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Advanced Ranking and Grouping with SQL Server Reporting Services

Learn how to flexibly define a SQL Server Reporting Services report for ranking purposes. This article provides a workaround for custom grouping totals for top items and for jazzing the table up with some visual chart indicators.

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Advanced Matrix Reporting Techniques

(04/18/08)

Learn how to build robust Matrix-style reports in SQL Server Reporting Services. These advanced reporting techniques make it easier to build a fully-functional report.

SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) Reporting Services Performance: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?

(04/08/08)

In this article, David Leibowitz compares the performance of the prerelease of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services to SSRS 2005. While it is clear performance improvements have been made for report automation, developers might have differing opinions on the new Report Designer.

Scalability and Goal Testing for Developers

(04/03/08)

Often developers are tasked with not only developing functional code, but also with ensuring that the code they develop scales well and performs in the application environment.

The Baker's Dozen: 13 Tips for Querying OLAP Databases with MDX

(03/17/08)

MDX is a SQL-like query language used to retrieve data from OLAP databases and to define Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services.

Software as a Service: Building On-Demand Applications in the Cloud

Application developers of all stripes are getting in on Software as a Service (SaaS), both as providers who deploy on-demand applications on their own servers and as consumers who build on-demand applications using Platform as a Service (PaaS) providers. What are the implications of moving your applications to an on-demand model? What are the requirements for building an on-demand application? Find out in this DevX Special Report.

The Architecting Magic Behind Taking Mash Ups Offline

(02/12/08)

While most of the complexity you encounter in synchronization efforts will be unique to your application and infrastructure, synchronization works best when it's designed to be a core feature in each data store.

Employ Metadata to Enhance Search Filters

(01/31/08)

Discover how to use metadata for pooling information already resident in an application to create a flexible search interface that reduces complexity and increases users' productivity.

Add Custom XML Documentation Capability To Your SQL Code

(01/23/08)

By adding XML-based documentation capability to your SQL code, you can automatically extract tagged comments and format them into truly useful documentation.

The Baker's Dozen: 13 Comparisons Between Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services

(01/14/08)

Explore how the rich reporting functionality in Crystal Reports XI and SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 works with common reporting requirements.

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Semantic Web? How about calling it 'semantic technologies' and then start building cool database applications. More...

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