what are the methods of reporting? what are the uses of reporting?

Question

what are the methods of reporting to management? what are its uses?

Answer 1

Reports to mgt can take the forms of financial and management reports. It must be emphasized however, that no report will be of any benefit unless it is used as a basis for action. The report itself will not create action. Action must be initiated by an individual or governing body, whether it is the managing partner, management committee or administrator.

Time, Costs and Billing Reports, especially in professional firms like law and audit firms, help mgt to track time incurred and allows them to decide whether it's time to raise an interim or final bill, or whether to increase billing rates.

Sales reports tell mgt which customer should be cultivated and which should be let go, as well as which salesman does a good job, etc.

Accounts Receivable Reports aid mgt to identify delinquent accounts. Firms should age their accounts receivable at set intervals, e.g., thirty, sixty, ninety, 120 and over 150 days.

Profitability Reports let mgt know how well or poorly it is doing month-by-month in order that firm-wide trends can be identified and remedial steps can be taken in time.

Project Management reports tell mgt which projects are on track and which are running late.

Budget Analysis reports indicate variances between budgeted time, cost, billing, or target start and finish dates compared against actual results. Mgt can then look into unfavourable variances and investigate them.

Budgets let mgt know what projects are about to begin and how much they'll cost and make. They indicate which products are the profitable ones and allow mgt to decide whether to stop production of any product line. Capital budgets let mgt decide whether there's enough cash flow to finance the capital acquisition and whether to borrow money.

These are just some of the reports to mgt and how they are useful.

Answer 2

First, you have to ask the main question. Then, conduct background research. After that, construct the hypothesis. And at this point, you should have identified the Independent and Dependent Variables. Then, you test the hypothesis by conducting the actual experiment. Afterwards, you analyze your results and draw a conclusion, then you communicate your results.

Answer 3

Reportexecutionservice.render

Answer 4

ServerReport Methods

Public Methods

Name Description
Equals Overloaded. (Inherited from Object.)
GetDataSources Overloaded. Retrieves information about data sources used for a report.
GetDefaultPageSettings Overridden. Gets the default page settings specified in the local report.
GetDocumentMap Returns the representation of the document map for the local report. (Inherited from Report.)
GetExecutionId Returns the current execution ID, or null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no execution ID is available.
GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
GetParameters Overridden. Returns report parameter properties for the report.
GetServerVersion Returns the version of the report server.
GetTotalPages Overridden. Retrieves the total number of logical pages for the server report.
GetType (Inherited from Object.)
IsQueryExecutionAllowed Indicates whether the report can execute queries.
ListRenderingExtensions Overridden. Returns all available rendering extensions for the server report.
LoadReportDefinition Overloaded.
ReferenceEquals (Inherited from Object.)
Refresh Overridden. Causes the report to be rendered with new data.
Render Overloaded. Processes the report and renders it in the specified format.
RenderStream Returns a secondary stream associated with a processed report.
SetDataSourceCredentials Sets data source credentials for the report.
SetExecutionId Initializes a server report using a specific report execution on the server.
SetParameters Overridden. Sets report parameter properties for the report.
ToString (Inherited from Object.)

Protected Methods

Name Description
Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Uses Of Reporting :

MORE INFORMATION
You can generate a report by using Reporting Services, and you can view the report by using Report Manager. Report Manager is included with Reporting Services. By using Report Manager, you can render your report to different file formats that are supported by Reporting Services. To render a report to a specific file format, follow these steps: 1. Start Report Manager.
2. Locate your report in Report Manager, and then click the report to preview your report.
3. In the Select a format list, click the file format that you want to use to render your report, and then click Export.
After you click Export in Report Manager, the File Download dialog box opens. The File Download dialog box provides an option to save the rendered report on your computer. Even if you open the report without saving the report, a file that corresponds to the rendered report is created on your computer.

If you want to render a report to the requested file format without creating the file that corresponds to the rendered report on your computer, you can use the Render method in the Reporting Services SOAP APIs. For more information about the Render method for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa225827(SQL.80).aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa225827(SQL.80).aspx)
For more information about the Render method for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.wssux.reportingserviceswebservice.rsexecutionservice2005.reportexecutionservice.render.aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.wssux.reportingserviceswebservice.rsexecutionservice2005.reportexecutionservice.render.aspx)
To create a sample ASP.NET Web application to render a report that is deployed on a report server to the requested file format and to open the rendered report on a Web page by using the Reporting Services SOAP APIs, follow these steps.

Note This sample application renders the Company Sales sample report to the .pdf file format. Therefore, you must make sure that the Company Sales sample report is deployed on your report server in the SampleReports folder. You must also make sure that a program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on your computer before you run this application.
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Use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 to render the Company Sales sample report that is included in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services or SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
2. On the File menu, click New, and then click Project.
3. In the New Project dialog box, under Project Types, click Visual C# Projects.
4. In the New Project dialog box, under Templates, click ASP.NET Web Application.
5. In the Location box, type http://ReportServerName/RenderCompanySales, and then click OK to create the project.
6. Add a Web reference to the ReportService Web service. To do this, follow these steps: a. On the Project menu, click Add Web Reference.
b. In the Add Web Reference dialog box, type http://ReportServerName/ReportServer/ReportService.asmx in the URL box, and then click Go.
c. In the Web reference name box, type RSWebReference, and then click Add Reference.

7. In the left pane, under Toolbox, click Web Forms, and then double-click Button to add a button control to the Web form.
8. Set the properties of the button control by using the following information: • (ID): RenderTest
• Text: Render Report in PDF Format

9. On the View menu, click Code.
10. Add the following code at the top of the code window:using RenderCompanySales.RSWebReference;