I work on few .net projects which create reports in 'English' in pdf file.
Report contains few texts as well as few graphs in it.
So my question is can i design an interface which will allow user to upload this generated pdf report and convert it in any other language using sql server reporting service.
OR
Is it easy to do using simple asp.net ?
Thanks in advance !!!
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There's a legacy VB6 application at my company that allows reports to be emailed to clients. Basically, a requisition number is entered, and after QC to make sure it's valid, the appropriate Crystal Reports template is called, exported to PDF, and emailed to the correct contact. I've been asked to research the feasibility of converting this from the current manual task (enter the requisition number and click the "Email Report" button) to a SQL Agent job, most likely an SSIS package. Duplicating the SQL that currently validates the requisitions is no problem, but I don't know how to get SSIS to call the Crystal Reports template (or if it's even possible), or how to then export it to PDF to be emailed.
The Crystal Reports templates are highly customized and have their own SQL queries that use the requisition number as the parameter. There are several templates for each client, so there are many templates existing (literally hundreds), and recreating all that customization isn't feasible. That's why I need to use the existing Crystal Reports instead of another option. We are using SQL Server 2008 R2 and Crystal reports 10. I have no ability to change this.
Is it possible to invoke a Crystal Reports template from SSIS and then export it to PDF, and if so, how? Any advice or links to resources will be very welcome!
Sorry for being a newbie to SSRS.
My design goal:
Near term: develop - using SSRS - a simple client side (no reporting server!) report - based on MS SQL data tables, and embed it into the .NET WPF client (application)
Long term: for additional reports, hire external SSRS experts, so they will provide the reports developed, and I will integrate them into the same WPF application.
I managed to do 2 things:
Develop a simple report connecting to MS SQL, using Reports Builder 3.0 - as a result, an RDL file was generated (the file contains all the DB connections)
Embed a ReportViewer WinForms control into the WPF application.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to load the report I developed, into the application.
I understood from articles on the new that RDL is not designed to support client-side execution (without a server), and RDLC should be used instead. However, I wasn't able to figure out how to conver the report to RDLC, using the Reports Builder - it does not give me an option to save in a different format.
I would appreciate any hint from the experienced people on how to accomplish my goal.
Specifically, should I use RDLC, and if positive - what's the way to get the report in this format?
Thanks
Max
I would recommend using Visual Studio when creating RDLC reports that will be embedded within an application and run in "Local" mode, and using either Microsoft Report Builder or Visual Studio to create RDL reports that will run in "Server" mode within SSRS.
A RDLC report would be created within a WPF Visual Studio project be simply creating a new Report.
A RDL report would be created within a Reports Server project when using Visual Studio.
Alternatively, it appears you could simply rename the file from RDL to RDLC if you don't mind manually correcting the Data Source information in the report definition file: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252109(v=vs.120).aspx.
I have a situation where I need to generate reports from a Data Mart which is built in MySQl. I have to use open source tools only. Can you please suggest any tools that best fit my requirement? Is Jasper Reports right for this?
Thanks
There are so many Open source tool which you can use such as JaspeReport Server and Pentaho.
but I would prefer to use JasperReport server, It has all the capabilities like : -
To allow users to make reports and download them as Excel or PDF.
Drill downs
3.Crosstabs
Graphical Charts
Easy to integrate onto a web app type page full of these reports
Easy integration with our databases
Easy integration with Java and Eclipse.
You can find more about JasperReport server here
JasperSoft comes default with PostgreSQL database but you can connect through MySQL database.
Here you can see comparison of all other open source reporting based tools.
I have an Access db file, and I need to slice and dice the data for various reports that my boss wants.
Is Microsoft Reporting Services a tool that is appropriate for this kind of activity?
If so, would I import the Access data in SQL Server, then the reporting services is a tool that works on SQL Server, allowing the report builder to build custom reports?
SSRS is great for what your trying to do if you wish to stick with Micrsoft tech.
SQL Server Express Adv edition comes with report server. There are plenty of guides out there for install / set up but once going you can use a little application called Report Builder that lets you design the layout of the reports themselves.
Reporting server esentially generates reports from templates you produce in report builder app.
The free edition of report server that comees with SQL Express Adv can export reports into three types, word files, excell or PDFs and does a very good job at it. It also exposes a webservice with a whole myrad of web methods thats very very usefull. ASP.Net also has a control which you can drop into your apps which will render a report.
So in short, yes :)
Hope this helps.
How would I embed an ASP.NET server control on a SQL Server 2005 Reporting file (.rdl)?
I am using the design view to accomplish my task.
Last time I checked you can't. You're limited to code that generates images, like bar codes.
Unfortunately, you can't. SQL Reporting Services can generate reports in a variety of formats -- HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV, and so on. It has nothing to do with ASP.NET other than the fact that you can use the ReportViewer web control to emit a report rendered in HTML format.
Depending on what you're trying to accomplish, you might be able to use parameters to pass information into the report from the web page containing the report viewer.