Course 55240-A: Writing Reports with Report Designer and SSRS Level 3

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Course 55240-A: Writing Reports with Report Designer and SSRS Level 3

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In this 1-day course, students will continue their learning on report writing with Microsoft® SQL Server® Report Designer and SSRS. The focus of this course is enhancing custom report visualizations and the use of Visual Basic programming in SSRS reporting. Supporting Visual Basic programming in reports is a normal requirement in today's reporting landscape and this course presents the information you will need through the course content, group discussions, worksheets, practices, demonstrations, and lab activities. Report Designer is available for all supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course are persons experienced with Report Designer and SSRS. The secondary audience for this course are experienced Report Builder (SSRS) report authors. Course participants may be business analysts, programmer analysts, data analysts, database administrators, or IT professionals.

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Course outline

Module 1: Creating Enhanced Visualizations

Module Overview

This module introduces report formatting techniques which create enhanced visualizations using shapes, rectangles, images, and data regions. To support customized and enhanced reporting visualizations, this course requires a review of specific properties which support the control of displayed items in a report.

Lessons

The Importance of Shapes in Reporting
Enhanced Visualizations Using the Rectangle
Control the Display of Report Items
Creating Tiles in a Tablix

Lab Sessions

Creating Enhanced Visualizations

Lab Lessons

Create Tiles in a Report with Rectangles
Create Tiles in a Tablix with Text Boxes
Create Enhanced Visualizations with Text Box Tiles, Tablix Tiles, and Tablixes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key features, uses, and approaches to using shapes in reporting.
Have a more thorough understanding of the rectangle tool.
Manipulate report item properties which have an impact on a report items display.
Transform data regions by displaying tiles rather than text boxes.

Module 2: Visual Basic

Module Overview

This module introduces the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language. The goal of this module is to make the programming language and its use meaningful to non-programmers. This module uses the course handbook, group discussions, worksheets, and reviews to not only introduce Visual Basic programming, but to also understand what the code is doing.

Lessons

The Visual Basic Programming Language
Visual Basic Language Components
Decision Structures and Procedures

Lab Sessions

Working with Visual Basic

Lab Lessons

Convert Expressions to Visual Basic Procedures
Work with Value Types in Reports
Work with Reference Types in Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key features of Visual Basic.
Describe the Visual Basic language elements.
Recognize Visual Basic statements and their purpose.
Use decision structure to apply workflow logic.
Convert business logic into Visual Basic code.

Module 3: Using Visual Basic in SSRS Reporting

Module Overview

Report writers can take advantage of the Visual Basic language in three different ways in the Report Designer application. Whether the Visual Basic programming language was incorporated by design or inherited through existing reports, report writers need to be aware of how the features can be applied to achieve the reporting goal. Visual Basic is the required language for Report Designer.

Lessons

Visual Basic in SSRS Reports
Calling Visual Basic code from the Report
Using External Visual Basic code in a Report

Lab Sessions

Using Visual Basic in Reports

Lab Lessons

Use Conditional Logic with Literals, Fields, and Report Items
Create a Report using Visual Basic
Update a Report to Use External Code
Troubleshoot Visual Basic Errors in a Report

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key features and uses of Visual Basic in SSRS reporting solutions.
Recognize the three implementations of Visual Basic code available to a report.
Create Visual Basic variables, constants, expressions, and procedures.
Link and consume an external assembly with custom code in a report.
Troubleshoot Visual Basic errors in a report.

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