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Reporting Services Course (2 days)

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Topics covered on this course

  • Introduction to SSRS

    Subtopics

    1. Visual Studio and SSDT
    2. Solutions and projects
    3. The Visual Studio environment
  • Designing a Simple Report

    Subtopics

    1. Authoring a report
    2. Using report items
    3. Selecting and formatting report items
    4. Number formats
  • Data sources and datasets

    Subtopics

    1. Shared data sources
    2. Shared versus embedded datasets
    3. Using Query Designer
  • Tables

    Subtopics

    1. Structure of a table
    2. Formatting tables
    3. Inserting rows
    4. Interactive sorting
    5. Repeating page headers
  • Grouping tables

    Subtopics

    1. Using the grouping panes
    2. Row and column groups
    3. Displaying subtotals
    4. Outlining
  • Expressions

    Subtopics

    1. Calculated fields
    2. The ReportItems collection
    3. Using built-in fields
    4. Conditional formatting - expressions
  • Pages and printing

    Subtopics

    1. Page headers and footers
    2. Pagination between groups
    3. Header and footer expressions
  • Parameters

    Subtopics

    1. Using query parameters
    2. Creating drop lists
    3. Multi-value drop lists
    4. Formatting using parameters
  • Indicators

    Subtopics

    1. Creating indicators
    2. Changing the symbols displayed
    3. Stopping indicators stretching
  • Gauges

    Subtopics

    1. Creating and formatting gauges
    2. Gauge panels
    3. Pointers, scales and ranges
  • Matrices

    Subtopics

    1. Areas of a matrix
    2. Sorting and grouping matrices
    3. Creating and formatting subtotals
  • Charts

    Subtopics

    1. The areas of a chart
    2. Creating charts
    3. Formatting charts
  • Data bars and sparklines

    Subtopics

    1. Need for a grouped row
    2. Creating data bars
    3. Creating sparklines
  • Lists

    Subtopics

    1. Creating and formatting lists
    2. Grouping using lists
    3. Using rectangles in lists
  • Subreports  

    Subtopics

    1. Creating a child report
    2. Creating the main report
    3. Creating and formatting subreports
  • Drill-through reports

    Subtopics

    1. Parent and child reports
    2. Creating actions
    3. Passing values to a child report
  • Maps  

    Subtopics

    1. ESRI shapefiles / SQL spatial data
    2. Linking to datasets
    3. Map layers
    4. Center points and point layers
  • Deploying reports

    Subtopics

    1. Setting the target server
    2. Deploying an entire project
    3. Deploying single reports
  • The SSRS web portal

    Subtopics

    1. Browsing to the web portal
    2. Viewing reports
    3. Managing reports
  • Subscriptions  

    Subtopics

    1. How subscriptions work
    2. Creating a new subscription
    3. Managing subscriptions

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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SQL Server Reporting Services Introduction course dates

The table below lists the SQL Server Reporting Services Introduction courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Mon/Tue 17-18 February 2025 17-18 Feb 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 20-21 March 2025 20-21 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 22-23 April 2025 22-23 Apr 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 19-20 May 2025 19-20 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 19-20 June 2025 19-20 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 17-18 July 2025 17-18 Jul 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 18-19 August 2025 18-19 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 23-24 September 2025 23-24 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 20-21 October 2025 20-21 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 20-21 November 2025 20-21 Nov 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

We don't currently have any Reporting Services courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Reporting Services course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Reporting Services courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Reporting Services course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Mon/Tue 17-18 February 2025 17-18 Feb 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 20-21 March 2025 20-21 Mar 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 22-23 April 2025 22-23 Apr 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 19-20 May 2025 19-20 May 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 19-20 June 2025 19-20 Jun 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 17-18 July 2025 17-18 Jul 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 18-19 August 2025 18-19 Aug 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 23-24 September 2025 23-24 Sep 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 20-21 October 2025 20-21 Oct 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 20-21 November 2025 20-21 Nov 2 days Online £875.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Reporting Services course

Here are some comments we've received about our Reporting Services course . You can see all of our 546 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"I enjoyed the interactive nature of the course, as personally, I find I learn best by actually carrying out the exercises, rather than just being shown. I also liked the repetition of the tasks, as this helped me learn the principles."

Tom Tuck

Macfarlanes LLP

"Thoroughly enjoyed the course, the trainer was very knowledgeable. He broke the course down well and answered all the questions I had. Best training experience I've had, thank you. Required SSRS training and your company was highly rated on Google and on top searches."

Tom Evans

The Placement Group (TPG)

"An amazing trainer, made the session really engaging and personalised the course to my needs. Even though there was only me on the course, I was able to pay attention and really enjoyed the session."

Amy Adams

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

"A great trainer, who explained everything very clearly. He made sure all topics were covered and understood by everyone. Really enjoyed this course and will definitely be looking into attending more Wise Owl courses."

Cassandra Wan

St Mungos

"Well structured course and the trainer adapted the pace of learning to benefit my needs. I feel I have come away from the course with more knowledge than I expected to and feel confident I will be able to utilise my new skills going forward. Manual is great. Thank you."

Julie Chapman

Hereford Sixth Form College

"Trainer was really engaging, knew his stuff and was helpful in guiding us to utilising SSRS effectively. He seemed to really enjoy teaching us and we could tell. Well delivered course and great content, example database to use. The trainer slightly adapted his delivery based on what he believed we would need and he was right."

Nathan Vickery

TVS Supply Chain Solutions

About this SQL Server Reporting Services Introduction course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about the course.

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS to the cognoscenti) is the flagship Microsoft tool for producing printed reports (if you want to create dashboards for viewing information on screen, you might be better off using Power BI). 

On this two day course, you'll learn how to create and deploy reports in SSRS, including:

  • Creating data sources and data sets

  • Grouping data in tables (including controlling page headers)

  • Creating expressions, including conditional formatting and page headers/footers

  • Automatically exporting data to tabbed Excel workbooks

  • Using parameters (simple or dropdown) to filter data in reports

  • Creating additional report items such as indicators and gauges

  • Working with matrices and charts

Note that you don't need to know any SQL to attend this course, as SSRS contains an easy-to-use query designer letting you choose which tables/fields you want to show in your reports.

Pre-requisites

You do not need any prior knowledge of SQL to attend this course (although you should have an understanding of tables and databases).

What you'll need to bring

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:

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

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

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 using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

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). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

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!

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.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions

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What other SSRS courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the SSRS courses that we run:

Course name Days
Reporting Services (this course) 2 days
Advanced SSRS 2 days
Fast track SSRS 3 days
Report Builder 2 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Introduction to SQL 2 days Introduction
Advanced SQL 2 days Intermediate or advanced
Advanced SSRS 2 days Intermediate or advanced

What are your venues for your classroom SSRS courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
SSRS training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bishopsgate, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
SSRS training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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