Reporting

Organizations today require a comprehensive, highly scalable reporting solution that enables real-time decision making across the enterprise.

  • Server 2012: Introducing Power View for Rapid Data Exploration
  • Rapid Data Exploration with Power View

    SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services is a comprehensive, highly scalable solution that empowers real-time decision making. SQL Server 2012 enables the creation of operational reports for pixel-perfect printing and browser-based viewing as well as ad-hoc data exploration and visualization.

    What's New in SQL Server 2012

    • Visualize and interact with data in bold new ways with Power View.
    • Quickly generate reports using intuitive interfaces and extend reporting to the cloud with Windows Azure SQL Reporting.
    • Create self-service reports with a wide variety of formats.
    • Simplify sharing and collaboration to get more value from existing tools and skills.

    Key Capabilities

    • Immersive Interactive data visualization with Power View

      Self-service reporting has never been so engaging.

      • Create compelling visualizations of your data that are presentation ready at all times.
      • Inspire users with an immersive ad-hoc reporting environment that enables faster insights.
      • Share insights with tight SharePoint integration that enables unique collaborative capability.

    • Professional, Precisely Formatted Reports

      Create pixel-perfect professional reports using familiar tools and interfaces.

      • Enable IT professionals to create reports seamlessly with Report Builder, a fully-featured authoring tool with familiar Microsoft Office look and feel.
      • Render reports to a variety of formats, including the new Office format for Word and Excel, as well as PDF, TIFF, and HTML.
      • Enable sharing of objects for faster, more agile report development with Report Parts.

    • Robust Management and Scalability

      Simplify reporting management and easily scale reports on-premises or in the cloud.

      • Make it easier to manage your reporting environment with seamless SharePoint integration.
      • Execute scheduled reports, easily manage report subscriptions, and effortlessly control access to generated reports.
      • Scale reporting environment from a few reports to a corporate wide deployment with thousands concurrent users and tens of thousands of reports.
      • Report data with Windows Azure SQL Reporting for easy management using familiar tools, such as SQL Server Data Tools and broad scale.

    Related Solutions

    "We want to provide information in a meaningful manner so that end users can ask their own questions. Power View in SQL Server 2012 is a very elegant way to visually display and interrogate data."

    Paul Brenchley
    Strategic Account Manager, Anglia Support Partnership

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