SQL Server Reporting Services Tutorial 3 - Create more reports

Create a dropdown report

Let’s create a dropdown report including date, order_no, amount, quantity. We can drill down the date via year/quarter/month/day and view special orders

Prepare sql query

1. create query

select 
	year(o.created_time) as year,
	datepart(quarter, o.created_time) as quarter,
	month(o.created_time) as month,
	day(o.created_time) as day,
	o.purchase_no, 
	o.amount_paid_value as amount, 
	t.quantity_purchased as quantity
	from ...

1. try it

Create dropdown chart

open visual studio > create a brand new report project or add a new report

Create a new data source or use a shared one

Here, we want the report has year as the header, then drill down through quarter/month/day, finally has purchase_no, amount, quantity as the details.

Enable subtotals and drilldown

Next and create the report, here is the design view

Switch to preview mode and preview

deploy the chart

solution exploer > right click the report > deploy

Open browser > navigate to http://localhost/Reports > click the report

Create a matrix report

Let’s create a new report which has year as the header, then drill down through quarter/month/day, finally has purchase_no, amount, quantity as the details.

1. prepare query

select 
i.title as device,
a.country_code,
year(o.created_time) as year, 
sum(t.quantity_purchased) as  quantity, 
sum(t.transaction_price_value) as amount
from ...

1. create query and please select metrix option in the wizard

   

2. Please select the column and row separately, here we leave country_code as a parameter

   

3. save the report, here is the design view

   

4. swith to preview mode

   

5. right click the report to deploy and display it in the report website

Customize matrix report

Format

1. switch to design view, select the row we want to format, use the upper toolbar to adjust the font/alignment/…

1. right click the cell we want to format > textbox properties > number > change to currency

Add parameter

1. add a new parameter

report data pane > parameters > right click to add a new parameter

1. add new dataset as the source of parameter dropdown selector

report data pane > dataset > right click to add

1. double click the new paramter to edit properties

1. double click the previous dataset to use the new added parameter as the filter

1. switch to preview mode, now the interactive selector works! select the country and click the View Report button to get different reports

Create drillthrough report

Create a child report with parameter

1. Prepare query

select
o.kobo_purchase_order_no as purchase_no
, i.title as device
, v.sku 
, t.quantity_purchased as quantity
, t.transaction_price_value as cost
, o.created_time
, a.country_code as country
, a.city_name as city

from ... >

1. create a new report by wizard > tabular > leave device, country as parameters > finish to save the report

Create parameters

1. create two parameters, hide these parameters

   

   

2. open the dataset properties > modify query

   

    ...
    where 
        i.title = @device 
        and a.country_code = @country
   

Link parent report with child report

1. switch to parent report > right click device > textbox properties

   

2. switch to action tab > goto report > specify the child report > add two parameters

   

3. parent report > device cell > textbox properties > change font

   

   

4. switch to preview mode

   select a device in the parent chart

   

   navigate to child report

   

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