Advanced Report Design - Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - page 183

Advanced Report Design

In Chapter 4, you learned about the basic components of report design, but now you take each
of these elements to the next level. The real power behind Reporting Services is its ability to cre-
atively use data groups and combinations of report items. Calculations and conditional formatting
may be added by using simple programming code. Whether you are an application developer or
a report designer, this chapter contains important information to help you design reports to meet
your user's requirements, and to raise the bar with compelling report features.

This chapter covers:

❑ Grouping data.

❑ Lists and data regions.

❑ Creating a tabular report using tables.

❑ Matrix report.

❑ Links and drill-through reports.

❑ Using charts in reports.

❑ Using custom code to extend formatting and apply business logic.

❑ Designing reports for mobile devices.

At this point, you should be comfortable using Visual Studio 2005 to create and add reports to a
project, and you should be familiar with the basic mechanics of the designer. If you are new to this
environment, please work through the exercises in Chapter 4 before you read on.