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Microsoft
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SQL
Server
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2008
Reporting
Services
UNLEASHED
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Michael Lisin
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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction....................................................................................................1
Part I Introduction to Reporting Services
1 Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)...................................5
2 Reporting Services 2008 Architecture...........................................................23
3 Getting Started with Reporting Services Tools .............................................43
4 What's New in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 ....................................55

5 Reporting Services Deployment Scenarios ...................................................79
6 Installing Reporting Services ........................................................................99
Part II Report Authoring from Basic to Advanced
7 Report Server Project Wizard ......................................................................111
8 Report Designer(s).......................................................................................119
9 Report Definition Language .......................................................................137
10 Expressions..................................................................................................151
11 Accessing Data ............................................................................................179
12 Report Parameters .......................................................................................197
13 Working with Report Items ........................................................................207
14 Grouping, Sorting, Aggregating Data, and Working with Scope...............251
15 Advanced Report Formatting......................................................................263
16 Report Navigation.......................................................................................283
17 Working with Multi-Dimensional Sources.................................................295
18 Ad Hoc Reporting .......................................................................................327
Part III Reporting Services Management
19 Managing Reports, Data Sources, and Models ...........................................361
20 Securing Report Server Items ......................................................................377
21 Report Execution and Processing ...............................................................389
22 Subscribing to Reports ................................................................................401
23 SSRS Administration ...................................................................................411
24 RS Utility .....................................................................................................427
Part IV Reporting Services Customizations
25 Implementing Custom Embedded Functions ............................................433
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26 Creating and Calling a Custom Assembly from a Report..........................441
27 Using URL Access........................................................................................465
28 Using Reporting Services Web Services ......................................................475

29 Extending Reporting Services .....................................................................499
Part V SharePoint Integration
30 Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint ........................................519
31 SSRS 2008 SharePoint Integration Architecture .........................................527
32 Installation of Reporting Services Integrated with SharePoint..................535
33 SharePoint Mode Administration...............................................................545
34 Tools Support for SSRS Integrated with SharePoint ...................................557
35 Viewing Reports in SharePoint...................................................................565
36 Managing Reports in SharePoint................................................................573
37 Ad Hoc Reporting in SharePoint ................................................................589
Part VI Appendixes
A References and Additional Reading............................................................597
B Glossary.......................................................................................................601
C Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Information.........................613
D What's New in SQL Server SP1?..................................................................617
E What's New in SQL Server 2008 R2? ..........................................................623
Index ...........................................................................................................624
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Introduction to Reporting Services
1 Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 5
What Is SSRS?..................................................................................................6
SSRS for End Users ..........................................................................................6
Overview of Features.......................................................................................8
Enterprise Report Examples ............................................................................9

SSRS in the Report Development Life Cycle ................................................10
Authoring Stage ...................................................................................10
Managing Stage....................................................................................14
Delivery Stage ......................................................................................18
Editions of Reporting Services ......................................................................21
How Is SSRS Licensed? ..................................................................................21
Summary .......................................................................................................22
2 Reporting Services 2008 Architecture 23
Removal of IIS Dependency and Impact on SSRS........................................24
SSRS Windows Service ..................................................................................25
Memory Management ..................................................................................26
Programmatic Interfaces ...............................................................................29
Report Processor............................................................................................29
Command-Line Utilities ...............................................................................30
Reporting Services Extensions ......................................................................31
Data-Processing Extensions .................................................................31
Delivery Extensions .............................................................................32
Rendering Extensions ..........................................................................32
Security Extensions..............................................................................33
Report Server Databases ................................................................................33
Scheduling and Delivery Processor...............................................................34
Report Builder 1.0 .........................................................................................35
Report Model Designer .................................................................................36
Report Builder 2.0 .........................................................................................36
Report Designer.............................................................................................37
Report Manager.............................................................................................38
SQL Server Management Studio ...................................................................38
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Reporting Services Configuration Tool.........................................................39
RSPrintClient
Control.................................................................................39
WMI Provider................................................................................................39
Performance Monitoring Objects .................................................................39
Summary .......................................................................................................40
3 Getting Started with Reporting Services Tools 43
Report Manager.............................................................................................43
Business Intelligence Development Studio ..................................................44
Report Designer.............................................................................................46
Report Builder 1.0 .........................................................................................46
Report Builder 2.0 .........................................................................................48
Reporting Services Configuration Manager .................................................50
SQL Server Management Studio ...................................................................51
Summary .......................................................................................................53
4 What’s New in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 55
Report Server Architecture Changes.............................................................56
Reporting Services Configuration Manager .................................................58
SQL Server Management Studio Updates for Administrators......................58
Report Manager Update................................................................................62
Report Engine Architecture Changes ...........................................................63
Report-Processing Scalability Enhancements ...............................................65
Report-Rendering Enhancements .................................................................67
ReportViewer
Control Enhancements .........................................................69
Report Designer Enhancements ...................................................................69
Report Builder 2.0 .........................................................................................69
Tablix.............................................................................................................70
Data-Visualization Controls..........................................................................71
Rich-Text Support .........................................................................................73

RDL Enhancements.......................................................................................73
Teradata as a Data Source .............................................................................74
SharePoint Integration Enhancements.........................................................74
Programming and API Changes ...................................................................75
Upgrading from Earlier Versions ..................................................................76
Summary .......................................................................................................77
5 Reporting Services Deployment Scenarios 79
High-Availability Deployment Considerations ............................................81
Overview of Deployment Scenarios .............................................................82
Advantages/Disadvantages of the Standard Model.............................83
Advantages/Disadvantages of the Scale-Out Model ...........................85
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Requirements for a Standard Deployment...................................................85
Requirements for a Scale-Out Deployment..................................................86
Overview of Report Server Initialization.............................................86
Internet Deployment Considerations...........................................................87
Internet Deployment Option 1: Enable Report Server for Anonymous
Access.................................................................................................88
Internet Deployment Option 2: Deploy Report Server with Windows
Authentication ..................................................................................88
Internet Deployment Option 3: Use the Programmatic Approach....89
Enabling a Report Manager for Internet Access..................................90
Minimum Hardware Requirements ..............................................................91
Software Requirements .................................................................................92
Key Features of SSRS 2008 Editions..............................................................95
Licensing .......................................................................................................97

Summary .......................................................................................................97
6 Installing Reporting Services 99
Summary .....................................................................................................109
Part II Report Authoring from Basic to Advanced
7 Report Server Project Wizard 111
Sample Database Setup ...............................................................................111
Using the Report Server Project Wizard to Create a Simple Report ..........112
Summary .....................................................................................................118
8 Report Designer(s) 119
Three Main Report Designers from Microsoft............................................119
Visual Studio Haves Versus Have Nots .......................................................121
Solution, Project, File Hierarchy.................................................................121
Generating Reports with Visual Studio ......................................................122
Design Screen.....................................................................................131
Summary .....................................................................................................135
9 Report Definition Language 137
Language: A Way to Communicate............................................................137
Use of XML .................................................................................................138
Declarative Programming ...........................................................................138
Report Elements ..........................................................................................139
Report
Element..................................................................................140
ReportParameters
Element ...............................................................140
DataSets
Element ...........................................................................144
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ReportItems
Element ........................................................................148
Data Regions ......................................................................................150
Summary .....................................................................................................150
10 Expressions 151
What Is an Expression?...............................................................................151
Expression Syntax .......................................................................................152
Adding Expressions.....................................................................................155
Collections ..................................................................................................158
DataSets
Collection (New in 2008) ..................................................158
DataSources
Collection (New in 2008) ............................................159
Fields
Collection ..............................................................................160
Globals
Collection ............................................................................161
Parameters
Collection.......................................................................162
ReportItems
Collection.....................................................................163
User
Collection..................................................................................163
Variables
Collection (New in 2008) ................................................164
Using Functions ..........................................................................................165
Visual Basic Runtime Functions........................................................165
Aggregate Functions ..........................................................................170
Other Functions ..........................................................................................173

Expression and Built-In Function Security.................................................174
Using Expressions to Change Report Item Properties................................175
Emphasizing Certain Values .......................................................................176
Summary .....................................................................................................177
11 Accessing Data 179
Data-Processing Extensions ........................................................................180
Types of Data Sources .................................................................................180
Report-Specific Data Sources .............................................................181
Shared Data Sources...........................................................................181
Data Source Expressions ....................................................................181
Data Source Credentials..............................................................................182
Connection Strings .....................................................................................183
Querying Data.............................................................................................186
Graphical Query Designer .................................................................186
Generic Query Designer ....................................................................187
Data Set Properties.............................................................................188
Command Type .................................................................................189
Parameters..........................................................................................190
Querying XML ...................................................................................192
Fields ..................................................................................................193
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Fields and XML..................................................................................194
Filters..................................................................................................195
Adding a Data Source..................................................................................195
Summary .....................................................................................................195
12 Report Parameters 197

Setting Up Parameters.................................................................................198
Parameter Properties ...................................................................................199
Data-Driven Parameters ..............................................................................200
Expressions with Parameters ......................................................................201
Dynamic SQL with Parameters...................................................................202
Parameter Dependencies.............................................................................202
Using Multivalue Parameters......................................................................203
Example of Using Multivalue Dependent Parameters ...............................203
Summary .....................................................................................................206
13 Working with Report Items 207
Data Regions, Containers, and Independent Report Items .......................208
Report Designer’s Toolbox ..........................................................................210
Line Report Item .........................................................................................211
Rectangle Report Item.................................................................................211
Image Report Item ......................................................................................211
Textbox Report Item (Improved in 2008) ..................................................214
Tablix (New in 2008) = Table, Matrix, List.................................................219
Formatting Tablix ..............................................................................230
Practical Application of Report Items.........................................................232
Chart Report Item (Improved in 2008) ......................................................235
Chart Data (Value).............................................................................236
Chart Series ........................................................................................239
Chart Category ..................................................................................240
Chart Areas ........................................................................................240
Chart’s RDL........................................................................................241
Best Practices......................................................................................242
Practical Application of a Chart .................................................................243
Gauge Report Item .....................................................................................246
Report Body Versus Page Header/Footer ....................................................248
Summary .....................................................................................................248

14 Grouping, Sorting, Aggregating Data, and Working with Scope 251
Grouping Data on a Report ........................................................................251
Sorting, Including Interactive Sorting and Data Source Sorting ...............254
Data Source Sorting ...........................................................................254
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Data Region and Group Sorting........................................................255
Interactive User Sorting.....................................................................256
Scope
Parameter of Aggregate Functions...................................................258
Level
and
InScope
Functions....................................................................260
Summary .....................................................................................................261
15 Advanced Report Formatting 263
Formatting-Related Report Item Properties................................................264
Formatting Numeric and Date/Time Values ..............................................267
Standard Numeric Format Strings .....................................................268
Custom Numeric Format Strings.......................................................270
Standard Date/Time Format Strings..................................................272
Custom Date/Time Formatting .........................................................273
Creating Alternating Colors for the Lines on a Report..............................276
Paging Report (Improved in 2008) .............................................................277
PageHeight
and
PageWidth

: Physical Page Sizing.............................278
InteractiveHeight
and
InteractiveWidth
.....................................278
PageBreak
(New in 2008) ..................................................................279
Columns Property: A Way to Multicolumn Reports.........................280
Advanced Group Properties:
RepeatOnNewPage
,
KeepTogether
(New in 2008),
KeepWithGroup
(New in 2008), and
HideIfNoRows
(New in 2008) .........................................................281
Summary .....................................................................................................282
16 Report Navigation 283
Hyperlink
(Go to URL) Navigation ............................................................284
BookmarkLink
(Go to Bookmark) Navigation............................................285
Drillthrough
(Go to Report) Navigation...................................................286
Document Map ...........................................................................................287
Hide and Toggle Items ................................................................................288
Practical Application of Action Items.........................................................289
Implementation.................................................................................289
Summary .....................................................................................................294

17 Working with Multidimensional Data Sources 295
Analysis Services Concepts .........................................................................295
Data-Mining Concepts................................................................................298
Creating a Data-Mining Model .........................................................298
MDX and DMX...........................................................................................300
Advanced OLAP Concepts ..........................................................................300
Creating Data-Mining Reports....................................................................323
Summary .....................................................................................................326
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18 Ad Hoc Reporting 327
Issues Facing Ad Hoc Reporting .................................................................327
Client-Side Reporting with SSRS.................................................................328
Report Models and the Model Designer.....................................................328
Report Model Projects .......................................................................329
Model File Content............................................................................329
Features of Report Builder .................................................................339
Building Reports with Report Builder ...............................................342
Report Builder 2.0 .......................................................................................345
Report Builder 2.0 Features................................................................346
Installing Report Builder 2.0 .............................................................347
Design Surface....................................................................................348
Ribbons ..............................................................................................349
Other Dialog Boxes............................................................................350
Managing Data Sources and Data Sets ..............................................352
Report Layout ....................................................................................354
Summary .....................................................................................................359

Part III Reporting Services Management
19 Managing Reports, Data Sources, and Models 361
Deployment Options in Visual Studio .......................................................361
Server Name.......................................................................................361
Report Folder Location ......................................................................362
Overwriting Data Sources..................................................................362
Target Folder for the Data Source......................................................362
Building and Deploying Reports .......................................................363
Deployment Through Report Manager ......................................................363
Creating a New Folder .......................................................................363
Setting Up a Data Source...................................................................364
Uploading a Report............................................................................366
Changing the Data Source ................................................................367
Changing Report Properties........................................................................367
Basic Properties ..................................................................................367
Moving Reports..................................................................................368
Linked Reports ...................................................................................370
Setting Report History and Snapshots........................................................371
Report Server Settings to Affect Report History ................................371
Creating Snapshots............................................................................372
Deleting Snapshots ............................................................................373
My Reports ..................................................................................................373
Enabling My Reports .........................................................................374
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Disabling My Reports ........................................................................374
Summary .....................................................................................................376

20 Securing Report Server Items 377
Reporting Services Security Model .............................................................377
What Can Be Secured? ......................................................................378
How Role Assignments Work ............................................................379
Relationships Between Roles, Tasks, and Users.................................380
Overview of Built-In Roles.................................................................381
Assigning Built-In Roles.....................................................................383
Defining Custom Roles...............................................................................386
Creating/Modifying a Custom Role ..................................................387
Summary .....................................................................................................388
21 Report Execution and Processing 389
Managing Schedules ...................................................................................389
Types of Schedules.............................................................................390
Creating/Modifying Schedules ..........................................................390
Report Execution and Processing ...............................................................392
Report-Execution Timeouts ...............................................................393
Running Processes .............................................................................394
Large Reports .....................................................................................394
Report-Execution History ...........................................................................395
What Is the Execution Log? ..............................................................395
How to Report Off the Execution Log ..............................................396
Creating the RSExecutionLog Database ............................................396
Overview of the Sample Reports .......................................................398
Summary .....................................................................................................399
22 Subscribing to Reports 401
Overview of Subscriptions ..........................................................................401
Parts of Subscriptions ........................................................................401
Uses of Subscriptions.........................................................................402
Standard Versus Data-Driven Subscriptions......................................402
Delivery Options................................................................................402

Subscription Processing .....................................................................403
Overview of Delivery Extensions ...............................................................403
Email ..................................................................................................403
Delivering to a File Share ..................................................................404
Creating a Simple Subscription ..................................................................404
File Share Delivery .............................................................................405
Creating a Data-Driven Subscription .........................................................406
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Creating a Subscriptions Database ....................................................407
Report Manager .................................................................................408
Managing Subscriptions..............................................................................408
My Subscriptions ...............................................................................409
Monitoring Subscriptions..................................................................409
Deleting/Inactivating Subscriptions..................................................410
Summary .....................................................................................................410
23 SSRS Administration 411
Monitoring ..................................................................................................411
Reporting Services Log Files ..............................................................411
Viewing and Managing Jobs..............................................................414
Performance.......................................................................................416
Configuration Items ..........................................................................418
Key Management ........................................................................................421
Backing Up the Symmetric Key.........................................................421
Restoring the Symmetric Key ............................................................422
Changing the Symmetric Key ...........................................................423
Deleting the Symmetric Key..............................................................423

Scale-Out Deployment................................................................................424
Summary .....................................................................................................425
24 RS Utility 427
Inside the Reporting Services Script Files ...................................................427
Command-Line Arguments ........................................................................428
Sample Command Lines.............................................................................430
Code Examples............................................................................................430
Summary .....................................................................................................432
Part IV Reporting Services Customizations
25 Implementing Custom Embedded Functions 433
Adding Embedded Code .............................................................................433
Debugging Embedded Code .......................................................................437
Summary .....................................................................................................439
26 Creating and Calling a Custom Assembly from a Report 441
Initializing Assembly Classes ......................................................................446
Strong-Named Custom Assemblies.............................................................450
.NET Security Primer for an SSRS Administrator........................................450
Assemblies That Require Other Than
Execute
Permissions ......................457
Debugging Custom Assemblies ..................................................................460
Summary .....................................................................................................474
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27 Using URL Access 465
How to Control Rendering Through URL Access ......................................465
How to Integrate URL Access in an Application........................................472

Summary .....................................................................................................474
28 Using Reporting Services Web Services 475
Report Management Web Service (
ReportService2005.asmx
) ..................486
How to Script Reporting Services (Using the RS Utility) ...........................488
Working with Report Parameters................................................................489
Security When Calling a Web Service (.NET 2.0 Style)..............................491
Security When Calling a Web Service (.NET 3.x, WCF Style)....................492
Using SSL to Increase Security ....................................................................495
Some of the Commonly Used Methods with Short Code Snippets ..........496
Summary .....................................................................................................497
29 Extending Reporting Services 499
Common Considerations for Custom Reporting Services Extensions:
Implementation, Deployment, and Security ...........................................503
Report Definition Customization Extension..............................................508
Limits on Customization...................................................................509
Limits on SSRS Features Supported with RDCE ................................509
Steps to Deploy and Use Your RDCE Implementation.....................510
Delivery Extension......................................................................................511
Interactions Between User, SSRS, and a Delivery Extension......................514
Custom Report Items ..................................................................................516
Summary .....................................................................................................517
Part V SharePoint Integration
30 Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint 519
SharePoint Technology ...............................................................................520
Reporting Services Integration with SharePoint ........................................521
Planning for SharePoint Integration ..........................................................522
Unsupported Features .................................................................................523
Sample Reports Integrated with SharePoint...............................................524

Summary .....................................................................................................526
31 SSRS 2008 SharePoint Integration Architecture 527
Reporting Services Add-In for SharePoint ..................................................528
Report Server Integrated Mode..........................................................529
Database Management ......................................................................530
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Security Management ........................................................................531
Deployment Architecture ..................................................................532
Summary .....................................................................................................533
32 Installation of Reporting Services Integrated with SharePoint 535
Installing Reporting Services ......................................................................536
Installing SharePoint...................................................................................536
Configuring Report Server in SharePoint Integrated Mode.......................537
Installing the RS Add-In for SharePoint .....................................................538
Configuring Report Server Integration via SharePoint Central
Administration..........................................................................................538
Upgrading from SSRS2K5 SP2.....................................................................542
Scaling-Out Deployments ...........................................................................542
Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................543
Summary .....................................................................................................543
33 SharePoint Mode Administration 545
Security Overview .......................................................................................545
User Authentication with SharePoint ........................................................546
Windows Integrated Security......................................................................547
Trusted Account with Windows or Forms Authentication ........................548
User Authorization with SharePoint ..........................................................549

Programmability .........................................................................................551
Configuration Code Sample .......................................................................552
Setting Up Kerberos Authentication...........................................................554
Summary .....................................................................................................555
34 Tools Support for SSRS Integrated with SharePoint 557
Report Services Configuration Tool............................................................558
SQL Server Management Studio .................................................................560
Administration and Management Pages ....................................................561
Report-Authoring Tools ..............................................................................561
Summary .....................................................................................................564
35 Viewing Reports in SharePoint 565
Report Viewer Web Part..............................................................................566
Connect the Report Viewer Web Part with Other SharePoint Web Parts .568
URL Access Parameters................................................................................569
Viewing Reports with SharePoint 2.0 Web Parts........................................572
Summary .....................................................................................................572
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36 Managing Reports in SharePoint 573
Managing Properties ...................................................................................574
Managing Permissions ................................................................................576
Managing Data Sources .....................................................................576
Managing Parameters..................................................................................577
Managing Report Processing Options ...............................................579
Managing Report History ...........................................................................580
Managing Shared Schedules .......................................................................580
Managing Subscriptions..............................................................................582

SharePoint Document Management ..........................................................584
Summary .....................................................................................................587
37 Ad Hoc Reporting in SharePoint 589
Report Builder Reports in SharePoint.........................................................590
Data Sources in SharePoint.........................................................................593
Report Models in SharePoint......................................................................594
Report Builder 2.0 .......................................................................................594
Tips for Report Builder Usage .....................................................................595
Summary .....................................................................................................596
Part VI Appendixes
A References and Additional Reading 597
MSDN Websites...........................................................................................597
SQL Customer Advisory Team Technical Notes .........................................597
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Samples ...........................................................598
SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Forum ...............................................598
Blogs ............................................................................................................598
White Papers ...............................................................................................599
SharePoint Integration Links......................................................................599
Additional Books.........................................................................................600
B Glossary 601
C Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Information 613
D What’s New in SQL Server SP1? 617
What’s New in SP1? ....................................................................................617
E What’s New in SQL Server 2008 R2? 623
Map and Spatial Visualizations...................................................................624
Grab and Go Reporting ..............................................................................624
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Report Builder 3.0 and Ad Hoc Reporting..................................................626
SharePoint Integration Enhancements.......................................................627
Report Manager Facelift ..............................................................................627
Report Viewer Control Updates..................................................................627
ATOM Data Renderer ..................................................................................627
Other Features in R2 ...................................................................................627
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About the Authors
Michael Lisin has been in the software industry for more than 17 years, with 10 of those
years working with Microsoft. Most of his career, Michael has been consulting on SQL
Server and business intelligence solutions for Microsoft’s enterprise customers. He has
worked with SQL Server Reporting Services since the product’s first pre-beta version in
2002 and has taught Reporting Services classes and presented topics related to SQL Server
at various events. Michael earned his MBA at Texas A&M University in 2006 and contin-
ues to be a dedicated scholar of Reporting Services. He is now working with business
development for Microsoft.
Jim Joseph is an independent contractor with 10 years of experience developing custom
software solutions in a variety of industries. He has worked with SQL Server Reporting
Services since the first beta release in 2000. He earned his MBA from the University of St.
Thomas in 2002. He has worked in a number of roles from developer to database adminis-
trator.
Amit Goyal is a senior lead manager for the SQL Server Reporting Services team at
Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, Amit was a director at Yahoo! and worked on devel-
opment of the Panama search monetization platform. He has 14 years of industry experi-
ence at high-tech companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, Oracle, and Broadbase Software.

He earned his bachelor of science degree from UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign) and master’s degree from Stanford University.
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Dedications
Michael Lisin: Dedicated to my family: my wife, Anna; my chil-
dren (Helen, Noah, and Alexander); my mother; and the memory of
my grandfather. Thank you all for always being extremely support-
ive in my life endeavors.
Jim Joseph: Dedicated to my wife, Deseere, and my son,
Christopher. Thanks for having the patience to deal with an absent
daddy.
Amit Goyal: Dedicated to my loving parents, Mr. Ram Charan
and Mrs. Manju Goyal; my wife, Meenakshi Agarwal; my daughter,
Aditi; and my sister, Rashmi.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the publishing team for working with us on this book.
Special thanks to Brook, Keith, Mark, Neil, J. Boyd, Seth, and others. Thank you for your
valuable feedback, answers, and hard work on this book. Without you all, this book
would not be possible.
Thank you to Matt Whitten and Stephen Rauch for getting Michael started with
Reporting Services and to Dr. John Groth of Texas A&M for instilling creativity in your
students. Thank you to Kevin Swailes for pointers about exception reports.
Amit Goyal would like to thank his colleagues on the SQL Server Reporting Services team
for help with content from their areas of expertise, especially Prash Shirolkar, Lukasz
Pawlowski, Neeraja Divakaruni, Robert Bruckner, Nico Cristache, and Sean Boon.
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