If you have been looking for a book that has a lot of easy to understand step-by-step instructions and screen shots that show you how to complete and master SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services design techniques correctly, this is the book for you. The Quick Start Guide To Learning SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services book has been designed to have you using the software quickly, by teaching you the basics and more. It is written from the perspective that you have not created a report before or have not used Reporting Services. This book is for the beginner. To help you become familiar with the options and features, this book contains over 250 illustrations that provide a visual tour of the software.

After completing the exercises in this book, you will be able to perform the following tasks and more:

Use the report wizard and create reports from scratch
Add subtotals, counts and summary information to reports
Create charts
Use parameters to create interactive reports
Create expressions and use functions
Create Top N reports

The Quick Start series of books are for people that are new to a software package and want to take it for a "test drive", as they say. The books in this series will show you how to use some of the most used features of the software, by completing the tasks in each exercise. Topics are explained as you go along, but not in-depth. You will cover enough of the software to know whether or not it will handle a large percent of your needs, without investing weeks of your time, trying to learn about a larger number of features and options. This book will get you up and running quickly, by teaching the basics, so that you can use the software.

About the Author

Indera Murphy is an author, retired educator and IT professional that has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Indera has written over 35 books on software topics including Crystal Reports, Microsoft Office, Power BI Tools, Dashboard Design, Reporting Services, ACT! and OpenOffice.org. She has held a variety of positions including technical writer, programmer, course developer and project leader. Indera has designed and developed software applications and web sites, as well as, manage technology driven projects. In addition to being an Executive Director and consultant, as an online adjunct professor, she has taught courses in a variety of areas including project management, technical writing, information processing, Excel, Access, Crystal Reports, HTML, Windows, Dreamweaver and critical thinking.

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