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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Designing a Simple Report
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a basic SSRS report containing a table of actors sorted by name, and a simple image.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Designing a Simple Report
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a simple report, containing an image, a line and a textbox.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Designing a Simple Report
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a skeleton premier league table (this exercise is mostly about aligning and formatting text boxes).

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Data sources and datasets
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a data source and shared dataset to link to a simple two-table database of books and authors.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Tables
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create an SSRS report showing a table of actors with interactive sorting.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Tables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a formatted SSRS table to show a list of successful films with interactive sorting and a total row.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Tables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report containing a table listing actors, with interactive sorting.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Tables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create two tables in an SSRS report and apply filters to each using the Tablix Properties dialog box.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Tables
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a pretty tabular report listing out actors and their films, and freeze the headers at the top of each page.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Apply grouping to an SSRS table to organise films by genre.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a grouped table in an SSRS report with collapsible sections.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Apply multiple grouping levels to a table in an SSRS report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a tabular report grouping films by starring actors.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a report with multiple grouping levels and collapsible groups.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Grouping tables
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a tabular report listing films by language and country, with two levels of grouping and subtotals for each.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Add calculated fields to an SSRS dataset to calculate the percentage success rate of Oscars won by films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Apply conditional formatting to an SSRS report using expressions.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a calculated field to test if a field contains no value. Use the result of the expression to filter two tables.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report with an expression calculating film budgets per minute, and a simple page header.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use expressions to create conditional formatting in an SSRS table.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a report listing film directors by age (including calculating this age with an expression and conditional formatting).

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Use expressions in an SSRS report to calculate a variety of values related to the season of a film.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Expressions
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Use the lookup function in an SSRS report to retrieve related information from a different data source.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Pages and printing
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use expressions in an SSRS report to generate a page header and footer.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Pages and printing
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Export an SSRS report to Excel using the RenderFormat.Name property to control the visibility of report items.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a report using parameters to show all of the actors born between two (user-input) dates.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use a drop down list parameter in an SSRS report to filter a table of films based on their Oscar success.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use drop down list parameters to filter a table of films in an SSRS report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use parameters in an SSRS report to filter a table of actors by name.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use text parameters in an SSRS report to filter a table of film roles.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report listing out all of the films made for any given actor (choosable from a drop list).

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report with a multivalue droplist parameter, to show all of the films for a given set of certificates.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create date parameters in an SSRS report to filter a table of actors.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use drop down list parameters in an SSRS report to filter a list of actors based on their gender and dead or alive status.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use parameters in an SSRS report to control the results generated by calculated fields.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	A fun but difficult exercise, involving hiding things depending on the value of a dropdown parameter, and with a navigation link thrown in.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a drop down list parameter to select the cast members for different films in an SSRS report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a report with droplists for the birth month and year for an actor (including an additional drop list to ask which day of the week should be shaded).

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a sequence of cascading drop list parameters in an SSRS report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Parameters
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Use multiple parameters in an SSRS report to filter a table of films, allowing null values and with conditional formatting.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Indicators
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use basic indicators in an SSRS report to show the relative success of films based on their Oscar nominations.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Indicators
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Add indicators to an SSRS report to display the length of each film in a table.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Indicators
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a table showing appropriiate smiley faces - indicators - depending on how many Oscars each film was nominated for.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Gauges
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use a gauge in an SSRS report to display the approximate age of films in a table.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Gauges
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a table containing a gauge to measure the number of Oscar nominations for each film.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Gauges
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use a gauge to compare Oscar wins with Oscar nominations in a table of films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Gauges
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a table with a gauge panel containing 2 gauges and 3 labels, measuring film budgets against box office.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Matrices
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a matrix to show the total Oscars won by films in different genres with different certificates.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Matrices
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a simple matrix of films by certificate and country.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Matrices
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a matrix of Oscars, to include formatted subtotals and conditional formatting.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Matrices
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a matrix which groups actors by their day and month of birth in an SSRS report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Matrices
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a matrix of actors by decade and gender - lots of extra complications in this one!.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a chart in SSRS using a timeline axis to display the history of war films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a pie chart in an SSRS report to shown the length of films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a pyramid chart in SSRS to display the average budget of martial arts movies.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create and format a bar chart of film takings by country and certificate.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a doughnut chart in SSRS to display the relative box office takings of animation films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Charts
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a doughnut chart within a grouped table giving breakdown of number of films by certificate.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Data bars and sparklines
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Add data bars to a table in an SSRS report to display the length of science fiction movies.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Data bars and sparklines
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a table showing in data bars the number of Oscar-winning films made per actor.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Lists
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a simple list in an SSRS report to display martial arts films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Lists
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a simple list, showing the main details of each film in a separate box.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Lists
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a list grouping by film certificate, to include a table and a chart analysing the films for each certificate.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Lists
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create a grouped list in an SSRS report to display details of crime films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Subreports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report and subreport listing out all of the actors appearing in each film.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Subreports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create an SSRS report and subreport combination to display a list of films with different certificates.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Revision of expressions
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a couple of expressions for a report, using the IIF function.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Revision of expressions
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a calculated field using SWITCH to categorise directors.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Revision of expressions
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	For each film show a list of its actors, using JOIN and LOOKUPSET.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Variables
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use a report variable to colour the first n rows of a report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Variables
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use report variables to show percentages of totals.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Variables
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create one report and one group variable to show percent of totals.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Embedding code
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create and embedded code function to calculate film profit margins.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Embedding code
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create an embedded function to show films are blockbusters or turkeys.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Embedding code
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	A long VB function in embedded code to count and summarise words.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Basic Custom Assemblies
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Assign an expression to an image name, using a custom assembly.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Basic Custom Assemblies
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use a custom assembly to remember - and change - row back colours.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Examples of custom assemblies
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Use a report variable and custom assembly to colour rows proportionally.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Customising reports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a CSS file and apply it to reports to customise the parameter bar.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Customising reports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a template, including page setup, logos and default dataset.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Using SQL views
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a report based on a view listing actors and roles, then update it.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Using SQL views
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a new view showing film profitability, and use this for a report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Using SQL views
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a view including all film tables, and use this to create a matrix report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Stored procedures in SSRS
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a stored procedure listing actors in order, and use it to create a report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Stored procedures in SSRS
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a report using a stored procedure linking 2 tables with a WHERE clause.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Stored procedure parameters
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Use two date parameters in a stored procedure for a report listing directors.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Stored procedure parameters
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	List films lasting between 2 parameters, one of which may be null.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Dropdowns with procedures
Level:	Relatively easy
Exercise:	Create a dropdown parameter listing film certificates, and use this to show a report of films.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Dropdowns with procedures
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Dropdown of genders, with list of actors coloured according to choice.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Dropdowns with procedures
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Linked dropdowns using parameters, with a UNION query to replace the top value.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Multivalue parameter procedures
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Multivalue droplist, using JOIN to display parameter labels.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Improving report navigation
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a document map / outline for a table with two grouping levels.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Improving report navigation
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create bookmarks for group members, then a table of contents to link to them.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Linking reports (drilldown)
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a drillthrough report in SSRS which allows the user to click a country name to see a list of films made in that country.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Linking reports (drilldown)
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Create a pie chart of films, and attach an action to each slice to show details for that film in a separate table.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Linking reports (drilldown)
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create an SSRS report with a column chart which allows the user to drill through to see details of films made in different countries.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Linking reports (drilldown)
Level:	Harder than average
Exercise:	Create an SSRS report with a matrix which can be used to drill through to another report.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Dynamic reports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Dynamic column chart with dropdown to choose category field.

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Software:	SSRS Reporting Services
Topic:	Dynamic reports
Level:	Average difficulty
Exercise:	Use an expression for a dataset to create a report with two dynamic sort fields.

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