MSSQL Server Reporting Services: Black Belt Administration: Prepare the Execution Log for Reporting - Page 4January 18, 2005 Create a Database to Contain the Execution Log Our next step is to create a database to contain the information from the Execution Log. As we have discussed, Reporting Services creates a log to house this information already - a log that we might simply access, and from which we might report, without the need for an "intermediate" database. The information that we find in the default database leaves a little to be desired from the perspective of formatting, ease of reporting and so forth. We will therefore take a gift as it is presented, and use the tools provided to create a database and user-friendly schema to make our job easier. We can, after all, modify the database as required in the future, should the need arise, based upon client feedback or our own inclinations. To begin the construction of our reporting data source, we will first create a new database from the MSSQL Server Enterprise Manager, and then create the constituent tables of the database with Query Analyzer. This step will be facilitated by the table creation script that resides among the components that we placed into the folder we created above. 1. Click Start. 2. Navigate to the Microsoft MSSQL Server Enterprise Manager shortcut in the Programs group, as appropriate. The equivalent on my PC appears as shown in Illustration 4.
3. Select Enterprise Manager from the menu. The Enterprise Manager console opens. 4. Expand Microsoft SQL Servers by clicking the "+" sign to its immediate left, as required. 5. Expand SQL Server Group. 6. Expand the appropriate server. The Enterprise Manager console appears as depicted in Illustration 5.
7. Expand the Databases folder, so as to display its contents. 8. Right-click the Databases folder. 9. Click New Database ... in the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 6.
The Database Properties dialog appears, defaulted to the General tab. 10. Type the following into the Name box: RSExecutionLog The General tab of the Database Properties dialog appears as depicted in Illustration 7.
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