Spoke at South Carolina MS CodeCamp today: SQL Server ReportBuilder

Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.

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Understanding SQL Server 2005 ReportBuilder

You may have heard that SQL Server 2005 offers a new ad hoc report building capability. What's in it for you? How do you use it as a developer or DBA? What does it give to your end users? Or how might it help you or others in-house in building reports more easily--even if never exposed to outsiders via Reporting Server? In this talk, veteran IT developer, DBA, and speaker Charlie Arehart will introduce the new reporting capability, including the Report Builder tool, and the process of creating report models in the Business Intelligence Development Studio. More than just a quick walkthrough of basics, Charlie will share his hard-earned experience deploying the tool in production, including some hidden gems that may aid those with experience already using these tools.

Having doubts about whether the talk or solution suits you? Perhaps you've not yet installed SQL2k5, or you just aren't ready to convert your have SQL2k5 installed? No problem. The tool can report against SQL 2000 databases. Just allocate a new box on which to install Reporting Services. What if you have no intention of letting customers "report against" your data? Well, it could still be useful for some in your organization who won't be up to the more developer-oriented Visual Studio Report Designer. Finally, what if you've just never gotten into the whole Reporting Services thing? Again, no problem. You don't need any prior experience.

For more information on other talks I have given (and can give), see my presentations site:

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(For those who are curious, CodeCamps are free, community-run but MS-sponsored conferences that are typically one or two weekend days (typically annual or bi-annual). As my talk here shows, just because it's an MS-sponsored event doesn't mean that CF developers won't get value. Talks are as often on .NET and ASP.NET as on SQL Server, Visual Studio, Atlas, SourceSafe, and more.)

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