Reporting Chart

[Donncha]

Hi

I would like to know if charting is available in Telrik reporting.
I can not find any reference to charting in the Reporting manual
although there is a chart control in the toolbar.
Can you tell me where I can find an example of using the reporting chart for
asp.net

Thanks

[Vassil Petev]

Hi Donncha,

Thank you for your interest in Telerik Reporting.

Yes, our Reporting tool offers a charting component. You can see it in action in the supplied examples which come with the installation, usually at Start --> Programs --> Telerik --> Reporting Q1 2008 --> VS Examples.

In addition, you can see the ASP.NET examples online here:
http://www.telerik.com/demos/reporting/Reporting/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx

As to the documentation, there is a topic on the chart in Designing Reports --> Understanding Report Items --> Chart. Please, note that the charting report item is based on Telerik's RadChart component. This means that you can use the extensive RadChart help to get started on the control. You can find an online version and a downloadable version at the ASP.NET documentation page.

Let us know if we can be of further assistance.


Kind regards,
Vassil
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[Donncha]

Thanks for your reply

but

1)
Start --> Programs --> Telerik --> Reporting Q1 2008 --> VS Examples.

The Telrik tab is empty

2)

In addition, you can see the ASP.NET examples online here:
http://www.telerik.com/demos/reporting/Reporting/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx

While the exapmle of top ten sales is interesting it is very hard to follow without notes

I would like to use the designer to attach dynamic date to my chart but I do not have this option , the designer says use needs data source event.
If you look at the chart documentation , in the chart wizard there is an add data source button , but I don't have this button??


3)
Designing Reports --> Understanding Report Items --> Chart.

I have viewed the online do documentation and I do not have a Chart element.

but i d

[Vassil Petev]

Hello Donncha,

Your reply on 1) leads us to believe that either

• you do not have Telerik Reporting installed on your machine,
• you have a very old version of Telerik Reporting installed
  OR
• you are using a project with Telerik Reporting already built-in.

Could you check the version of the Telerik Reporting assembly your project is using to make sure that you are working with the latest version?
 

2) To access the Chart Wizard in Telerik Reporting:

1. Create a new report in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008
2. Drag the chart item from the toolbox to the report
3. Right-click on it with the mouse and select Properties. This will start the wizard with the data tab.

3) The help topic on the Chart Report Item and its corresponding API is visible if:

1. You have Telerik Reporting installed. If you do, the path to the local file is:
   ms-help://telerik.reporting.2.5/Reporting/report-items-chart.html
    
2. The online topic can be viewed here:
   http://www.telerik.com/help/reporting/?ReportitemsChart.html
   You can navigate to it by clicking on Designing Reports --> Understanding Report Items --> Chart.

 
All the best,

Vassil
the Telerik team

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