| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services 2005 | 
| Author: Brian Larson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (45 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11339
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 767
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0072262397
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2768
EAN: 9780072262391
ASIN: 0072262397
Publication Date: December 12, 2005
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 Probably best book out on SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services July 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very well done. Lots of good hands on exercises that all work, well, except for one that deals with web service I had a problem with. Lots of good tips on both creating and managing reports.
Excellent overview June 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brian manages to give the reader everything one would need to know to start creating their own reports in a very readable, approachable book.
Brian starts by introducing his case study and walking the reader through the install of the database. What I like about the database is it's sized well (not oppressively large, but large enough to allow you to create realistic reports). He then spends a chapter on SQL basics. Most people first getting into Reporting Services haven't done a lot of SQL, so it's nice to have the chapter there.
He then moves on to the wizard. He shows off both the table as well as the matrix, and how you can modify the reports that the wizard creates.
Several chapters are spent on creating reports from scratch, highlighting all of the major tools in SSRS - charts, tables, etc. Every example is succinct, but realistic enough. Each exercise is step-by-step with an explanation at the end as to what it is you just did.
I do have a couple of small complaints here. I could not find the SQL queries anywhere on the site or in the download. Maybe I missed them, but it would have been nice to have the SQL ready to go. The book, while fantastic for first learning SSRS, doesn't lend itself well to being a reference guide. There are several options that show up that Brian doesn't stop to explain fully.
From there, he moves into managing your report server using the Report Manager. He was mostly step-by-step here, but I did think the section on Security could have been a tad clearer.
He finishes up in the Appendix with the Report Builder, easily one of the biggest features in SSRS 2005.
All-in-all this is a fantastic book if you are looking to get into SSRS for the first time. Don't let the size of the book fool you; since the majority of it is steyp-by-step instructions, it reads much faster than its size would indicate. You will need to be in front of a computer in order to read the book, which works well for me since I need to do it to grok it.
My only small complaint about the book is that it doesn't lend itself well to being a reference guide later. It's not enough of a beef, though, to knock a star off the review.
great book May 10, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
we have over a dozen SQL SERVER 2005 suite books in our office. The thing that makes this better then all the others, is that while some people like reading these books, and others like books as references only - this book seems to satisfy both groups of developers at my office.
The most used SSRS book at the office by a mile.
Simple, direct, thorough April 23, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The great reviews of this book here are well-deserved. So far I've read only the actual report design chapters, which is the meat of the book, but I have no doubt the other chapters are as good. This is one of those books where you learn by doing. If you don't like books where you have to follow exercises by wrote, don't get this. Even for those who learn well in this way may get a little tired toward the end, but the reward is a good familiarity with many of the features of SSRS. The book is very understandable and I rarely had to read something twice to know what he was talking about. While I have experience as a web application developer and designing basic relational databases, I'd yet to use any reporting tool like this and Larson made it a very easy transition.
Excellent Book April 14, 2007
This is a really good book , has excellent info , easy to understand , although I would have preferred direct description to topics, not learn by doing approach the author selected as I'm coming from other reporting tools and would have understand more complex description but it still an excellent book as first start to reporting services, Highly recommended!
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