SQL Server Reporting Services allows to design Reports using two applications:
- Business Intelligence Development Studio (Shortly called as BIDS)
- Report Builder
Developers who prefer to work in the Microsoft Office environment will prefer Report Builder as their best bet to design, edit and publish SSRS Reports. In early years, Report Builder is fixed to design simple report but using Report Builder 3.0 we can design most complex reports.
In this article we will show you, How to install Report Builder from Report Manager. To do this, Please open your report manager and click on the Report Builder as shown in below screenshot
Once you click on the Report Builder, it will check whether the Report Builder application is installed or not.
If it is found then Report Builder will be opened else Downloading Report Builder window will be opened to download the application
Once it is 100% downloaded, Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder will be opened with a starting page as shown in below screenshot. Using Report Builder, we can design Tables, matrix, Chart, Spark lines, Data Bars, Charts, Gauges and Map reports ranging from simple reports to complex reports.
For now, we selected the Blank Report
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