ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My wonderful family for their enduring support and occasional tolerance for my over-commitment to books, papers, projects, and events. To my wife Sherri who says “Honey, I love you, but if you bring home one more piece of conference swag, you'll sleep in the garage.”
…the Reporting Services and SQL Server BI product teams at Microsoft; Thierry, Sean, Carolyn, Lukasz, Ariel, Robert, and many others who have been open and available for the past nine years of books, projects, and support. Thank you for letting me play a small role in your quest to avail these fantastic technologies to people who use them to deliver information and make important things happen all over the world. Thanks to Mark, Chuck, Denny, Carl, John, and the SQL CAT team.
…the Microsoft MVP organization for building an unbelievable network of dedicated professionals. To the SQL Server PASS organization who have nurtured a respected and trusted community. To Arnie and the Oregon SQL team for being my “homies.” Thanks to all the PASS chapter directors and SQL Saturday organizers everywhere.
…everyone at SolidQ for building a stellar organization, unlike any other. I'm proud to be counted among so many trusted friends and professionals.
A heartfelt thanks to the editorial and management team at Wiley; especially Bob and Kelly. How you maintain your sanity trying to manage those who write books in our “spare” time is beyond my comprehension. Thank you for your enduring patience and perseverance. Thank you to my co-authors and reviewers; Robert, Ken, Grant, Thiago, Joe, Chris, Nigel, and Glyn who have endured endless nights and weekends, reviews, and rewrites. Just one more revision and we should be done, guys! Thank you all for making this book happen.
I have a profound respect for those who write “those other” books, and who I consider to be peers and co-contributors to a vibrant industry. Thank you Stacia, Teo, and Brian for keeping the bar high and for your contributions to the industry.
— PAUL TURLEY
Robert would like to thank in particular Paul Turley and Bob Elliott for great collaboration throughout this project, drawing from the experience of several seasoned Reporting Services experts, and collecting proven best practices from large-scale customer deployments of Reporting Services. Furthermore, Robert would like to express a big “thank you” to all co-authors contributing to this book, to Kelly Talbot for great editorial work, and to technical reviewers for ensuring accuracy.
— ROBERT M. BRUCKNER
Thanks to Thierry D'Hers, Robert Bruckner, and the Reporting Services product team for their guidance and technical assistance during the authoring of this book.
Thanks to Paul Turley for continuing to give me the opportunity to be a part of this book project, and for Kelly Talbot and Bob Elliot's support and patience during the writing and editorial process.
Finally, thanks to my wife and kids, who have put up with my long hours and weekend nights spent during the writing of this book. I appreciate their love and encouragement and could not have done this without them.
— THIAGO SILVA
I would like to acknowledge my grandma Tiny Withee who turns 99 this year and is still going strong. I would also like to acknowledge my wife Rosemarie Withee, mother Maggie Blair, father Ken Withee, sister Kate Henneinke, and parents-in-law Alfonso and Lourdes Supetran and family.
An extraordinary amount of thanks goes to my co-authors; Paul Turley, Robert Bruckner, Thiago Silva, and Grant Paisley. Special thanks to Bob Elliott, Kelly Talbot, Gayle Johnson, Joe Salvatore, Chris Albrektson, Nigel Sammy, and the rest of the Wrox team for making this book a reality.
— KEN WITHEE
Thank you to the Angry Koala Team, Glyn Llewellyn who picks up the reins in my absence and helped in the writing of my chapters; Colin McGowan, David Lean, Geoff Orr, Mark Fitzpatrick, Lesley Llewellyn, Peter Orgill, and Praveen Chand, who through their professionalism and enthusiasm for BI, are the backbone to my success. Thanks to my good friend Paul Turley for opportunity and support during authoring; Kelly and the team at Wrox for their invaluable role in getting the book into production. And finally my family Sue, Megan, Lisa, and Zoe that I love but rarely say so. Oh and I nearly forgot: “Megan is awesome” — actually you all are!
— GRANT PAISLEY