Report authors define the layout and source of the data. The syntax in which the report is defined is known as report definition language. Some are the tools employed for authoring are report builder, etc.

Management

Management is the second phase in Reporting lifecycle. It involves managing the published reports which are public, and at present, they’re available within the web services. The reports which are currently available at the web interface, you need to create the role-based security models. It’s employed to identify who needs to access the report, who can view the report. The major responsibility within the management phase is to have control over the execution, i.e. when the report should have got the data. All the report should be updated in real time as well. The data taken from any data source must be updated on a regular basis. It’s trivial to work with static data. When we are working with the dynamic data, then you should define when the updation is to be happen. It could be either in a day, hours or weeks.

Delivery

Within the Delivery phase, we determine when the reports to be delivered to the client. It could be either an On-demand basis or a pre-defined schedule. You can also add an automatic subscription feature which can create and sends the reports to the client automatically.

Requirements for Reporting Services

The subsequent are the requirements to install the Reporting services:

Install the SQL Server

Subsequent are the steps to install the SQL Server:

Step 1: Click on the link which is given below to download the SQL Server: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066

Step 2: Select the language and then click on the Download button.

Step 3: Choose the option that you want to download and then click on the Next button.

Step 4: Click on the SQLFULL_x64_ENU_Install file that has been downloaded in your computer. After clicking on the file, the screen appears, which is shown below:

Step 5: Click on the installation appearing at the left side of the panel.

Step 6: Click on the first option, i.e., New SQL Server stand-alone installation.

Step 7: Click on the OK button.

Step 8: Click on the product key option and then click on the Next button.

Step 9: Check the box of “I accept the license terms”.

Step 10: Select the SQL Server Installation.

Step 11: Select the Database Engine Services and then click on the Next button.

Step 12: Choose the named instance and enter the name of the instance. Click on the Next button.

Step 13: After clicking on the Next button, the screen appears, which is shown below:

Step 14: When you click Next on the above screen, the screen appears, which is shown below:

Step 15: Select the windows authentication mode and atleast one administrator.

Step 16: Click on the Next button on the screen, which is shown below:

Step 17: Click on the Next button.

Step 18: Click on the Install button, as shown within the below screenshot:

The second requirement is to install the visual studio and then add the Reporting Services to it.

Follow the below steps to install the Reporting services in visual studio:

Step 1: Open the visual studio.

Step 2: Click on the Tools appearing at the menu bar and then select the option Extensions and Updates.

Step 3: Select the Microsoft Reporting Services Projects option for installation.

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