SQL DownUnder CodeCamp 2007 – Reporting Services Tips and Tricks (5)

Session-5

Topic: Reporting services Tips and Tricks

Mahesh Krishnan – Senior consultant, Readify

Covered the following tips on reporting services:

1. Create report templates that can be re-used in your reporting application.

2. Create your own style theme that will show up in the report wizard.

3. Customize the way the Report Manager and HTML viewer looks.

4. Call custom code  (written in your favourite .NET language) from your reports.

5. Call the Reporting Service Web  service from your application.

6. Monitor your reports via the Executionlog table and performance counters.

7. Navigate a report’s “DOM” using the Document outline view. 

8. Consider performance.

9. Consider user experience.

10. Consider maintainability.

Links to speaker:

Blog: Mahesh Krishnan-Blog 

Excellent session from a new speaker, thanks Mahesh Krishnan.

October 14, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities, UserGroups and conferences

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