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Hi Telerik Support Team,

We are currently using Telerik Reporting in our application and are exploring the possibility of providing a chatbot-like experience to our end users for interacting with report data.

Our goal is to allow users to ask natural language questions such as:

  • “Show top 5 schemes by return”
  • “What is the XIRR of debt funds?”
  • “Why did performance drop last month?”

and receive intelligent, context-aware responses based on the underlying report data.

Our intent is to build a controlled and secure chatbot layer that interprets user queries, maps them to report parameters or datasets, and uses Telerik Reporting as the source of truth.

Any guidance, documentation references, or recommended approaches from your side would be very helpful.

Petar
Telerik team
 answered on 30 Apr 2026
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently integrating the Telerik Web Report Designer into an ASP.NET Core application and ran into an issue when trying to preview reports.

Setup:

  • Telerik Reporting Version: 2025 Q1
  • .NET Version: .NET 8
  • Integration method: manual DLL references (no NuGet packages)
  • Hosting: ASP.NET Core (Kestrel)

Problem:
The Web Report Designer itself loads correctly. I am able to browse reports, open .trdp files and modify them without any issues. However, when I try to preview a report, I consistently get the following error:

“HTML5Interactive rendering format is not available.”

Any ideas?

Ivet
Telerik team
 answered on 17 Apr 2026
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We have been running in a little bit of an issue. We have tried adding a binding to the report itself for culture to be linked to parameter but it wont change the culture of the report. We can set the binding on individual text boxes and it works fine. The other issue is from what we have found is that the culture of the report is supposed to be defaulted to the what the locale is for the computer that is running the report and we have a few international customers that are reporting that is not working.

Telerik Reporting Report Globalization - Telerik Reporting

Petar
Telerik team
 answered on 14 Apr 2026
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When I launch the Telerik Report Designer i now get the the error below, also pictured in the attachment. I was able to launch and use the application once before, but now only get this error.

"An error has occurred while merging the resource dictionaries. Make sure that no assemblies with Telerik Controls for WPF reside in the same directory as the application executable.

Error of type 'Telerik.ReportDesigner.Core.AppResourceMergeException' was thrown."

 

This seems to be the same issue mentioned here in another question on this forum.

Below is the folder with the exe files for the application. I have tried restarting the computer, reinstalling the application, and repairing the application. None of these have fixed the issue.

 

Todor
Telerik team
 answered on 26 Mar 2026
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I don't know exactly on which version when this functionality stop working but Telerik Report Viewer (HTML5) doesn't longer call /formats endpoint to get available formats on viewer initialization.

One workaround (or so) that we have found was to enable send email option to true (sendEmail: { enabled: true }) but this breaks our app as no email sending is required by our app users.

 

This is directly reproducible with build in CSharp.NetFramework.Html5IntegrationDemo and Telerik Report version 20.0.26.211 by changing

sendEmail: { enabled: true } on html js code.

 

Please advise.

Todor
Telerik team
 answered on 17 Mar 2026
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Hello,

I want to generate a pdf file on the backend from a report that uses a SharedDataSource..
The report gets loaded with an instance of  my implementation of the IReportSourceResolver.
The report uses a SharedDataSource. And I have also an implemenation of the ISharedDataSourceResolver configured.

I use the reporting engine in the following way:

ReportSource reportSource = _resolver.Resolve(reportName, OperationOrigin.GenerateReportDocument, resolvedParams);
var processor = new ReportProcessor();
var deviceInfo = new System.Collections.Hashtable();
RenderingResult result = processor.RenderReport("PDF", reportSource, deviceInfo);
After saving the result to File I get the pdf, but is shows a big red error box with the following message:
An error has occurred while processing Table 'table1': Cannot instantiate the referenced DataSource. Could not find file 'C:PATH TO A SHARED DATA SOURCE FILE'

This error lets my think that the reporting engine is not using its configured instance of the ISharedDataSourceResolver. The breakpoints dont get hit also, but when viewing the report in the webDesigner, the shared datasources get loaded correctly using the ISharedDataSourceResolver

I have the following configuration in the appsettings.json:

"telerikReporting": {
    "processing": {
      "sharedDataSourceResolver": {
        "provider": "custom",        
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "typeName",
            "value": "NameSpaceAndClassName, containing AssemblyName"
          }
        ]
      }
    } 
  }

In program.cs I have the following:
As I understand this is for the reporting engine:
builder.Services.AddScoped<IReportServiceConfiguration>(sp =>
{
    return new ReportServiceConfiguration
    {
        // ReportingEngineConfiguration = sp.GetService<IConfiguration>(), //(?? is this needed? does not load config either
       Storage = new FileStorage(),
       ReportSourceResolver = sp.GetRequiredService<DatabaseReportSourceResolver>()
    };
});

And as I understand this is for the webDesigner: 
builder.Services.AddScoped<ISharedDataSourceStorage, DatabaseSharedDataSourceStorage>();
builder.Services.AddScoped<IReportDesignerServiceConfiguration>(sp => new ReportDesignerServiceConfiguration
{
    DefinitionStorage = new DatabaseDefinitionStorage(sp.GetRequiredService<IReportDefinitionDataStore>()),  
    SharedDataSourceStorage = sp.GetRequiredService<ISharedDataSourceStorage>(),
    SettingsStorage = new FileSettingsStorage(System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "Telerik Reporting")),
});

What am I missing? what is the correct way to configure the reporting engine to use my ISharedDataSourceResolver implementation?
The webReportDesigner does work correctly when using reports with sharedDataSources, It only happens when I instantiate the reporting engine manualy in the backend.

Kind regards


Dimitar
Telerik team
 answered on 10 Mar 2026
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I'm hitting a call stack error when running the telerik Web designer in my app, put a few checks to ensure no double init but anyhow here's my init. No backend failures identified. The errors stem from the designer initializing all the controls (dropdowns, fields etc) at this point in the designers internal code.
Uncaught (in promise) RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
    at init.wrap (webReportDesigner.kendo-19.3.25.1111.min.js:16:433731)
    at webReportDesigner.kendo-19.3.25.1111.min.js:16:432594
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
export const ReportDesigner = (): React.ReactElement => {
    const initializedRef = React.useRef(false)
    useEffect(() => {
        if (initializedRef.current) return
        // Make jQuery global for legacy scripts
        //@ts-expect-error: TS2339 (TS) Property '$' does not exist on type 'Window & typeof globalThis'.
        window.$ = window.$ || $
        //@ts-expect-error: TS2339 (TS) Property 'jQuery' does not exist on type 'Window & typeof globalThis'.
        window.jQuery = window.jQuery || $
        // Ensure Kendo exists globally
        const kendo = window.kendo
        if (!kendo) {
            console.error("Kendo UI must be loaded globally before initializing the designer!")
            return
        }
        
        const initDesigner = () => {
            if ($("#reportDesigner").data("telerik_WebReportDesigner")) {
                return // already initialized
            }
            //@ts-expect-error: TS2339 because Property 'telerik_WebReportDesigner' does not exist on type 'JQuery<HTMLElement>'.
            ($("#reportDesigner")).telerik_WebReportDesigner({
                serviceUrl: "/api/ReportDesigner",
            })
        }
        // Load Telerik designer scripts sequentially
        const loadDesignerScripts = (): Promise<void> => {
            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                if (document.querySelector('script[src*="webReportDesigner-19.3"]')) {
                    resolve()
                    return
                }
                const coreScript = document.createElement("script")
                coreScript.src = "/telerik/webReportDesigner-19.3.25.1111.js"
                coreScript.onload = () => {
                    const kendoScript = document.createElement("script")
                    kendoScript.src = "/telerik/webReportDesigner.kendo-19.3.25.1111.min.js"
                    kendoScript.onload = () => {
                        // Plugin should now exist
                        //@ts-expect-error: TS2339 (TS) Property 'telerik_WebReportDesigner' does not exist on type 'JQuery<HTMLElement>'.
                        if (!$.fn.telerik_WebReportDesigner) {
                            console.error("Telerik Web Report Designer plugin not loaded!")
                            reject(new Error("Telerik plugin not loaded"))
                            return
                        }
                        resolve()
                    }
                    kendoScript.onerror = (error) => reject(new Error(`Failed to load kendo integration script ${error}`))
                    document.body.appendChild(kendoScript)
                }
                coreScript.onerror = (error) => reject(new Error(`Failed to load core designer script ${error}`))
                document.body.appendChild(coreScript)
            })
        }
        // Ensure scripts loaded + token ready
        loadDesignerScripts().then(() => initDesigner()).catch(err => console.error(err))
    }, [])

    return <div id="reportDesigner" style={{ height: "900px" }} />
}
 
Petar
Telerik team
 answered on 06 Mar 2026
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while active license is available:

 

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 answered on 20 Feb 2026
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Hi,

In telerik Report , can i calculate age from DOB that i get for each record in my query.

Is there any datetime functions or formula fields available like in crystal reports for doing above thing?

Please reply me as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.
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 answered on 19 Feb 2026
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Based on our issue from 2 years ago, we implemented ISharedDataSourceResolver as a fix: https://www.telerik.com/forums/pass-user-claimsprincipal-from-reportscontroller-to-webservice-datasource-controller

    public class CustomSharedDataSourceResolver : Telerik.Reporting.Processing.Data.ISharedDataSourceResolver
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Resolves and returns a DataSource instance from the provided <paramref name="sharedDataSourcePath"/> parameter.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sharedDataSourcePath">The value of the Path property obtained from the report definition. Might be relative or absolute.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public DataSource Resolve(string sharedDataSourcePath)
        {
            ValidateConfiguration();

            var absolutePathToSharedDataSourceDefinition =
                GetExistingFilePath(Configuration.Instance.ReportsPath, sharedDataSourcePath)
                ?? GetExistingFilePath(Configuration.Instance.SharedDataSourcesPath, sharedDataSourcePath);

[...]
It is registered in our Appsettings.json:

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {[...]},
  "AllowedHosts": "*",
  "AzureStorageBlobConfig": {[...]},
  "Logging": {[...]},
  "TelerikReporting": {
    "Processing": {
      "SharedDataSourceResolver": {
        "Provider": "custom",
        "Parameters": [
          {
            "Name": "typename",
            "Value": "TgsFlow.Plugin.Reporting.TelerikReporting.Utilities.CustomSharedDataSourceResolver, TgsFlow.Plugin.Reporting.TelerikReporting"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
If I put a breakpoint on Resolve(), this breakpoint is hit on version 18.2.24.806 of Telerik.Reporting.Services.AspNetCore and Telerik.WebReportDesigner.Services. But if I upgrade those dependencies to 19.2.25.813 the breakpoint is no longer hit and the previously discussed fix no longer works.
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