SSRS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

📘 SSRS Interview Questions (SQL Server Reporting Services)

These are SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) Interview Questions compiled to help you prepare for SQL Server Report Developer interviews. The list will be updated continuously. Good luck! 🎯

🧠 General Questions

1. What is SSRS?
2. When was SSRS introduced and what versions are available?
3. What is a Shared Data Source in SSRS?
4. What is a Shared Dataset in SSRS?
5. What is Embedded Data Source and how is it different from Shared Data Source?
6. What is the difference between Data Source and Dataset in SSRS?
7. What types of SSRS Reports can and can't be created by using Report Wizard?
8. Can you create parameter reports using the Report Wizard?
9. What are the steps/stages of SSRS report processing?
10. How would you edit a deployed SSRS Report?
11. What is Report Manager and its function?
12. Which tool can business users use to create their own reports?
13. Which delivery/export options are available in SSRS?
14. How to display all the records on one page in SSRS?
15. What are the different ways to sort your report data? What is interactive sort?
16. How to display data on single tablix from two datasets by joining on a single column using Lookup?
17. How to display data from two datasets by joining on multiple columns using Lookup?
18. How to display header on each page?
19. What are the seven rendering extensions in SSRS?
20. What is a Page Break in SSRS Report?
21. How to display X rows per page in SSRS?
22. How to export grouped data to separate Excel sheets?
23. What is running total? How to use it in SSRS?
24. How to display each group on a new page?
25. Which language are RDL files made of?
26. Difference between Drill Down and Drill Through reports?
27. Different types of data sources available in SSRS?
28. How to add custom code in SSRS?
29. What types of parameters are available?
30. What is a single value parameter?
31. What is a multi-value parameter?
32. How to use a stored procedure with a single value parameter?
33. How to use a stored procedure with multi-value parameter?
34. How to show a calendar for date parameter?
35. Is there a way to provide default parameter values?
36. Best way to provide month names as parameter values?
37. What is cascading parameter?
38. What are range parameters?
39. Can you use radio buttons as a parameter input?
40. How do you set a parameter on a Drill Through report?
41. How do you set a parameter on a Sub report?
42. How to generate report with DateTime and save in a shared folder?
43. What does SSRS deployment or publishing mean?
44. How to deploy SSRS using BIDS/SSDT?
45. Steps to deploy using Report Manager?
46. What is Bookmark in SSRS?
47. How to hide empty rows in SSRS?
48. How to replace NULL values in cells?
49. How to use a CSV file as Data Source?
50. How to use Excel as Data Source?
51. Difference between IIF and SWITCH function?
52. How to generate sequence number in report?
53. What type of report items are available?
54. What image sources can be used in reports?
55. Types of reports you can create in SSRS?
56. What is Reporting Services Configuration Manager?
57. What is Subscription in SSRS?
58. What is the difference between Standard and Data Driven Subscription?
59. Tabular vs Matrix Report?
60. What are Data Alerts in SSRS and how do they work?
61. Where to find Report Server logs and what do they show?
62. What is List Data Region in SSRS?
63. What is Sub Report in SSRS?
64. What is Snapshot Report?
65. What is Cached Report?
66. What is Shared Schedule in SSRS?
67. What is RS Utility and why is it used?
68. Types of roles available in SSRS?
69. What is the name and location of SSRS config file?

Last updated: 2025. More questions will be added soon.