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Introduction
The recipes in Chapter 1 , Understanding the Goals of Reporting , discuss the objectives of
reports and the prerequisite steps you must take before delving into the creation process.
This chapter builds on the concepts in Chapter 1 , Understanding the Goals of Reporting ,
covering the internals of System Center 2012 R2 reporting database structures, which you
must understand to create credible and powerful reports. The chapter also includes an intro-
duction recipe to SQL queries. This information is applicable to the previous versions of
the System Center components that now make up the unified product.