SQLBits 2010

Save the Pies for Lunch - Data Visualisation Techniques with SSRS 2008

A look at the principles of Dashboard and report design design and how to achieve them with SSRS

SSRS 2008 and in particular R2 introduces some great features for visualising data. This session will look at some of the principles of data visualisation as advocated by Stephen Few, Edward Tufte etc and how you can put them into practice when building great looking dashboards and reports using Reporting Services. Warning - you may never used a 3d pie chart again after this session :)

Speaker

Tim is the joint owner of Adatis, a specialist Microsoft Business Intelligence Consultancy based in the UK. He has been working with SQL Server and in particular the BI stack for more than 10 years. He specialises in Analytics, Reporting and data visualisation techniques and campaigns frequently against the use of pie charts! Tim was first awarded the MVP for SQL server in 2009

Tim Kent's Sessions

Save the Pies for Lunch - Data Visualisation Techniques with SSRS 2008