We will simplify the APIs for implementing the Reports web service that exposes the report generation engine to the web report viewers and not only.

This will make it easier to embed report preview functionality into your applications.

We will improve and bring the SQL builder tool from the Standalone Report Designer into the Web Report Designer.  This will allow composing SQL SELECT statements in a visual manner, enabling power users to create their own queries on the fly.

Improving the Web Report Designer is our long-term strategy. The next iteration will introduce several performance improvements that we have identified and this will improve the end-user experience further.

We will implement the Visual Studio Report Designer for .NET Core, .NET 5, and .NET 6 projects to enable integrated design-time experience for these MS technologies.

 

Starting with our upcoming releases, Telerik Reporting will exclusively support .NET versions 6.0 and above. The last release supporting older framework versions is the one scheduled for the end of January. After that, we will provide one full year of our outstanding support service for this release.

Note that all Telerik Reporting assets targeting the .NET development platform are built for .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 6.0, and .NET 7.0, so they are already compatible with this change.

We strongly encourage you to migrate your applications to the latest LTS versions of .NET currently supported by Telerik Reporting: .NET 6.0 and .NET 8.0. Upgrading to the latest .NET version will enable you to take full advantage of the latest features, performance improvements, and security enhancements provided by both Microsoft and Telerik. For more details check the following announcement.

 

Starting with our upcoming releases, Telerik Reporting will exclusively support .NET Framework versions 4.6.2 and above. The last release supporting older framework versions is the one scheduled for the end of January. After that, we will provide one full year of our outstanding support service for this release.

We strongly encourage you to migrate your applications to a framework version supported by Microsoft (4.6.2 or above) or to migrate your application to the .NET platform targeting version 6.0 or above. Upgrading to a supported .NET Framework version will enable you to take full advantage of the latest features, performance improvements, and security enhancements provided by both Microsoft and Telerik. For more details check the following announcement.

We will introduce support for Kendo UI SASS themes in the HTML5 Report Viewer as well. We will continue developing our web-based report viewers and report designers with SASS theming in mind.

We will implement dedicated data source components to pull data from some of the most popular databases that can currently be utilized using the SQL Data Source component. This will allow easier setup for the report author making them more productive. The considered target data management systems include PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB.

We will make it possible to present data that is joined from more than one data source. This will bring more flexibility into the hands of the report author. Imagine joining data from a web service providing instant stock rates with the client accounts' holdings for example. No warehouse in the middle of the process. No delay. 

On top of our Skia-based report generation engine implementation, we will compile a WebAssembly containing this engine. Effectively, web apps will be able to generate reports directly on the client.

We will expose the available settings to each export format to the end-user so that they have granular control over the produced document.

We will extend the available out-of-the-box functions that can be utilized when composing expressions. Additionally, we will make it easier to extend the available functions.