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SQL Reporting Services SSRS
Presentation for Sage User Network
Sept 11th 2008
SQL Reporting Services SSRSWho Am I?
• Steve Littlewood • Independent Sage Line500 / 1000 Consultant• Preactor Reseller• Stock / Production Controller in the past• 1994 Systems Manager on a Chameleon site• 1998 Consultant with MIH / TSP / BDE• 2008 .......• Specialising in Stock / Manufacturing / Reporting /
Distribution / Project Management
SQL Reporting Services SSRS
• Some of you will be using it already• Report Manager - Stock Search
• But all of you have it!• Assuming that you have SQL 2000 or 2005• It is not free, you have already paid for it
SQL Reporting Services SSRSWhat is it?
• Obviously a Reporting tool• But think of it as a Screen Enquiry Builder • With Drill Down functionality• Oh and you can print if you need to!• Competes directly with Crystal Reports• Competes with Sage BI / Enquiries? • Overlap of some functionality with Excel
SQL Reporting Services SSRSDeployment
• Great delivery methods• On demand – via a web page “Pull”• Email on a schedule “Push”• To a file server on a schedule, e.g. as an Excel
document. With an option the email users that a new version is available via a hyperlink
• To a report “snapshot” so that processing can be run overnight
• “Linked” reports – different parameters, but same report definition so low on maintenance
SQL Reporting Services SSRS Deployment continued
• Microsoft stack• Call reports from your own application• Preactor do this in V10 – pack of SSRS reports • A Sage FCE could do it!• From Sage 1000 CRM :
• in Company Context• in Account Manager Context from My CRM
• Just a URL. So call it from anywhere!
• So some examples......
SQL Reporting Services SSRSExamples – Stock Value Summary
Click to drill to a detail screen(Wh=BB shown on next slide)
SQL Reporting Services SSRS Stock Value Detail
Folder Navigation
Tabs for permissions, schedules etc
Parameters Hide parameters
Export to Excel, PDF etc
SQL Reporting Services SSRSLive Examples
Report Server URL
http://scl-it/Reports2005/Pages/Folder.aspx?ItemPath=%2flaptop_dev_2005%2f_slect_REP
SQL Reporting Services SSRS From Sage1000 – in Company Context
This is a Reporting Services screen running within Sage 1000 with the Company passed as a parameter.
SQL Reporting Services SSRS From Sage1000 – in Account Manager Context
Same report, but from My CRM it shows my Customer Accounts
SQL Reporting Services SSRS
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