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I have installed Visual Web Developer Express 2010, and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with advanced services.
How can I write reports to use with reporting services?
Do I need to install Visual Studio C# Express 2010 for instance?
Thanks.
Report builder is generally a power end-user application. When you installed SQLServer 2008 R2 there should have been an option to also install the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). BIDS is essentially a very light-weight installation of Visual Studio.
Once that suite is installed you can navigate through your start menu to BIDS and create a new reporting services project.
As mentioned by Russell if you’re developing against a locally running instance of SSRS, additional configuration might be necessary.