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Chapter 17: Reporting for Duty, Sir! A Look At Reporting Services
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Note that other than some messages that flash by while the report is generating, there will be very little to
see in this dialog unless something has gone wrong (in which case, you’ll see related messages reflected in
the dialog). Click Finish, and we can begin to see the results of what we just created, which should look
something like Figure 17-18.
Figure 17-18
Be sure to take the time to explore the Report Model. SQL Server will make assumptions about what you
do and do not want to have shown, and it will not always make the right choice for your particular database
usage. Look at what it has included, what it has added, and what it has generated in the way of
derived attributes (rollups and such).
Let’s take a quick look at an example of a value that will default to hidden when the wizard is done
building the model, but that is sometimes useful in our reports. Start by navigating to the SalesOrder-
Header table. Notice how the Sales Order ID column is grayed out. If you click on it and check the
property window shown in Figure 17-19, you should notice that this possibly important field has been
defined as being hidden.
Figure 17-19