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OfficeWriter As A Designer
OfficeWriter allows Microsoft Excel and Word
to serve as the design tools for Reporting Services
reports.
Designing reports require only a few steps to insert
data markers or merge fields into the document to define
where data is to be placed. The Excel or Word user, who
knows the database schema, inserts the data markers using
the OfficeWriter toolbar.
The OfficeWriter toolbar generates an RDL file. The
Excel or Word template is encoded and stored in RDL’s <Custom> element.
In addition, those wishing to use Visual Studio .NET
will find that the RDL is still fully editable in VS.NET.
Utilizing this method is a major benefit because inserting
data markers is fairly trivial compared to designing
an entire report using a proprietary business intelligence
tool.
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