No. It's just a visual representation. Use whatever layout you find easier to understand. (Not that it matters in 2019... database diagrams are gone.

Got data? (Create table scripts, insert scripts)

That article helps a lot! However can you tell how I can tell if the report is cached or updated by the report?
How do you deploy the shared dataset?...

For starters, I would rename the columns so they mean something. Databases where the column names are just about meaningless (and have the wrong data types) are a nightmare to...

This post is 8 years old. Why not start your own post?

And how do you propose to find out what changed by using ROW_NUMBER()? Even if you did...

just insert it. SQL Server handles the encrypting of the data before it gets written to the table.

Sure. Post the CREATE TABLE scripts too. Should be enlightening.

Then we can all see if you really needed a cursor to accomplish the task.

Oh for crying out loud. Why do professors teach you how to use cursors, but not in the proper place? I'd challenge the professor and ask why it can't be...

Maybe this article will help?
http://www.sqlblog.nl/dynamic-refresh-ssrs-cache-using-sql/

(Doesn't directly answer your question, but explains how to refresh the cache on a schedule)

And you've been using SSRS for how long now?
1. datasets on the RIGHT are for the PROJECT. datasets on the LEFT are for the report you're working on. If...

Since you can only round numbers, you'd have to cast the values as a decimal and round those. You can't round a string.

Don't think it will work unless the first 2 characters of a the strings are unique, so you wouldn't have something like
Ball
Bath
as members of the set. If...

Elegant? That's the standard pattern for this kind of question. AFAIK, that's the way to do it.

I think you're missing a table.
Package (PackageID*…)
Server(ServerID*,..)
ServerPkg(ServerID*, PackageID*)   (basically the "contents"/inventory of each server)

One way to do it is
(Package CROSS JOIN Server)...