#Sql server business intelligence development studio demo plus#

WeвЂ™re going to create a Table within the report that has a column for each of the columns in the dataset, plus a column for a graph. The last step of our prep will be to create a table and begin the basic layout. This gives us a result set like this: market segment Before we create a Dataset, weвЂ™re going to write a query that created the data weвЂ™re going to work with. Within the report, create a new Data Source. So create one.Д«ecause this is a demo using SQL Server as a data source, we need a connection to an instance of SQL Server. That means everything is going to live within a report. WeвЂ™re not going to use a Shared Data Source, nor a Shared Dataset. WeвЂ™re going to keep things intentionally basic. WeвЂ™re going to need a Data Source, a Dataset, a Report, a Table and a Range Bar Chart. This makes things interesting.Д«ut SQL Server Reporting Services, Business Intelligence Development Studio (in SQL Server 2008 R2 and previous) and SQL Server Data Tools (in SQL Server 2012) all provide a Range Bar Chart. SQL Server Reporting Services does not allow a report programmer to modify a вЂњwidthвЂќ property at runtime.

#Sql server business intelligence development studio demo how to#

The only real hard part of this task is how to create a scale and how to create a progress bar that spans a start date and end date.

Instead of dealing with FetchXML, in order to have a repeatable demo/tutorial, weвЂ™re going to create a test dataset in SQL. You pretty much take what FetchXML gives you and work with it from there. SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) is able to consume the results of a query and present it as a DataSet. Instead, Dynamics CRM allows for queries to be written using FetchXML. There is no ability to query the data store using SQL. The customer wanted a Gantt-like chart that showed the span of active opportunities.Дynamics CRM Online really isnвЂ™t important to my post, except in one major detail.Дynamics CRM Online doesnвЂ™t allow access to the underlying data. I was recently asked for some help with a Dynamics CRM Online engagement.