Reporting Services: New and Updated Topics (14 April 2006)

New: 14 April 2006

In the 14 April 2006 release of SQL Server Books Online, the following topics have either been added to Books Online or have had significant changes.

Topic Categories

New Conceptual and Task Topics

New Tutorial Topics

Updated Conceptual and Task Topics

New User Interface Topics

New Reference Topics

Updated Reference Topics

New Conceptual and Task Topics

Configuring a Report Server for Remote Administration

Configuring Reporting Services for Report Builder Access

Configuring Reporting Services to Use the Microsoft .NET Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

Defining and Managing Report Data

Defining Datasets for Multidimensional Data from an SAP NetWeaver BI System

Defining Datasets for Relational Data from an Oracle Database

Defining Datasets for Relational Data from an SAP Database

Defining Datasets from a Report Model

Defining Report Data Sources

How to: Add a Calculated Member for a SAP NetWeaver BI MDX Query (Report Designer)

How to: Refresh Fields in the Datasets Window (Report Designer)

How to: Set a Variable for an SAP NetWeaver BI MDX Query (Report Designer)

How to: Upgrade a SQL Server Express Report Server to Another SQL Server Edition

Installing Multiple Instances of Reporting Services

Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services

Setting Culture Properties for Models

Upgrading a Report Server Database

Using Extended Field Properties for an SAP NetWeaver BI System

Using SAP NetWeaver BI MDX Query Designer in Design Mode

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New Tutorial Topics

Tutorial: Applying Security Filters to Report Model Items

Tutorial: Customizing Report Builder Clickthrough Reports

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Updated Conceptual and Task Topics

Accounts in a Reporting Services Deployment

Ad Hoc Reporting with Report Models

Administering a Report Server Database

Attribute Object (Model Designer)

Backup and Restore Operations for a Reporting Services Installation

Changing Service Accounts and Passwords

Configuring a Report Server for Internet Access

Configuring Available Memory for Reporting Services

Configuring Report Server Virtual Directories

Configuring Reporting Services to Use SSIS Package Data

Connecting to a Data Source

Creating a Report Server Database

Creating Expressions in Reporting Services

Data Sources Supported by Reporting Services

DefaultDetailAttributes Collection (Model Designer)

DefaultSecurityFilter Object (Model Designer)

Defining Datasets for a SQL Server Relational Database

Defining Datasets for Other Data Sources

Defining Datasets for XML Data

Defining Report Datasets in Reporting Services

Designing for HTML Output

Designing for Microsoft Excel Output

Entity Object (Model Designer)

Exporting Reports

Expression Examples in Reporting Services

Grouping Data in a Report

How to: Add a Calculated Member for an Analysis Services MDX Query (Report Designer)

How to: Add a Data-Bound Image (Image Wizard)

How to: Configure a Browser for Client-Side Printing (Report Manager)

How to: Configure Reporting Services to Use a Non-Default Web Site (Reporting Services Configuration)

How to: Create a Dataset (Report Designer)

International Considerations for Reporting Services

Moving a Report Server Database to Another Computer

Planning a Reporting Services Deployment

Publisher Role

Publishing a Report Model

Publishing Reports to a Production Environment

Query Design Tools in Reporting Services

Query Syntax for Specifying XML Report Data

Report and Snapshot Size Limits

Report Builder

Report Designer

Report Server System Properties

Reporting Services Configuration Tool

RSReportDesigner Configuration File

RSReportServer Configuration File

Securable Items

Securing Reports and Resources

SecurityFilters Collection

Sorting Data in a Report

Specifying Rendering Extension Parameters in Configuration Files

Starting Report Builder

Troubleshooting Report Processing Problems

Upgrading a Report Server Web Farm

Using Custom Code References in Expressions (Reporting Services)

Using Extended Field Properties for an Analysis Services Database

Using Global Collections in Expressions (Reporting Services)

Using Parameters in a Report

Working with Data in Reporting Services

Working With Fields in a Dataset

Working with Models

Working with Perspectives in Model Designer

Working with Roles, Source Fields, and Expressions

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New User Interface Topics

Analysis Services DMX Query Designer User Interface

Analysis Services MDX Query Designer User Interface

SAP NetWeaver BI Query Designer User Interface

SMDL Query Designer User Interface

SQL Server Query Designer User Interface

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New Reference Topics

ElementPath Syntax for Specifying XML Report Data

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Updated Reference Topics

Aggregate Function (Reporting Services)

Previous Function (Reporting Services)

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