Here, by contrast, is how you do the same thing in Report Builder: Here's how you add a control (except they're called Report Items, for some strange reason) in Reporting Services: Cosmetic DifferencesĪt first sight, Reporting Services and Report Builder look very different. Let's start with a look at the cosmetic differences. Buggy differences (features which just shouldn't be there in one version, and aren't in the other).Functional differences (the most important category for most users).Cosmetic differences, which don't really affect the functionality of the software.However, there are some discrepancies (this wouldn't be much of an article otherwise), and we'll look at them under 3 headings: Remember the Parent Trap, with Lindsey Lohan in? Well, Annie and Hallie have more differences between them than do RB and SSRS. Before we continue, it's worth stressing here that Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS 2008 R2 are virtually identical. With the above preamble in mind, let's look at the differences between the two products. You can create reports - and that's about it! Differences between RB and SSRS Here's what you see when you start Report Builder: Report Builder, by contrast, doesn't pretend to be any better than it is - a standalone application for creating reports.
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What this shows is that Visual Studios is much more than just a tool for creating reports (you can use it to create ASP.NET webistes, Windows applications and much more). Here's what you see when you try to create a new project in Visual Studio 2008: Strangely, as of now you can't use the latest version of Visual Studio (2010) to develop SSRS reports, having instead to use Visual Studio 2008. I'm not actually convinced this exists I think it's just a subset of Visual Studio. Most people developing SSRS reports will do so using a tool which Microsoft call BIDS, or Business Intelligence Development Studio. Let's look at each of these products in more detail. Recognising this dichotomy (a posh word, I grant you), Microsoft created SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for the first group of people, and Report Builder for the second.
However, Microsoft are aware that there are two types of people who'll want to build reports: Microsoft experimented with data access pages in Access, but seem to have settled on SQL Server Reporting Services (currently on version 2008 R2, although SSRS 2012 is at release candidate stage). Some BackgroundĪ common need in business is to publish reports based on corporate data onto a company's website.
This article will explain how these two products are almost identical, and then give details on the differences. Are you a geek? Sorry to be personal, but that's the question you should be asking yourself when choosing between Reporting Services and Report Builder.
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