Chapter 2. Reporting Services Capabilities: Presentation, Navigation, and Programmability

In This Chapter

• Report Layouts

• Report Presentation (Rendering) Formats

• Report Items, Visual Effects, and Charting

• Report Navigation

• Ad Hoc Reports ^{NEW in 2005}

• Reporting Services Data Access Features

• Programmability

Building on basics covered in the previous chapter, this chapter provides a deeper overview of features in SSRS, from rendering reports to programmability. Along the way, any new features that were not available in the previous version are pointed out. Specific topics include the following:

• Report layout and rendering

• Report items

• Report navigation

• Ad hoc reporting

• Data access and programmability