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SQL Server Reporting Services Vs Infomaker

Revanth Anne
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Hi,

Rite now we are developing reports using Infomaker,I am trying to analyze the difference between SQL Server reporting Services and Infomaker..

Advantages using SQl Server Reporting Services compared to Infomaker..

I would appreciate your help to do this as many of you might have started creating dynamic reports using SQL Server Reporting Services...

Thank you,

Revanth Kumar Anne.

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    Hi Revanth,

    Functionality wise, you’d be hard pressed to come up with general report specs for a report  that couldn’t be created in either tool, and gurus in both can create some pretty amazing reports.

    But to me, the main advantage of SSRS over Infomaker is that it’s a less quirky environment to develop reports.  For example, in Infomaker, you get some pretty strange results if you don’t add a new field as the last field in the report.  With SSRS it’s a breeze.

    Another SSRS advantage is training opportunities. It’s easy to pick up SSRS books and find local training. For example, Amazon lists 91 books for ‘microsoft reporting services’, and Infomaker 5 (only 1 in print). PASS (The Professional Association for SQL Server) has many free online sessions on SSRS. Likewise, it should be easier to find people trained in SSRS.

    Since SSRS is part of SQL Server , it integrates with SSIS and SSAS and you can use either as a datasource. Also, you can base a SSRS report on a report model of the tables/relationships.

    Hope that helps,

    John Stephenson

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    Hi Revanth,

    Functionality wise, you’d be hard pressed to come up with general report specs for a report  that couldn’t be created in either tool, and gurus in both can create some pretty amazing reports.

    But to me, the main advantage of SSRS over Infomaker is that it’s a less quirky environment to develop reports.  For example, in Infomaker, you get some pretty strange results if you don’t add a new field as the last field in the report.  With SSRS it’s a breeze.

    Another SSRS advantage is training opportunities. It’s easy to pick up SSRS books and find local training. For example, Amazon lists 91 books for ‘microsoft reporting services’, and Infomaker 5 (only 1 in print). PASS (The Professional Association for SQL Server) has many free online sessions on SSRS. Likewise, it should be easier to find people trained in SSRS.

    Since SSRS is part of SQL Server , it integrates with SSIS and SSAS and you can use either as a datasource. Also, you can base a SSRS report on a report model of the tables/relationships.

    Hope that helps,

    John Stephenson

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