Categories: SSRS

Reporting Services redesign – it’s the little things

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is getting quite the overhaul in SQL Server 2016. Lot’s of things are changing:

new look ‘n feel for Report Builder: Report Builder Changes in SQL Server 2016
new chart types (check out my sunburst, treemap and heatmap articles)
a (somewhat) customizable parameter pane
HTML 5 support
and many, many other stuff (see also What’s new in SSRS)

And these are all awesome changes. But sometimes it’s the little things that make me smile.
For example, I was toying with SSRS 2016 CTP3.0 and I wanted to insert a new chart. Suddenly I noticed they had updated the little chart icons in the dialog:

You can find a screenshot of the old dialog in the sunburst article.

How neat is that?

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Koen Verbeeck

Koen Verbeeck is a Microsoft Business Intelligence consultant at AE, helping clients to get insight in their data. Koen has a comprehensive knowledge of the SQL Server BI stack, with a particular love for Integration Services. He's also a speaker at various conferences.