Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services provides a complete, server-based platform designed to support a wide variety of reporting needs enabling organizations to deliver relevant information where needed across the entire enterprise. Programming languages used for SSRS can include not only ANSI and T-SQL, but also C#, and Visual Basic for custom coding, and XML for the Report Definition Language.
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What are the disadvantages of using stored procedures, SSIS, and SSRS to implement business applications?
Recently, it was suggested that many projects (where I work) should be implemented using some combination of stored procedures (on SQL Sever / T-SQL), SSIS, and SSRS.
In one specific project, SSIS would get a file from a SFTP server. The file…
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What can I do to help users create self-service reports?
I work using Reporting Services 2008 and I'm constantly creating ad-hoc reports. We'd like to use PowerPivot on Sharepoint but we're stuck on Sharepoint 2007. Using easy reporting software like Tableau Server would be fantastic but we can't afford…
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Has SSRS replaced Crystal Reports as a new standard for Visual Studio reporting tool?
I never used SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) before but used little Crystal Reports. My present project has extensive use of Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005. This choice brought some nasty issues of Crystal Reports in front. The very…
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Using Entity Framework as substitute for SSIS, SSAS and SSRS
At the moment I have three different sources where my data are. 1. A Dataprovider, 2. inhouse access DB and 3. Salesforce. Now I want to build a datawarehouse (using ms software) where I want to store the data and create reportings via e.g asp.net…
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