Classroom Training

Report Builder training course

Classroom training course - online version also available

£850 + VAT for most venues (£995 + VAT for London)

2 days

Report Builder is almost identical to Reporting Services (the difference is that Report Builder allows you to create reports without having to download or learn Visual Studio). If you're not sure of the differences, speak to us and we can talk you through which application you should be using (or have a look here).

This two-day course explains how to create reports in Report Builder 2016 (this is pretty much identical to Report Builder 3, so if you're using the older version you can still attend). During the course you'll learn how to create tables, lists and matrices, format reports so that they look beautiful and add fancy devices like indicators and gauges.

Course details

Possible locations:London, Manchester, Online
Next classroom course:No classroom dates
Time:09:30-16:30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Data sources and datasets

Data sources
Datasets
Using query designer

Tables

Creating tables
Interactive sorting
Floating headers

Grouping

Inserting groups
Group headers/footers
Displaying group totals
Expanding and collapsing

Expressions

The expression builder
The ReportItems collection
Built-in fields
Conditional formatting expressions

Page set-up

Page headers and footers
Page names and numbers

Exporting reports

The various report formats
Using RenderFormat.Name

Parameters

Creating parameters
Filtering using parameters
Drop list parameters
Coping with empty tables

Matrices

Row and column groups
Sorting and filtering matrices
Creating subtotals

Charts

Creating charts
The parts of a chart
Formatting charts

Basic reports

Text boxes and images
Selecting report items
Formatting parts of a report

Covered if time allows If time

Miniature charts

Creating sparklines
Creating data bars

Graphical indicators

Creating and customising indicators
Linear and radial gauges

Lists

Page-per-record lists
Dashboard lists
Other list ideas

Covered if time allows If time

Subreports

Creating a child report
Creating the main report
Linking the two reports

Covered if time allows If time

Drill-through reports

Parent and child reports
Creating actions
Passing values to a child report

The SSRS web portal

Browsing to the web portal
Viewing reports
Managing reports

Covered if time allows If time

KPIs and mobile reports

Creating a KPI
Installing mobile report publisher
Creating a mobile report

There are no particular pre-requisites for this course, although a passing knowledge of how relational databases are formed will help. In particular, no knowledge of SQL is needed.

Why Choose Us?

No more than 5 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
482 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"Brilliant course, thank you for an enjoyable two days."

Jamie Weavers (East Coast Community Healthcare CIC)

"Course content, pace and trainer were great. Really enjoyable course, all clearly explained, left feeling confident and can't wait to put into practice."

Stuart Harris (Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust)

"The trainer clearly knew his stuff and was engaging throughout. "

Matthew Nash (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC, ex MHCLG))

"Really enjoyed the course, thank you all. Brilliant trainer, very engaging, gave clear explanations and made the course informative and enjoyable. Particularly liked the course format (following along with the trainer's screen) - when learning remotely it's difficult at times to keep alert and I think that this was a great way to keep us engaged throughout - I felt I learnt more this way too."

Andrea Shaw (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

"A brilliant course put together with meticulous detail and taught by an amazing trainer in a fun and engaging manner. I’m extremely grateful for the experience and the content I have learnt. Thank you :) ! I have watched the Wise Owl videos on YouTube for years and am a huge fan, so naturally I jumped at the chance when my employer offered me the opportunity to take the Introduction to SQL course to level up on my existing knowledge."

Paul Symonds (The University of Manchester)

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