Pleasant Greetings!
I need to build ad hoc reports. Our current database solution allows the creation of reports via MS SQL Reporting Services. This is a fine solution, which works fine. However, SSRS provides a high degree of overhead we would prefer to avoid. Telerik seems a fine alternative. The goal is to keep all the existing infrastructure, only replacing the presentation layer with Telerik Reporting.
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Currently, we support the following:
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The user will specify a "data set" from a predefined list of data sets the system provides. Based on the selected dataset, the user can pick associated fields for display. Also, Sorting and Grouping criteria can be added to each field.
All of these specifications are stored to a database, so the report can be repeatedly viewed.
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What needs to happen is that I need to be able to create telerik textbox objects on the fly to correspond to the selected fields. Once the report layout is complete, I simply need to attach the datasource and view the report.
For performance reasons, it would be great if the generated report could be stored somewhere, somehow.
Thanks for any guidance, code samples, etc. that you can provide.
Tom
I need to build ad hoc reports. Our current database solution allows the creation of reports via MS SQL Reporting Services. This is a fine solution, which works fine. However, SSRS provides a high degree of overhead we would prefer to avoid. Telerik seems a fine alternative. The goal is to keep all the existing infrastructure, only replacing the presentation layer with Telerik Reporting.
________________
Currently, we support the following:
________________
The user will specify a "data set" from a predefined list of data sets the system provides. Based on the selected dataset, the user can pick associated fields for display. Also, Sorting and Grouping criteria can be added to each field.
All of these specifications are stored to a database, so the report can be repeatedly viewed.
_______________
What needs to happen is that I need to be able to create telerik textbox objects on the fly to correspond to the selected fields. Once the report layout is complete, I simply need to attach the datasource and view the report.
For performance reasons, it would be great if the generated report could be stored somewhere, somehow.
Thanks for any guidance, code samples, etc. that you can provide.
Tom
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Hello Tom,
Please, see our answer to your other forum post with the same question.
For more information about creating reports dynamically, please check out the "Creating a Report Programmatically " topic in the help. Other useful technique is to create a generic report with the designer and see the code that is generated in the code-behind file. You can start building dynamic reports on that base afterwards.
You can export the rendered reports to PDF programmatically and store them at a convenient location. Other options are TIFF and MHTML.
All the best,
Rossen
the Telerik team
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Please, see our answer to your other forum post with the same question.
For more information about creating reports dynamically, please check out the "Creating a Report Programmatically " topic in the help. Other useful technique is to create a generic report with the designer and see the code that is generated in the code-behind file. You can start building dynamic reports on that base afterwards.
You can export the rendered reports to PDF programmatically and store them at a convenient location. Other options are TIFF and MHTML.
All the best,
Rossen
the Telerik team
Instantly find answers to your questions at the new Telerik Support Center