Paginated/operational reports have been a popular, invaluable foundation for day-to-day reporting and analytics for over a decade. Paginated reports allow for exact placement of elements on a page and are capable of complex display logic for creating printed reports or online operational reports.
It is our objective to serve over a billion users with the Microsoft business intelligence (BI) platform.ĭata is coming at us from every direction. Our goal is simple – we want to put the power of data in the hands of every business and person on the planet. We firmly believe Microsoft now offers the industry’s most complete and modern business intelligence product family – with unmatched breadth and depth.Īt first approach, this depth can be overwhelming – how do all the components fit together? Where are things heading in the future? These are frequent questions from our customers and partners.Īs we approach the release of SQL Server 2016 it’s a great time to tackle those questions in a definitive blog.
While each year has seen advances across our product line, this past year’s progress is truly unprecedented.