SSRS Chart Anatomy 101
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Fundamentals of developing Charts using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 with an emphasis on visualization trends, including a sample of Power View in the upcoming release of SQL Server 2012.
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SSRS Chart Anatomy 101
- 1. SSRS Chart Anatomy 101 Angel Abundez Business Intelligence Consultant DesignMind
- 2. Angel Abundez • Business Intelligence Consultant, DesignMind • Microsoft Business Intelligence • ASP.NET • SharePoint • Worked with SQL Server since 2007 • SSWUG BI Author • Co-Lead, Bay Area MS BI User Group
- 3. Goals • Decompose a Chart to its components • Identify trends in Visualization • Microsoft improves defaults with each release • Sales Target Chart (Correlation Bar Chart) • Sales Trend Chart (Time-Series Line Chart) • Interactive Charts (1 click Filter & Highlight) • Actions and SSRS Expressions
- 4. Improved Visualization in 2008 R2 • White Chart Area • Light Grid Lines • No Black borders • Condensed menu
- 5. Even Better DataViz in Power View • No borders • No legend • No Axis titles • Light Title Colors • No gradients • Built-In Click Actions • 1 click Filter & Highlight
- 6. Even Better DataViz in Power View
- 7. Power View Design Tenents • Less is more • Easy for the user • 2 clicks to ROI • 1 way to do things
- 8. Visualization Tips • Use light Grid lines, if at all • No black borders. Save the Ink! • Use new Titles or Custom Positioning. Don’t overlap. • Lighten your text • Widen your bars for legibility • Space between bars isn’t always necessary. • Area charts should use Background Pattern of “Percent50”
- 9. Keep Visualization in Mind 1. Group the Data 2. Sequence the Data 3. Prioritize the Data Stephen Few(2004) Show Me the Numbers
- 10. Decompose a Chart Series Title(s) Legend(s) Grid Lines Axes Titles Chart Area(s) Horizontal Axis Vertical Axis
- 11. Decompose a Chart • Demo – Creating a Chart
- 12. Interval Scales • Nominal • Category Groups have no logical order and no connection with each other. ie. Departments • Ordinal • Category Groups don’t have close connection with one another, but they do have order. ie. “First, Second, Third” or “Small, Medium, Large • Interval • Category Groups are interrelated and have logical order. ie. Months, Quarters, Years
- 13. Demo • Monthly Sales Target • Yearly Sales Time-Series • Product Dashboard (1-click Highlight & Filter)
- 14. If you don’t know, now you know… • Custom Positioning • Interval = 1 • Strip Lines • Docking in and out of the Chart Area • New Titles • New Chart Areas • Background Pattern • Export to PDF
- 15. Keep in Touch! Keep in touch! • Twitter: @AngelStreamline • Email: angel@designmind.com • Website/Blog: angelsbiblog.com • UNDER CONSTRUCTION