Reporting Engines

[Todd VanDenHul]

Hey All,

Does anyone know of any good reporting engines for .NET? We're
currently evaluating Telerik, Reporting Services and Crystal Reports.
We need to be able to have multiple input/output formats, drilldown
capabilities and it needs to be easy for us and our users to create
reports.

Any input that anyone has would be appreciated.

tia

Todd

 

[aaron.kempf]

Reporting Services rocks... I've done a ton with it recently.

Now when you say 'end users' what do you mean?

I'd go with Reporting Services, hands down.. but what you are really
asking is this:

a) SQL Reporting Services 2008
or
b) SQL Reporting Servives 2005.

And the answer is _DEFINITELY_ wait a few months for SQL Server 2008

-Aaron

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know of any good reporting engines for .NET? We're
currently evaluating Telerik, Reporting Services and Crystal Reports.
We need to be able to have multiple input/output formats, drilldown
capabilities and it needs to be easy for us and our users to create
reports.

Avoid Crystal - buggy buggy buggy.

 

[Todd VanDenHul]

Hi Aaron,

When I say 'end users' I mean our customers. Sometimes they want to be
able to create their own reports. I also mean someone in-house who may
need to create a report but not necessarily be the most technically-
proficient

How is it with really complex multi-page forms (like invoices, purchase
orders, etc.). Some of our current reports have a lot of "logic" in
them - like don't show this section if a certain condition isn't met,
etc.

I've looked a little at Reporting Services 2008 and am encouraged but
I'd like the advice of someone who actually uses the product a lot.

Thanks for your help.

Todd