This presentation is part of LearnItFirst's SQL Server 2012: A Comprehensive Introduction course. The video that contains this presentation can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJIFMS_lKys There are many different report types that we can work with within Reporting Services, and this video will cover many of the common types. We will not cover every reporting type, but rather give you an overview of the visual effects that a particular element will add to a report, and when you should use them. Highlights from this slideshow: - Walking through the different parts of a dashboard report - What are Sparklines and what are they good for? - What are line charts and what do they offer that Sparklines can't? - Bar charts are better for what? - What are gauges and indicators mainly use for? - What type of chart would you use to show proportion?

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Chapter: SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services
Course: SQL Server 2012 - A Comprehensive Introduction
Course ID: 170
Instructor: Scott Whigham
Chapter 17: Video # 2
What Types of
Reports Can You
Create?

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Remember that dashboard your execs wanted?

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That dashboard was pretty
sophisticated
– Sparklines are “word-sized charts” that can fit into
small, word-size spaces

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Sparklines are great for high-level metrics

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Line charts are bigger and offer
more context than sparklines
– Ideal for showing trends, history
– Best used for time series and sequences

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Line charts can be big or small

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Bar charts are great for
comparing data points
– Line charts are great for trend spotting
– Bar charts are visually better for direct
comparisons and proportion

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Data bars are little, bitty bar
charts embedded within the row
– We could have made a “full blown” bar
chart also

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Gauges are visual analogies
– Great for showing progress
– Two types:
• Radial
• Linear

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Indicators are inline gauges

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Maps are awesomeness, pure and
simple
– Can show shapes, or shapes with satellite
image overlays, or just satellite images

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Pie and doughnut charts are
great for showing proportion
– A doughnut chart is just a pie chart with a
hole in the middle!

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Shape charts are another handy
way to show proportion
– Funnel and pyramid charts are popular
choices
– You can define colors, 3D, more

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Area charts are great for showing
trends
– Displays data contiguously along the X
axis (or “category axis”)

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Range charts are similar but
have two values (the “range”)

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Stock charts are useful when you
have multiple values per data point
– A stock may have an opening price, min
price, max price, and average price

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Tables are included in many
reports to provide additional
context or information relevant to
other charts/graphs in the report

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In the next video…
–Report Authoring Tools: Report
Builder and SQL Server Data Tools
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