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Intensive fast-track 3-day Reporting Services (SSRS)

Three days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,895

Classroom (Manchester)
£1,595

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£1,295

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

You don't need any pre-existing knowledge of SQL or SQL Server to attend this course, although if you understand how databases are constructed using tables and relationships you'll have a head start. What you must have is a very good aptitude for IT, otherwise you won't enjoy your three days!

Course schedule

Here are our next few Fast track SSRS course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
09-11 Dec	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
12-14 Feb	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
07-09 Apr	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
04-06 Jun	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
04-06 Aug	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

Fast track SSRS - Course Contents

We're definitely not pushing this course, as we think for the majority of people our two-day Introduction to SSRS course will be sufficient for their needs. However, there are some extra goodies on the three-day fast-track course such as:

Using variables in expressions in SSRS
Creating dropdown parameters based on stored procedures
Creating truly dynamic reports

Be warned that if you don't know any SQL you will find parts of this course difficult (you'll also find it a long three days if you're not the sort of person who picks up new software reasonably easily).

This fast-track course combines topics from the following other Wise Owl courses:

From our REPORTING SERVICES course

Introduction to SSRS

Visual Studio and SSDT
Solutions and projects
The Visual Studio environment

Designing a Simple Report

Authoring a report
Using report items
Selecting and formatting report items
Number formats

Data sources and datasets

Shared data sources
Shared versus embedded datasets
Using Query Designer

Tables

Structure of a table
Formatting tables
Inserting rows
Interactive sorting
Repeating page headers

Grouping tables

Using the grouping panes
Row and column groups
Displaying subtotals
Outlining

Expressions

Calculated fields
The ReportItems collection
Using built-in fields
Conditional formatting - expressions

Pages and printing

Page headers and footers
Pagination between groups
Header and footer expressions

Parameters

Using query parameters
Creating drop lists
Multi-value drop lists
Formatting using parameters

Indicators

Creating indicators
Changing the symbols displayed
Stopping indicators stretching

Gauges

Creating and formatting gauges
Gauge panels
Pointers, scales and ranges

Matrices

Areas of a matrix
Sorting and grouping matrices
Creating and formatting subtotals

Charts

The areas of a chart
Creating charts
Formatting charts

Data bars and sparklines

Need for a grouped row
Creating data bars
Creating sparklines

Lists if time

Creating and formatting lists
Grouping using lists
Using rectangles in lists

Subreports if time

Creating a child report
Creating the main report
Creating and formatting subreports

Drill-through reports

Parent and child reports
Creating actions
Passing values to a child report

Maps if time

ESRI shapefiles / SQL spatial data
Linking to datasets
Map layers
Center points and point layers

Deploying reports

Setting the target server
Deploying an entire project
Deploying single reports

The SSRS web portal

Browsing to the web portal
Viewing reports
Managing reports

Subscriptions if time

How subscriptions work
Creating a new subscription
Managing subscriptions

From our ADVANCED SSRS course

Advanced expressions

Understanding scope
Using RowNumber
Running totals

Variables

How variables work
Report variables
Group variables

Embedding code

Setting code for a report
Calling functions in expressions
Better ways to write code

Using SQL views

Why views are a good idea
Designing views
Scripting views
Using views in reports

Stored procedures in SSRS

Pros and cons of stored procedures
Server Explorer vs SSMS
Creating and editing procedures
Using for reports

Stored procedure parameters

Creating report parameters
Refreshing fields
Default and null values

Dropdowns with procedures

The stored procedures needed
Cascading dropdowns
Replacing SELECT A VALUE

Multivalue parameter procedures if time

Splitting the choices made in SQL
Displaying the chosen data
Restricting the number of choices

Improving report navigation

Document maps
Using bookmarks
Setting tooltips

Dynamic reports

Dynamic datasets
Dynamic grouping
Dynamic matrices

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
547 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"I loved the course, it was very engaging and got me so excited about Power BI. I actually love its potential and can see where it can be put into practice within my Service."

Diane Cooper-Ramsden (Barnsley MBC)

"I thought the course was superb. The content delivery and the accessibility to all was really impressive, having the exercises to work through during the course helped consolidate the knowledge. The content was really easy to follow and if we were ever stuck, were given the confidence to feel like we could ask for help. I have been on multiple different training courses with different providers and I can honestly say the course was delivered by the best trainer I have ever had. The passion he has for teaching and helping others learn was clearly on show and was so refreshing and great to see. Throughout both days he made you feel so welcome and that no question was a stupid question, he was always there to help and guide you through any problems we had and overall he was just amazing, I couldn't have asked for any more and he went above and beyond my expectations for the course and what I would gain from it. "

Cameron Daulby (Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd)

"Great trainer. Precise information given and good tips for us to use going forward with our own work"

Junedul Alom (Torus62 Ltd)

"Very good trainer who went out of his way to answer any questions that we had."

Evie Topp (Clayton Glass Ltd)

"Great trainer and though I use excel everyday, it is amazing how much you can still learn. Appreciative of the course content and the way it was made enjoyable. More so, I am already employing the techniques I have learnt, to improve upon what I thought I was pretty good at..!!"

Roger Cameron (Jollyes)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

Related Courses

You might like to consider these related courses:

Reporting Services

Basic

2 day course

Advanced SSRS

Advanced