SQL Server Management Studio comes up with multiple standard reports that show basic performance information. These reports are available without any additional installation and with no extra configuration.

But if you think this is not enough, Microsoft lunch Performance Dashboard Reports with SQL Server 2012.

Let’s deploy and configure Performance Dashboard Reports

a. You can download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports setup http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29063

b. Run setup with admin privileges

Click Next

Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and click Next

Enter your & your organization name and Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish, Installation Completed

c. You have to execute setup.sql using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), open the setup.sql script from your installation directory (default of %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Performance Dashboard) and run the script. Close the query window once it completes.

d. In the Object Explorer pane in SSMS, right mouse click on the SQL Server instance node, then choose Reports-Custom Reports. Browse to the installation directory and open the performance_dashboard_main.rdl file.

Select “performance_dashboard_main.rdl” and click open

Click Run, You will get your report.

e. Now your report is configured and you can get it through right mouse click on the SQL Server instance node, then choose Reports- performance_dashboard_main

f. Performance Dashboard Main Report

Reference: Rohit Garg (http://mssqlfun.com/)

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