First off, let me start by saying that I'm not asking this question to strike a competency debate between Microsoft and Telerik versions of the Report Viewer functionality; but moreso to solicit candid opinions and facts so I can make an well-informed decision.
I know that there are a lot of similarities when it comes to the type of content that may be rendered and the methodologies used to acquire the rendered reports, what I am interested in are the most basic differences.
From what I can tell, one of the most obvious reason for choosing Telerik reporting over Microsoft would be the absense of a license to have access to the SSRS development environment in order to create Microsofts proprietary RDL schema based reports to support their ReportViewer control. Presenting the benefit that you can create and implement Telerik reports solely using the Telerik Reporting API in contrast to having need to purchase a Microsoft license.
Adversely, if someone had the requirement to develop a portal based on the existence of an SSRS Report Server where users created and uploaded their on reports then obviously the Telerik Report Viewer would not likely be the way to go under that set of circumstances.
Could anyone provide any other immediate benefits that I may have missed or are there any? I believe the Telerik reporting control is an excellent tool and it looks extremely similar to the MS ReportViewer control, I just need to get the raw basics on where the 2 differ.
Thanks!
I know that there are a lot of similarities when it comes to the type of content that may be rendered and the methodologies used to acquire the rendered reports, what I am interested in are the most basic differences.
From what I can tell, one of the most obvious reason for choosing Telerik reporting over Microsoft would be the absense of a license to have access to the SSRS development environment in order to create Microsofts proprietary RDL schema based reports to support their ReportViewer control. Presenting the benefit that you can create and implement Telerik reports solely using the Telerik Reporting API in contrast to having need to purchase a Microsoft license.
Adversely, if someone had the requirement to develop a portal based on the existence of an SSRS Report Server where users created and uploaded their on reports then obviously the Telerik Report Viewer would not likely be the way to go under that set of circumstances.
Could anyone provide any other immediate benefits that I may have missed or are there any? I believe the Telerik reporting control is an excellent tool and it looks extremely similar to the MS ReportViewer control, I just need to get the raw basics on where the 2 differ.
Thanks!
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Hello Mark,
We've already answered your concerns in the support thread you have opened. Do note that the report viewers are part of the Telerik Reporting suite and you do not need separate license for them. In fact you can work directly with the report processor and embed the output in the application without the help of the viewer.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
We've already answered your concerns in the support thread you have opened. Do note that the report viewers are part of the Telerik Reporting suite and you do not need separate license for them. In fact you can work directly with the report processor and embed the output in the application without the help of the viewer.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
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