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SSRS Training

Reporting Services (SSRS) Training Course

£695 + VAT for most venues (£850 + VAT for London)

2 days

If you're wondering whether you should be learning SQL Server Reporting Services, the answer is yes! SSRS (as it's often called) allows you to create impressive reports, including drill-through, indicators, gauges and lots of other whizzy features. You can then publish these reports directly to your company's website in a number of different formats, or push them out to subscribers by email.

This two-day course runs in SSRS 2016, but if you're using SSRS 2012 you'll still be able to attend, as the report design interface has barely changed (even since SSRS 2008 R2).

Course details

Locations:Manchester, London
Next course:Thu 10 January 2019
Time:09.30-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

Introduction to SSRS

Visual Studio and SQL Server Data Tools
Solutions and projects
The Visual Studio environment

Designing a Simple Report

Authoring a report
Using report items
Selecting and formatting report items
Number formats

Data sources and datasets

Shared data sources
Shared versus embedded datasets
Using Query Designer

Tables

Structure of a table
Formatting tables
Inserting rows
Interactive sorting
Repeating page headers

Grouping tables

Using the grouping panes
Row and column groups
Displaying subtotals
Outlining

Expressions

Calculated fields
The ReportItems collection
Using built-in fields
Conditional formatting using expressions

Pages and printing

Page headers and footers
Pagination between groups
Header and footer expressions

Parameters

Using query parameters
Creating drop lists
Multi-value drop lists
Formatting using parameters

Indicators

Creating indicators
Changing the symbols displayed
Stopping indicators stretching

Gauges

Creating and formatting gauges
Gauge panels
Pointers, scales and ranges

Matrices

Areas of a matrix
Sorting and grouping matrices
Creating and formatting subtotals

Charts

The areas of a chart
Creating charts
Formatting charts

Data bars and sparklines

Need for a grouped row
Creating data bars
Creating sparklines

Lists

Creating and formatting lists
Grouping using lists
Using rectangles in lists

Covered if time allows If time

Subreports

Creating a child report
Creating the main report
Creating and formatting subreports

Drill-through reports

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

Covered if time allows If time

Maps

ESRI shapefiles / SQL spatial data
Linking to datasets
Map layers
Center points and point layers

Deploying reports

Setting the target server
Deploying an entire project
Deploying single reports

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

Covered if time allows If time

Subscriptions

How subscriptions work
Creating a new subscription
Managing subscriptions

Why Choose Us?

No more than 6 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
467 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

"I attended the 2 Day SSRS course in London this week. Just wanted to say a big thank you - the content and pace was excellent. The trainer was very engaging and knowledgeable - happy to help with off topic questions. Would definitely use you guys again."

Alison Atterbury (Collinson Group)

"Excellent course - brilliant and useful (Intro to SQL). Excellent course - small groups make it easier to ask questions and the pace is suited to everyone. The exercises are all good. Would highly recommend (Advanced SQL)."

Helen Seymour (University of Leeds)

"Very knowledgeable trainer!"

David Norrington-Moore (DNM Business Intelligence Ltd)

"Really good all round. Manual seems very thorough and exercises were really helpful. I thought the course was great and it’s been really helpful!"

Felix Michaux (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons)

"This was a great course and pitched perfectly for my needs. I have been on a course where I was the only delegate and it descended into farce - not the case here, the trainer managed this superbly! Faultless."

Neil Meredith (Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

You do not need any prior knowledge of SQL to attend this course (although you should have an understanding of tables and databases).

Scheduled Reporting Services training dates

Here are the Reporting Services courses we have scheduled for the next 3 months:

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Thu/Fri 10-11 January 2019	2	London	£850	Book places
Thu/Fri 17-18 January 2019	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Thu/Fri 17-18 January 2019	2	Manchester	£695	Fully booked
Thu/Fri 28th Feb/1st March 2019	2	London	£850	Book places
Thu/Fri 07-08 March 2019	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Tue/Wed 16-17 April 2019	2	Manchester	£695	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
10/01	London
17/01	Manchester
17/01	Manchester
28/02	London
07/03	Manchester
16/04	Manchester

All prices exclude VAT. If you can't see the dates you want, ask us about running onsite SSRS training at your offices (we'll even provide and set up the computers).