SSRS - it doesn't have to be ugly..
15 oktober 2015 2015-10-15 15:31SSRS - it doesn't have to be ugly..
There is an important fact in life that few people realise. I'll state it here, so you all know it:
SSRS reports don't have to be ugly.
You read that right. Read it again, if you want. It's still there.
Ok, kidding aside[ref]In life, this fact isn't that important - just ask someone who's had a baby girl for a few months
Spawned new process. Updated Twitter-profile. #SQLFamily has a new daughter ;-).
— Koos van Strien (@kvstrien) August 24, 2015
[/ref]. I want to show you how to create less-ugly SSRS reports. One might even call them nice.
In order to do this, you need two things
- Some good sense about how to structure reports and, in general, show the numbers
- Get rid of the old-fashioned default 'Office 2003'-theme in SSRS
Besides those two, you need to keep some other things in mind, which I'll explore in six posts:
- The use of typography & fonts
- (Re-)format tables
- Altering chart styles
- Bar & column charts
- Line charts
- Map charts
- Gauges
- Create nice report layouts
- Alternative use of KPI's
- Pick your data & visualizations
I know there's a lot of content available about SQL Server Reporting Services, but pretty much is about how to do the basics (SSRS 101) or how to accomplish a certain thing (like waterfall charts in SSRS before 2016). My series won't be as much on these techniques, but on delivering high-quality reports that in reflect the attention to detail you've given to the data you handled.
Stay tuned, tomorrow the first post will appear!
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