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SSRS Best Pracitice - 4


Report Model:


1. Field Alignment:  Apply the Alignment properly for all the fields as per the Requirement i.e. Code we can set the Center align, Text (Address, Names, and Description) we can set the Left align, Currency, financial data we can align Right.

2. Fields Default Sorting: Define the fields default sorting column to sort the data.

3. Format for the values: Define a proper format for the fields values i.e. for Number use N0, for Percentage use P0 etc.

4. Use Proper Naming conventions for the fields in the Report Model. it should be user friendly Names which represent the proper link to the information in the field.

5. Remove unnecessary aggregations on the numeric fields which are of no use. i.e. for a code in int we can remove the avg. of code which we know that is will not give any significant result.

6. Only include the necessary tables in the Model. To remove to complexity of the model use the Named Query to fetch the data for a particular business scenario.

7. If your under laying data base has modified after your report model has buildup, you need to do a refresh in your report model to reflect these changes in your report model.
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