Custom Reports using Reporting Services

I have a couple of quetsions regarding the Reporting Services. Any response
will be greatly appreciated.
I am looking to see if the user has the capability to design thier own
reports using the reporting services..
Is it possible to provide the report design capability to the user so that
they can build custom reports using SQL Server Reporting Services ?
If yes, how can that be achived? If no, is there any third party tool that
can provide this capability to the user.
Thanks in advance,
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snbatHi snbat:
Currently an end user needs Visual Studio installed to design reports.
Even the most basic (cheapest) version of the 2003 IDE can be used to
design reports.
There are also a slew of 3rd parties providing solutions, including
report designers (look at Cizer and SoftArtisans):
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/softwareapps.asp
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Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com/
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:05:03 -0700, "snbat"
<snbat@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have a couple of quetsions regarding the Reporting Services. Any response
>will be greatly appreciated.
>I am looking to see if the user has the capability to design thier own
>reports using the reporting services..
>Is it possible to provide the report design capability to the user so that
>they can build custom reports using SQL Server Reporting Services ?
>If yes, how can that be achived? If no, is there any third party tool that
>can provide this capability to the user.
>Thanks in advance,|||The next version of RS will include ad-hoc reporting functionality.
Currently, you can create your own ad-hoc report generator (it is not that
difficult) or use third-party tools as Scott mentioned.
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Hope this helps.
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Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
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"snbat" <snbat@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a couple of quetsions regarding the Reporting Services. Any
response
> will be greatly appreciated.
> I am looking to see if the user has the capability to design thier own
> reports using the reporting services..
> Is it possible to provide the report design capability to the user so that
> they can build custom reports using SQL Server Reporting Services ?
> If yes, how can that be achived? If no, is there any third party tool that
> can provide this capability to the user.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> snbat