Report Builder tutorials
Applies to: 
SQL Server 2016 (13.x)
Power BI Report Server
The Report Builder tutorials help you learn how to create basic Reporting Services paginated reports.
| Tutorial | Description |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for tutorials (Report Builder) | To use these tutorials, you must have read-only access to a SQL Server database and permissions to access a SQL Server 2016 (13.x) Reporting Services (SSRS) or later report server. |
| Create a basic table report (Report Builder) | Create a data source connection, define a query, build a layout to contain your data, format your report, and add grouping and totals. |
| Create a matrix report (Report Builder) | Use the Table or Matrix Wizard to create the report data source, dataset, and layout, and then enhance the matrix within the Design view of Report Builder. |
| Create a free form report (Report Builder) | Create a free-form report from scratch. Free-form reports allow for a flexible layout, making it easy to design visually appealing reports in various formats. |
| Format text (Report Builder) | Format text in your reports to enhance readability and present data professionally. |
| Add a column chart to your report (Report Builder) | Add columns to charts to show data changes over time and compare relative values over multiple charts. You can add a column chart to show data changes over time and compare the relative value of multiple series. |
| Add a pie chart to your report (Report Builder) | Add a pie chart to a report. Pie charts help visualize data as a proportion of the whole. |
| Add a bar chart to your report (Report Builder) | Add a bar chart to a report. Bar chart visualizations help to improve readability and understandability of report data. |
| Add a sparkline to your report (Report Builder) | Create a matrix and then add a set of sparkline charts to the matrix. Sparklines and data bars are small, simple charts that convey large amounts of information in a little space. |
| Add a KPI to your report (Report Builder) | Add a key performance indicator (KPI) to a report. KPIs help you show measurable values with business significance. |
| Map report (Report Builder) | Add a map to a report. Use the map to display data on a geographic background in a Reporting Services paginated report. |
| Add a parameter to your report (Report Builder) | Customize the appearance and content of a report by using parameters. The parameters allow report readers to filter report data for one or more values. |
| Create drillthrough and main reports (Report Builder) | Create reports for a drillthrough scenario based on an Analysis Services cube. You create the main report and enable it for drillthrough and the report that's the target of the drillthrough action. |
| Introduce expressions | Use expressions to concatenate, calculate, and look up field values and show them a report. You learn how to conditionally display different images and indicator states by using expressions. |
| Reporting Services tutorials | See the other Reporting Services tutorials to learn more about how to create basic Reporting Services paginated reports. |