Testing out Report Builder in SQL Server 2008 RTM proved uneventful. The good news was that everything worked, even after an in-place upgrade.

The Report Builder has full support for SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services including: various report layouts, data visualizations and for Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 RC1.

Note – Report Builder 2.0 is not installed along with the SQL Server Reporting Services, but is available as a free download in the SQL Server 2008 feature pack. Figure 1.3 shows the Report ...

The report builder, "unlike competitive ad hoc tools," will make use of the semantic layer that is part of SQL Server Reporting Services, according to a statement.

In SQL Server, the integration ... With proper permissions, users may be able to access the Report Builder, another component of SSRS, through the Report Manager to develop ad hoc reports as required.

S QL Server Reporting Services includes the SQL Server Report Designer, whose wizards give you a streamlined solution for setting up, designing, polishing, and publishing reports. Authoring a report ...

The SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a framework of reporting mechanisms such as the Report Builder, Report Designer, Report Manager and Report Server that work together through a Web ...

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 also includes add-ins that allow Office 2007 users to perform data mining in SQL Server directly within its Excel 2007 or Visio 2007 applications.

The ETL engine is enhanced for SQL Server 2005 Beta 3, a test version scheduled to be available by the end of this year. But Payne says there is more to SQL Server Integration Services than ...

With SQL Server 2016 in the wings, Microsoft's goal is to serve more than one billion users with its business-intelligence platform. Here's how the reporting pieces fit in.