL-CRM
BusinessObjects
Oracle Express OLAP
Qlikview
Cognos
Informatica Power Analyzer
Proclarity
IntelliView
Dundas Chart for .NET
MS-Excel
SAS
MicroStrategies
Pentaho
Open Source
Jasper Reports
JFreeReport
BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tools)
OpenReport
DataVision
Pentaho
What Is Reporting Lifecycle?
Generally a Reporting Services has three mainly three phases
Development of Reports (Developer): at first reports need to be developed and it is done the developers.
Management of Reports (DBA): When the Report is being developed DBA ensure the following things
Security: only authorized user should access the report
Execution: how the report will be executed to optimize data sources performance
Scheduling of Reports: so that report are executed on scheduled timings
Use the Cube Selector in the MDX Query Designer to select a perspective.
Can You Use Data Mining Models In Ssrs?
Yes, you can use the DMX Designer to create data mining queries for SSRS reports. However, do not forget to flatten the result set returned by the DMX query.
What Is The Main Difference Between A Matrix Report Item And A Table Report Item?
The main difference between a Matrix and a Table report item is in the initial template. Actually, both report items are just templates for the Tablix data region.
When You Do Not Use Report Caching, Is It Better To Use Parameters To Filter Information In The Query Or To Use Filters In The Dataset?
From a performance perspective, it is better to use parameters because they let SSRS pull filtered data from the data source. In contrast, when you use filters, the queries retrieve all data and then filter the information in an additional step.
How Do You Configure A Running Aggregate In Ssrs?
You can use the RunningValue function to configure a running aggregate.
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What Is The Main Purpose Of A Report Parameter?
The main purpose of a report parameter is to add interactivity to your reports, letting users change the report behavior based on options they select.
You Want Your Report To Display A Hyperlink That Will Take Users To Your Intranet. How Do You Configure Such A Hyperlink?
Create a text box item, set the action to Go To URL, and then configure the URL.
You Want A Report To Display Sales By Category, Subcategory, And Product. You Want Users To See Only Summarized Information Initially But To Be Able To Display The Details As Necessary. How Would You Create The Report?
Group the Sales information by Category, SubCategory, and Product. Hide the SubCategory group and set the visibility to toggle based on the Category item. Hide the Product category group and set the visibility to toggle based on the SubCategory item.
You Want To Create An Excel Interactive Report From Ssrs. In Ssrs, Can You Create The Same Interactive Experience In Excel That You Would Have On The Web?
No, you cannot create the same experience with SSRS. you can, however, use Excel to create such an experience.
What Is The Main Purpose Of A Query Parameter?
The main purpose of a query parameter is to filter data in the data source.
You Want Your Users To Select A Parameter From A List Of Values In A List Box. How Should You Configure The Parameter?
You should create a data source that contains the possible values and then bind the data source to the parameter.
Can We Use Data-grids For Our Report In Ssrs?
We have an ASP.NET project that populates a data-grid. Using data-grid as my data-source for my report using SQL Server Reporting Services. Is this possible? The simple is no. However, nothing's ever simple. A set of reporting controls was added in Visual Studio 2010 allowing you to report in a data-set, on data that was supplied by you. So, if you retrieved your data into a data-set, bound the data-grid to the data-set so it had data to display, you could then use that data-set as the data-source for the reporting controls. These are then client-side reports, not server reports though.
What Are The Different Kinds Of Ssrs Reports?
Reports can be categorized into operational and analytical reports. The distinction is based on the source of data and level of analysis facilitated by any particular report. Operational reports are based on OLTP sources and are static reports and Analytical reports are based on OLAP sources and generally facilitate drill-down and drill-through for analysis. Technically, SSRS reports can be categorized into parameterized, linked, snapshot, cached, etc...
What Are Parameterized Reports? What Are Cascading Parameters In Ssrs Reports?
Reports that accept parameters from users to fetch and report data conditionally, are known as parameterized reports. When you have multiple parameters in a report and values of different parameters are dependent and populated dynamically based on the value of parent parameters, it's known as a cascading parameter.
What Is The Main Benefit Of Using Embedded Code In A Report?
The main benefit of using embedded code in a report is that the code you write at the report level can be reused in any expression in the report.
What Programming Language Would You Use To Create Embedded Functions In Ssrs?
An SSRS report supports only visual Basic .nET embedded code.
Is Ssrs Support Other Database Except Ms Sql Server?
Yes. SSRS can be building based on relational or multidimensional data source like Oracle, OLEDB. ODBC etc.
What Is The Chart In Report?
Chart reports are for graphical representation. You can get pie charts columns harts and various other options. 3D charts are also available in reporting services.
What Are The New Features Of Sql Server 2012 Reporting Service?
The SQL Server 2012 has introduced a lot of new features. Some of them are given bellow
Power View – interactive data exploration
SharePoint integration
Introduction to Data Alerts
SQL Server Data tool
New rendering extensions (supports MS Office 2010)
Project Crescent is being introduced
What Is Sub Report?
Sub Reports is on kind of child report which opens in main report when main report loads. We can pass parameter to sub report.
Can Sub Report Data Source Be Different From That Of The Parent Report?
YES.
What Is Report Rendering?
To Exporting a report data with different type of file format is knows as Report rending. SSRS supports multiple rendering extensions like Word, Excel, CSV, PDF, HTML etc.
What Is The Rdl File?
RDL stands for Report Definition Language. When we save a report then than the file is saved as ReportName.rdl. It is a XML file. This RDL file is used for deploying report to report server.
How Would You Go About Developing A Ssrs Report?
General development methodology for a SSRS report is to start by creating a data source. Based on the data source create one or multiple datasets as needed for parameters and the body of the report. Add required controls from the toolbox which would act as a container for the fields in the dataset. Format the controls added to the report body. Verify and validate the report and finally deploy the report.
What Is A Dataset And What Are The Different Types Of Datasets?
A dataset is similar to a query definition, which is executed when the report is executed. Datasets are of two types: Shared and Embedded. An embedded dataset is private to the report in which it exists and shared datasets can be shared across reports.
Would You Store Your Query In A Ssrs Report Or A Database Server? State The Reason Why?
Storing SQL queries directly in text format in the dataset, should be avoided. Ideally it should be stored in a stored procedure in the database server. The benefit is that the SQL would be in a compiled format in a SP and brings all the benefits of using an SP compared to using an ad-hoc query from the report.
What Are The Limitations In Ssrs On Sql Server Express Edition?
Microsoft offers reporting services free as part of SQL Server Express with Advance Services edition. But it has the following limitations
Management Studio cannot be used to administer report server
Report Models will not be available
Report Builder is not available
Caching, History and Delivery of Report is not available.
SQL Server agent is not available
No scheduling is possible
Remote server database is not available for Report Data Source (Local SQL Server is a only option,)
We cannot store the report server database on a remote server (it has to be local only)
Reports can be rendered only in Excel, PDF, Image formats only
Reporting Services will not be able to use more than 1 GB of RAM
No Subscriptions (Standard and Data Driven) can be made
Can not be integrated with Share Point
Can not implement Role based security
Only named instances is supported
Scale-out Report Servers will not be available
How To Deploy The Report?
We can deploy SSRS report in three ways.
Using Visual Studio
In visual studio we can directly deploy the report through Solution explorer by providing the report server URL in project properties at Target Server URL. As our choice this will deploy entire project or single report as.
Using Report Server
We can directly go to the report server and deploy the report by browsing the report from the disk location of server.
Creating the Utility
SQL server provides the facilities to Create a customize utility to deploy the report.
What Is Rs.exe Utility?
Rs.exe utility is used for deploying the report on report server. It is built in with the report server and can be customized.
Can We Run Reporting Services With Sql Server Express Edition, Which Is A Free Version Of Sql Server?
Yes we can. SQL Server Express Edition with Advanced Services support Reporting Services. These is the free version.
What Are The Tools Available In Market As An Alternative To Sql Server Reporting Services?
Non-Open Source
Actuate
Hyperion (BRIO)
SIEBEL-CRM
BusinessObjects
Oracle Express OLAP
Qlikview
Cognos
Informatica Power Analyzer
Proclarity
IntelliView
Dundas Chart for .NET
MS-Excel
SAS
MicroStrategies
Pentaho
Open Source
Jasper Reports
JFreeReport
BIRT (Business Intelligence Reporting Tools)
OpenReport
DataVision
Pentaho
What Is Reporting Lifecycle?
Generally a Reporting Services has three mainly three phases
Development of Reports (Developer): at first reports need to be developed and it is done the developers.
Management of Reports (DBA): When the Report is being developed DBA ensure the following things
Security: only authorized user should access the report
Execution: how the report will be executed to optimize data sources performance
Scheduling of Reports: so that report are executed on scheduled timings
Report Delivery (DBA + Developer): When the report is being developed and executed the report is transferred to the business users. They use it and if any modification is required the report is go back to the development stage.
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