Reports... where to begin?

Question

User-532093159 posted

hi 

im working on a project in Visual Studio (asp.net mvc 3 and c#)

i want to work with the data in the databse and produce reports.

but i have no idea where to begin, how to make reorts etc.

im going to need the reports to be printable and also be able to be converted to MS word/excel too

could someone tell me where to start? any simple guides/ tutorials would be a big help.

thanks

Answer 1

User1849990362 posted

You have different options available here for reporting.

1.rdlc report

2.Crystal Report

3.Any third party reporting library e.g. Active report.

Out of these rdlc reports are inbuilt in to Visual Studio or .net you need not need to install anything for that.

for 2,3 option you need to download the package and install in order to use that.

rdlc reports are easy and are built in.

In rdlc reports you can print and convert it in to number of formats.

Here are some links that might help you.

http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/05/09/creating-an-asp-net-report-using-visual-studio-2010-part-1.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/166291/Generate-a-report-using-Crystal-Reports-in-Visual

Answer 2

User-532093159 posted

thanks for the links, i will look into it now.

Answer 3

User805608831 posted

Take a look into List & Label, too.

It's very useful piece of software.

Answer 4

User2105670541 posted

here are some nice links that will help you to learn Reporting Services:

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/reporting-services/beginning-sql-server-2005-reporting-services-part-1/

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/reporting-services/beginning-sql-server-2005-reporting-services-part-2/

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/reporting-services/beginning-sql-server-2005-reporting-services-part-3-the-chart-control/

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/reporting-services/beginning-sql-server-reporting-services-part-4/