This will allow you to test your queries, dashboards and reports without affecting your production environment. Copy a backup of your SCCM database to your laptop. If by chance you have Visual Studio 2017 installed on your laptop, you will need to download the Microsoft Reporting Services Projects instead of the Visual Studio 2015 version. This means that you can install SSDT on your workstation without any licensing cost. With SSDT, you can design and deploy any SQL Server content type with the same ease as you would develop an application in Visual Studio.” “SQL Server Data Tools is a modern development tool that you can download for FREE to build SQL Server relational databases, Azure SQL databases, Integration Services packages, Analysis Services data models, and Reporting Services reports. On the download page for SSDT it says the following. You can see from the screenshot above that I also have it pinned to my task manager bar. Now that SQL Server Data Tools 2015 is installed, you can find it by opening the start menu, scrolling down to the “S” and then clicking on SQL Server Data Tools 2015. You can now start using SSDT to create fantastic dashboards and reports! Launching SQL Server Data Tools 2015 With that last step completed, the install is done.
Select the, I agree to the license terms and conditions, check box and then click Install.Ĭlick on either the Restart or Close button. Note: Since I already have SQL Server Integration Services installed on my laptop, I have to keep it selected. Once downloaded, double-click on the SSDTSetup.exe, deselect SQL Server Analysis Services and SQL Server Integration Services, before clicking on the Next button. The ISO, however, is useful if you want to install SSDT on many computers. Keep in mind that this will be significantly larger than the executable. Note: you can also download the full ISO from the same URL. Start this process by downloading the SSDT executable.
Doing so allows you to manage SQL Server and to create queries, dashboards, and reports all on your computer without tying up a Remote Desktop (RDP) connection.
If you follow my blog or if you attend any of my presentations, you’ll know that I always recommend to install SSDT and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) locally on your computer. Let’s get started! Installing SQL Server Data Tools Installing SSDT on your workstation will allow you to create projects for dashboards and reports. SSDT is the SSRS reporting tool component. Recently I noticed, while writing another blog post, that I don’t have a post about how to install SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).
Many of my blog posts about tips and tricks for reporting (mostly SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)) focus on System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). How Do You Install SQL Server Data Tools?
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