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What are the most important aspects of Reports for the end user? |
Accuracy and Performance.
Business decision makers want accurate reports so they can correctly analyze that data and get accurate answers to their questions. |
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What are Embedded Reports for? |
SSRS allows you to develop and manage Embedded Reports for an organization’s portals or custom applications. They allow developers to integrate .NET, Java, C# codes into the report or embed the report into the codes.
It is a development platform that can be used by in-house developers or third-party independent software vendors to create either Microsoft Windows or Web Reporting applications. |
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What is Rendering? |
Rendering is a process of converting the report layout and report data into a specific file format.
You can render reports into different formats such as HTML or Excel spreadsheets or PDF files. |
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What is the Reporting Life Cycle? |
The Reporting Life Cycle is the sequence of activities associated with a report from creation to delivery.
There are three phases of the reporting life cycle including report development, management of the report server, and report access by users. |
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What is Report Development? |
Report Development is the process of developing reports whether they are Managed Reports or Ad Hoc Reports. |
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What is Report Administration? |
Report Administration is the process of managing the technical environments for reports and their reporting platform.
Administrators or Power Users have to manage the location, security, and execution properties of reports. |
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What is Report Access? |
Report Access is the process of users accessing reports whether from the Report Server or a shared network folder.
The most common way for users to access reports is to use a browser and navigate to a central report repository. As another alternative, you can create your own portal application with links to guide users to reports in Reporting Services. |
