Working with Report Builder 3.0 - Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 - page 240

Report Builder 3.0 user interface
Report Builder 3.0 interface has not gone through much of a change from Report
Builder 2.0 except perhaps how the wizard pages are sequenced with some additional
wizard pages added. The readers are urged to review the following topic, which
describes the Report Builder 2.0 User Interface in great detail ( Learning SQL Server
2008 Reporting Services , Jayaram Krishnaswamy by Packt Publishing ):
However, as we go through the various hands-on exercises, we will be using the
UI more frequently so that by the time you finish this chapter, you would have
acquired sufficient skills.
The enhancements to Report Builder 3.0 after the release of SQL Server 2012 are
Excel and Word rendering extensions, which support rendering Word and Excel
documents that are compatible with Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office
2010, as well as Microsoft Office 2003 Word and Excel documents. However, they
require the installation of Microsoft Office Compatibility pack for Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint. The format of these documents is Office Open XML with file
extensions .xlsx and .docx .
Report authoring
Report writing starts with planning like most of the other activities. Some of the
key considerations are:
• Audience
• Report structure
• Look and feel of report
• Report visibility related to security
• Report delivery format
• Canned or AD_HOC
• Web or desktop
• Internet, Intranet, or hard copy