Jazz Up Your Data Using Custom Report Kerns In SQL Server Reporting Services

摘要

When it comes to presenting information these days, a picture may be worth a lot more than a thousand words. And even though SQL Server™ Reporting Services does provide charting capabilities, some are not up to the task. For example, you may need to render the value or the trend of a key performance indicator (KPI) as an image or use a chart type that is not supported by the native Reporting Services chart region. But SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services has a number of new extensibility features. One of the most exciting is custom report items, which allow you to transcend the limitations of traditional text-based reporting.