This book teaches business analysts and developers how to use Microsoft's reporting platform to create reports and business intelligence (BI) solutions. The book explains Reporting Services architecture and BI fundamentals, as well as the key ingredients to successful report design. The authors also cover advanced report design and filtering techniques and they categorize common report types and lead the reader through each design, discussing its purpose and the conditions where it could be more efficient. Building on the previous edition, there is more coverage for the professional developer and of course coverage of the new features introduced with Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
