Reporting Services can visualize spatial data in reports alongside other business data through tables, charts, and graphs. Spatial data in reports can come from installed maps, ESRI shapefiles, or spatial queries of SQL Server data. Reports can customize map views, add analytical datasets, and include Bing Maps tile layers.

1. Spatial Data with SQL Server
Reporting Services
Using SQL Server Reporting Services you
can visualize spatial information in a report or
dashboard alongside other business data in
the form of tables, charts, or graphs that
present other facets of related information.
Mihail Mateev
Senior Technical Evangelist, TL @ Infragistics

2. About me
Mihail Mateev is a Senior Technical Evangelist,
Team Lead at Infragistics Inc.
Mihail worked in various areas related to
technology Microsoft: Silverlight, WPF,
Windows Phone 7, Visual Studio LightSwitch,
WCF RIA Services, ASP.Net MVC, Windows
Metro Applications, MS SQL Server and
Windows Azure
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3. Agenda
 Creating a Simple Report Map
 SQL Server Spatial Data
 SRSS Map Control Data Sources
 Map Gallery (Installed Maps)
 ESRI Shapefile
 SQL Server Spatial Query
 Customizing the Map Viewport
 Adding an Analytic Dataset
 Adding a Bing Maps Tile Layer
 Windows Azure Reporting Services and Spatial Data
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4. Spatial Data
 Analyzing sales trends
 Analyzing the best placement depending of
different criteria
 Navigating to s destination using a GPS device.
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5. Spatial Data
 Allowing customers to track the deliveries
 Finding the optimum route for transportation
tasks
 Reporting geospatial information on the map
rather than in a tabular or chart format
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6. Representing Geospatial Features
 Points
 Polylines
 Polygons.
Points Polylines Polygons
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7. Comparing Raster to Vector Data
 Vector Data:  Raster Data:
 describes discrete  represents spatial
spatial objects by information using a
defining the coordinates matrix of cells.
of geometries
Rows
X,Y X,Y X,Y
X,Y X,Y Columns
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8. Geographic and Projected CS
 Geographic  Projected Coordinate
Coordinate System System
Y
Data
- X +X
+Y +Y
usually here
X
-X +X
-Y - Y
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9. Spatial Data and SQL Server
 Geospatial Data Types
 SQL Server supports two different spatial data types:
GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY
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10. Spatial Data and SQL Server
 Using Spatial Objects
 Create Spatial Objects
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11. SQL Server Reporting Services
 SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based
report generation software system from Microsoft.
 Administered via a web interface, it can be used to
prepare and deliver a variety of interactive and printed
reports.
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12. SRSS and Spatial Data
 Map Report Item and
Sources for Spatial
Data
 Spatial data can be
provided to the Map
Report Item (Map Report 1. Map Gallery Reports
Control) in three ways:
2. ESRI Shapefiles
3. SQL Server spatial data
stored in a database
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13. Map Layers
 Multi layer support 1. Polygon – used to show
 Each layer can contain geographic areas such
spatial data used to draw as countries or states.
the map, analytical data, 2. Line – used to show
and other properties such paths and routes.
as color and size. 3. Point – used to show
specific geographic
places.
4. Tile – used to display
Bing maps in reports.
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14. Creating the Report Project
 SQL Server Data
Tools
 Report Server Project
 Map Report Control
 Spatial Data Source
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15. Spatial Data Source
 Tile Source
 Shapefiles
 SQL Server Spatial
Data
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16. Customizing the Map Viewport
 Map Projections
 Center and Zoom
 Fill, Border, and
Shadow
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17. Analytical Data
 Add an analityc
dataset
 Match an analityc
dataset to a spatial
dataset
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18. Thematic Maps
 Distribution Options
 Optimal
 Equal Interval
 Equal Distribution
 Custom
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19. Zoom and Transparency
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20. Deployment
Select TargetServer
URL
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21. Assigning Actions to Map Elements
 it is possible to add a  Redirect to report with
degree of user interaction parameter:
to SSRS maps by
assigning actions to
elements on the map.  SELECT CODE,
 An action is triggered CNTRY_NAME,
when the user clicks on a POP_CNTRY, FIPS,
particular report element, geom.STArea() AS area
which can redirect them FROM world WHERE
to a new report or URL (CNTRY_NAME =
@country)
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22. Assigning Actions to Map Elements
 Select Polygon Properties
 Select the Action tab
 Select the Go to report
action and Specify other
report
 Add a parameter
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23. DEMO
 Create a report with
spatial data from Bing
Maps, shapefiles and
SQL Server spatial
data

24. Windows Azure SQL Reporting
 Windows Azure SQL 1. Preparing a database.
Reporting works the 2. Creating a New SQL
same as SQL Server Azure Reporting Server
Reporting Service – 3. Developing a Report in
but runs on cloud with BITS
some limitation such 4. Using Spatial Data with
Windows Azure SQL
as it connects only Reporting
with SQL Azure
5. Publishing Reports
database.
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25. Preparing a Database
 Windows Azure SQL 1. Create a new SQL
Database Windows Azure
Database server
2. Set Firewall Rules
3. Import Spatial Data
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26. Creating a New Azure SQL Reporting Server
 Windows Azure SQL 1. Create a new Azure SQL
Reporting Server Reporting Server.
2. Get the Web Service
URL
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27. Developing a Report in BITS
 Create a Report 1. Create a new Reporting
Server Project.
2. Add a Report
3. Add a new data source
4. Provide the query for
fetching the record from
database
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28. Developing a Report in BITS
 Create a Report 1. Add a Map control.
2. Choose a dataset with
SQL Server spatial data
3. Create a thematic map
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29. Developing a Report in BITS
 Create a Report 1. Select TargetServer URL
2. Publish the
Project/Report
3. Verify the Reports in
SQL Azure Reporting
Service
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30. DEMO
 Create a report with
spatial data from Bing
Maps, Windows
Azure SQL Database
spatial data using
Windows Azure SQL
Reporting

31. QUESTIONS
Q&A
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