Table of Contents

Part I: Setup and Installation.-1. Setup and Installation of SQL Server 2016.-2. Setup and Installation of R Tools for Visual Studio.-3. Project Scenario Definition.-.-Part II: Learning the Basics.-4. Building R Models with RTVS.-5. Plotting in RTVS.-.-Part III: Creating and Viewing Reports.-6. Configuring SQL Server Reporting Services.-7. Report Builder Installation and Data Preparation.-8. Building Reports using Report Builder.-9. Viewing the Reports in Report Server.-.-Part IV: Appendixes.-10: A. Installing a SQL Server 2016 instance in a SQL Server 2014 Installation.-11: B. Software Requirements Document.-12: C. R Plot and Tabular Code for R Tools for Visual Studio

About the Author

Bradley Beard is a professional software developer residing in the lovely city of Palm Bay, Florida. He started off designing websites using PHP and MySQL in the late 90’s, and gradually moved on to ColdFusion and SQL Server. His breadth of SQL Server experience began with SQL Server 7, mainly concentrated on SQL Server 2000, and then picked up again in SQL Server 2008. He earned his MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification in 2013, his MCSE: Business Intelligence certification in 2016, he was the Technical Reviewer for Mike McQuillan’s Introducing SQL Server, available from Apress, and he is the author of Practical Maintenance Plans in SQL Server, also available from Apress.