This is the continuation of Introduction to Report Builder 2.0 Part 1. This article will show you how to create your first report (SalesByFiscalYear) using Report Builder 2.0, and how to pulish the report to your Report Server. [More]

Introduction to Report Builder 2.0

With the new release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 you will find available, a seperate download Report Builder 2.0 for Reporting Services. Report Builder 2.0 is a report authoring tool that runs on your local computer. You can create many different types of reports to meet your reporting needs, such as sales, marketing, and financial reports, by using combinations of tables, matrices, lists, and charts. You can then manipulate your data by filtering, grouping and sorting, and by adding expressions and parameters. After your report looks the way you want, you can publish it to a report server or a SharePoint site, where others within your organization can read it, or you can save it to your local computer. [More]