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Report Builder 3.0 is a report authoring environment for business users who prefer to work in the Microsoft Office environment.When you design a report, you specify
where to get the data, which data to get, and how to display the data. When you run the report, the report processor takes all the information you have specified, retrieves
the data, and combines it with the report layout to generate the report. You can preview your reports in Report Builder, or you can publish your report to a report server or
a report server in SharePoint integrated mode, where others can run it.
The report in this illustration features a matrix with row and column groups, sparklines, indicators, and a summary pie chart in the corner cell, accompanied by a map with
two sets of geographic data represented by color and by circle size.
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Jump-Start Report Creation
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Start with a shared dataset created by someone else on your team. Shared datasets are queries based on a shared data source that are saved to a report server
or a SharePoint site that is integrated with a report server.
Start with the Table, Matrix, or Chart wizard. Choose a data source connection, drag and drop fields to create a dataset query, select a layout and style, and
customize your report.
Start with the Map wizard to create reports that display aggregated data against a geographic or geometric background. Map data can be spatial data from a
Transact-SQL query or an Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) shapefile. You can also add aMicrosoft Bing map tile background.
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Report from a variety of data sources. Build reports using data from any data source type that has a Microsoft.NET Framework-managed data provider, OLE
DB provider, or ODBC data source. You can create reports that use relational and multidimensional data from SQL Server and Analysis Services, Oracle, Hyperion,
and other databases. You can use an XML data processing extension to retrieve data from any XML data source. You can use table-valued functions to design
custom data sources.
Modify existing reports. By using Report Builder, you can customize and update reports that were created in Business Intelligence Development StudioReport
Designer.
Modify your data by filtering, grouping and sorting data, or by adding formulas or expressions.
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Add charts, gauges, sparklines, and indicators to summarize data in a visual format, and present large volumes of aggregated information at a glance.
Add interactive features such as document maps, show/hide buttons, and drillthrough links to subreports and drillthrough reports. Use parameters and filters
to filter data for customized views.
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Choose a presentation format when you open the report, or after you open the report. You can select Web-oriented, page-oriented, and desktop application
formats. Formats include HTML, MHTML, PDF, XML, CSV, TIFF, Word, and Excel.
Set up subscriptions. After you publish the report to the report server or a report server in SharePoint integrated mode, you can configure your report to run at
a specific time, create a report history, and set up e-mail subscriptions.
Generate data feeds from your report by using the Reporting Services Atom rendering extension.
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Published reports are managed on a report server or a report server in SharePoint integrated mode by a report server administrator. Report server administrators can
define security, set properties, and schedule operations such as report history and e-mail report delivery. They can create shared schedules and shared data sources
and make them available for general use. Administrators also manage all of the report server folders. The ability to perform management tasks depends on user
permissions.
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For more information about comparing the features of all three versions of Report Builder and Report Designer, see Comparing Report Authoring Environments in the
Reporting Services documentation in SQL Server Books Online.
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