Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking in Orlando, FL at the OPASS monthly meeting. I spoke on Extending SSRS with Custom Code and you can find the presentation material here . What I’d really like to share with you about the event is what a fantastic group this is. They really know how to welcome new people and serve out some amazing food too! OPASS meets the third Thursday every month at an amazing location called Route 46. Here’s the address: Route 46 4316 SR 46 Sanford, FL ...
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In part five of this on going series about choosing the right reporting tool we will discuss the newest of tools called Power View. While Power View is part of Reporting Services in SQL Server 2012 I’ve decided to split it as it’s own topic to help understand when you would use it over the traditional SSRS reports. Now, because this is one of the newest reporting tools you can count on much of this post to get outdated over time. In fact, a lot of the limitation you may see me descri...
In case you didn’t see the email come through for PASS this week the SQL Rally schedule is now available. The event will be in Dallas May 10-11 with lots of great session so be sure to check it out. Here’s a link to the PDF or I’ve included screenshots here of each day. You can also build you schedule now here . Thursday May 10, 2012 Friday May 11, 2012
This month I’ll be out and about quite a bit with speaking events. Thought I’d detail them quickly in case you’re in Florida or interested in attending a free webinar. Most topics on reporting of some nature this month. Date: 04/11/2012 Group: Microsoft Webinar Series: Twelve Days of SQL 2012 Topic: Power View (SSRS) Power View has the capability of creating eye-popping visualizations within SharePoint 2010. It provides intuitive ad-hoc reporting that can be used by a variety o...