Introduction
SSRS (RDL) Report Design Using Microsoft Report Builder contains the introduction including necessary steps and a description of how to add a data source, dataset, and tabular report using MS Report Builder. Using Microsoft Report Builder, we can design Report and Dashboard including several types of visualization such as Pie, Bar, Scatter, Pyramid, Funnel, Line, Line and Bar combination and many more for business intelligence and data analysis.
This article describes the straightforward steps to represent the data in the form of Bar graph and Pie chart in reports using the Microsoft Report Builder tool which is an essential component of the SSRS Report building process to build reports faster and graphically represent data. Those reports can be published in Report Server of SQL Server reporting services (SSRS). Bar Graph, Pie chart, Line Graph, Scatter plot, etc. are more popular and useful visualizations to represent the data in the dashboard and graphical reports. This article will take an example of the total number of employees in each branch and depict those in a Bar Graph and Pie Chart. However, we can add several visualizations in the report and dashboard using MS Report Builder as per our need.
Prerequisites
- SQL Server
- SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
- MS Report Builder
This article is continuing from the previous part. So, if you are new to Microsoft Report Builder or if you face any issues connecting with database, please follow the steps from 1 to 11 from previous article. SSRS (RDL) Report Design Using Microsoft Report Builder
Here, in this article we will directly start from the designing and addition of visualization in the report.














Saravanakumar SekaranPosted Jan 30, 2021, 12:54 PM
Awesome article !!!
Rijwan AnsariPosted Jan 29, 2021, 11:46 AM
Perfect explanation with step by step. SSRS is still one the efficient option for reporting with low cost solution.