Wiley Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Recipes: for Designing Expert Reports 978-0-470-56311-3 Manuale Utente
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Business Reporting Paradigms
In the world of business, we use a lot of different styles and types of reports. To appreciate how
pervasive reports are in the world of business, in different organizations, and in our day-to-day lives,
we must first define what a report is. Any formatted output of data from a database or any other
type of data source could be called a report. Some types are obvious and may include sales reports,
end-of-period summaries, trend analysis, and comparisons. These are some traditional report styles.
Reports are used in all areas of business and practically every business function involves printing,
displaying, browsing, or using some other method to present data to business leaders, workers,
service providers, customers, inspectors, analysts, and others for a variety of reasons. Reports, in many
different forms, are everywhere.
pervasive reports are in the world of business, in different organizations, and in our day-to-day lives,
we must first define what a report is. Any formatted output of data from a database or any other
type of data source could be called a report. Some types are obvious and may include sales reports,
end-of-period summaries, trend analysis, and comparisons. These are some traditional report styles.
Reports are used in all areas of business and practically every business function involves printing,
displaying, browsing, or using some other method to present data to business leaders, workers,
service providers, customers, inspectors, analysts, and others for a variety of reasons. Reports, in many
different forms, are everywhere.
Less traditional report types that may be used in different business scenarios include things like product
labels, name badges, routing tags, invoices, claim forms, request forms, government documents, and
shipping manifests. You probably have types of reports that are unique to your specific business or
industry that outsiders aren’t even aware of. To provide a better understanding about the various
functions that reports perform, this chapter explores different types of reports. Chapters 2 and 3 will
review the basic building blocks of report design and development that you will need to know to apply
the report design recipes in this book. We expect that you already have some hands-on experience with
SQL Server Reporting Services but we will review the basics as a quick refresher.
labels, name badges, routing tags, invoices, claim forms, request forms, government documents, and
shipping manifests. You probably have types of reports that are unique to your specific business or
industry that outsiders aren’t even aware of. To provide a better understanding about the various
functions that reports perform, this chapter explores different types of reports. Chapters 2 and 3 will
review the basic building blocks of report design and development that you will need to know to apply
the report design recipes in this book. We expect that you already have some hands-on experience with
SQL Server Reporting Services but we will review the basics as a quick refresher.
For the purpose of simplicity, we will group all of these report types into general categories. You will
no doubt be able to identify some of your own unique reporting requirements but they generally fall
into one of the following major categories:
no doubt be able to identify some of your own unique reporting requirements but they generally fall
into one of the following major categories:
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Process and operational support
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Business intelligence and analytical reports
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Application integration
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Forms, labels, and letters
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