Session 8:
Reporting
MVC
Gerard Beckerleg
Course Website
http://sharepoint.ssw.com.au/Training/UTSNET/
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Course Materials
Admin Stuff
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Attendance
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Hands On Lab
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You initial sheet
You get me to initial sheet
Certificate
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At end of 10 sessions
If I say if you have completed successfully 
Last week
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Postback
Client
Post request
with data
Response
Server
Last week
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Postback
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Bring data to web
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Databinding
Data source
Data
Last week
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Postback
Show/view
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Bring data to web
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Databinding
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Passing parameters
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Validation
Enter
Client
Data
Server
Last week - Additionals
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Database connection with LINQ2SQL
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Where is it?
How can I change it?
How do I maintain it across different servers/installations?
Reporting
SQL Server Reporting Services
"SSRS"
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Initially released as add-on for SQL Server 2000 in 2004
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Part of SQL 2005 / SQL 2008
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Web-based reporting solution
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Who has done a report?
History of Reporting
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1991-3 – .XLS and .DOC
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1992 – Access 1.0
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1994 – VB 3 with Crystal Built-In
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1995-99
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VB 4, 5, 6 (VB Report Designer)
A lot continuing with Crystal
1998 – Web
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.ASP
.DOC, .XLS, .PDF
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2001 – Visual Studio .NET with Crystal Reports
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2004 – Reporting Services as add-on for SQL Server 2000
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2005 – Reporting Services with SQL Server 2005
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2008 – Reporting Services with SQL Server 2008
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2009 – ReportBuilder v3 released
Reporting Services Architecture
Browser
Data Sources
(SQL, OLE DB, XML/A,
ODBC, Oracle, Custom)
Office
Custom Application
XML Web Service Interface
Report Server
Security Services
(NT, Passport,
Custom)
Report Processing
Output Formats
(HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom)
Data Processing
Security
Rendering
Scheduling & Delivery
SQL Server
Delivery Targets
(E-mail, SharePoint,
Custom)
Reporting Lifecycle
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Reporting Services is an open and extensible platform
supporting the authoring, management and delivery of rich,
interactive reports to the entire enterprise.
Authoring
Management
Delivery
Report Authoring
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Reports are defined in Report Definition Language (RDL), a
documented XML schema
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Use Microsoft or 3rd party tools that support RDL
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Create single reports from multiple data sources
(SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, and .NET data providers)
More info on the RDL spec: www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting
Report Authoring - Controls
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Data regions
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Tablix (SQL 2008)
Table -> Tablix
List (like Access) -> Tablix
Matrix -> Tablix
Chart
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Subreports
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Images
Tablix
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Generalized layout report item
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Grouped and Detail data
Tablix - Table
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Use a table to display detail data
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Organize the data in row groups, or both.
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The Table template contains three columns with a table header
row and a details row for data.
Tablix - Matrix
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Use a matrix to display aggregated data summaries
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Grouped in rows and columns, similar to a PivotTable or
crosstab.
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The number of rows and columns for groups is determined by
the number of unique values for each row and column groups
Tablix - List
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Use a list to create a free-form layout. You are not limited to a
grid layout, but can place fields freely inside the list.
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You can use a list to design a form for displaying many dataset
fields or as a container to display multiple data regions side by
side for grouped data.
Charts
Charts
Charts
Gauge
Report Management
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Report definitions, folders, and resources are published
and managed in a reporting web service
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Managed reports can be executed either on-demand or
via schedule and can be cached for consistency and
performance
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Scalable & Extensible server architecture
Role-Based Security Model
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Tasks
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Sets of tasks
Default roles installed by default (browser, publisher)
Default roles can be customized, new ones created
Roles identified by name, localized
Groups/Users
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Sets of low-level operations
Item-level (e.g., create report) or system-level (e.g., manage jobs)
Not customizable
Task
Roles
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Operation
Role
Group or
User
Role
Assignment
Windows/Active Directory or custom authentication users
Role Assignments
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Associates groups/users with Roles
Inherited from parent in namespace
Item
Logging and Monitoring
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Performance Monitoring
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Event Log Integration
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Counters for performance
Report Execution for analysis
Critical events and errors
Trace Events
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Can traces all server activities, response times, security
events
Detail level depends on configuration setting
Report Delivery
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Traditional (paper) and interactive (web) reports
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On-demand (“pull”) or event-based (“push”) delivery
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Choose from multiple formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, XML)
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Deliver reports to many devices (e-mail, file share, etc.)
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Ad-hoc Reporting
Scheduling
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Management events can be scheduled on the report server
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Schedules are stored in database and integrated with SQL
Agent
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Caching, Subscriptions, History
When triggered, Agent adds entry to queue
Scheduled events are queued in database and polled by
Windows service
Delivery - Report generation
Server side
Client side
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Reportviewer Control in "local mode"
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ASP.NET
Windows Forms
Silverlight
WPF
Client-side
What did we see?
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Table Control
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List Control
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Chart Control
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Matrix Control
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Subreports
What didn't we see?
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ASP.NET Chart Control
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/11/24/new-asp-net-chartingcontrol-lt-asp-chart-runat-quot-server-quot-gt.aspx
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Dundas Chart (SSRS)
http://www.dundas.com/Products/Chart/RS/Features/NewFeatures.aspx
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ASPOSE
http://www.aspose.com/categories/ssrs-rendering-extensions/default.aspx
Summary
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History of reporting
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Architecture
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Report Life Cycle
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Capabilities
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Hands on lab
What is ASP.NET MVC
...and is WebForms dead?
Our ancestors developed for the web
in ASP script...
We have had WebForms...
Now we have ASP.NET MVC
Agenda
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Background of ASP.NET MVC
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Difference between WebForms and ASP.NET MVC
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Tips and Tricks
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Conclusion
ASP.NET MVC
Model
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View
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Controller
MVC is not new
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SmallTalk
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Ruby on Rails
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Spring, Struts
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Monorail
Does ASP.NET MVC replace WebForms?
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WebForms == WinForm developers
MVC == HTTP + jQuery + CSS developers
ASP.NET Webform Development
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Add a new page
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Drag a label and button control to canvas
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Double click on button control for event handling
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Code ‘Hello World’
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Group a few controls via a ‘user control’
ASP.NET MVC Development
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Add a new action
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Code ‘Hello World’
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Add a new view
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Implement HTML mark-up for the view (ASPX)
Development
WebForms
Controls dragged
onto canvas
Composition via
controls
Encourages design
patterns
Control of all html
output
MVC
Why choose ASP.NET MVC?
Testability
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Unit test for ‘Hello World’ action
More control over HTML
Why ASP.NET MVC?
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Not just cool...
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Not just for testability...
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Not just because you get more control...
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Because you get more perspective!
Web is an HTTP highway
Controls
Cool Tech
Background to ASP.NET MVC
Separation of concerns
 Controllers (Actions)
 Views
 Models
 More expressive of HTTP protocol
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Testable features
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Strongly typed support
The key actors in ASP.NET Webforms
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ASPX page gets request
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Page lifecycle with events
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Codebehind methods
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The key actors in ASP.NET MVC
Browser
Request
Controller
Response
View
ViewModel
Model
So lets dive into it
Default
Project
ASP.NET MVC Examples
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Dispatch King (Implemented by SSW) –
http://dispatchking.com
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Stack Overflow – http://www.stackoverflow.com
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ASP.Net Music Store
http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-music-store-part-1
What you need to get started in MVC
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.Net 3.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
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MVC
http://www.asp.net/MVC/
Install VS2010
Advanced steps
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MVCContrib http://www.codeplex.com/MVCContrib
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Moq
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MVC Futures http://aspnet.codeplex.com/releases/view/41742
http://code.google.com/p/moq/
To get going quickly
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Watch the Music Store Tutorial
http://www.asp.net/MVC
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Watch the MVC StoreFront Demo
http://blog.wekeroad.com/
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Nerd Dinner
http://nerddinner.com
So what is there to control
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URL structure
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Testability
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HTTP Verbs
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Controllers/Actions/Views
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View engine
ASP.NET MVC structure
(aka closer to the real thing)
Model
Browser
Request
Routing
Controller
Response
View
ViewModel
Biz
Repository
e.g. SQL/Xml
MVC
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SnippetDesigner http://www.codeplex.com/SnippetDesigner
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Peter Gfader
http://blog.gfader.com/
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Phil Haacked
http://haacked.com
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Stephen Walther http://stephenwalther.com/
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Tatham Oddie
http://blog.tatham.oddie.com.au/
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Nhaml
http://code.google.com/p/nhaml
Summary
Resources
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MSDN – Download
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Whitepaper
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www.ssw.com.au/ssw/standards/DeveloperSQLReportingServices
.Net User Groups
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Monthly Meetings
www.ssw.com.au/NetUG
Resources
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Book
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www.mannpublishing.com/
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The Rational Guide To: SQL
Server Reporting Services
by Anthony Mann
Resources
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Free Web Application Toolkits
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UX design patterns
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http://quince.infragistics.com/
AJAX Control Toolkit May
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http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/webapptoolkits
http://stephenwalther.com/blog/archive/2011/05/09/may-2011-releaseof-the-ajax-control-toolkit.aspx
MVC 101 Video
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http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/DevDays/DevDays-2011Netherlands/Devdays002
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