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Overview

ASP.NET MVC Report Designer, also known as MVC Report Builder, is a feature-rich component for creating SSRS RDL and RDLC reports effortlessly. Connect to data sources, and create datasets, queries, interactive parameters, and subreports. Using report items like charts, grids, and more, create visually appealing paginated reports without coding. Access control allows tailored permissions for secure reporting.

What you can do with ASP.NET MVC Report Designer

Connect to any data source

Consume data from a wide variety of data providers in local or server databases:

  • Built-in data sources: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Azure, Web API, OData, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MemSQL, JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, Oracle, OLEDB, and ODBC.
  • Business object data sources: JSON
  • Custom data processing extensions: SASS
Connect to any data source using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Create data models with an easy-to-use query builder

Data query preparation is time consuming , but with our ASP.NET MVC Report Designer, query generation can be done with a few clicks. The easy-to-use drag-and-drop query builder helps both technical and nontechnical users to create and view relationships between tables.

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Eye-popping data visualization

Create and visualize powerful insights from your data using a variety of report items:

  • Basic items: Text box, image, line, and rectangle.
  • Data region items: Table, matrix (pivot table), and list.
  • Data visualization: Charts, sparklines, data bars, gauges, indicators, and maps.
  • Subreports.
  • Custom report items: Barcodes, QR barcodes, and more.
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Styling and formatting reports

The ASP.NET MVC Report Designer allows you to easily transform your data into beautiful reports. The WYSIWYG user interface allows the report to be edited in the same form it is printed or displayed. Furthermore, you can easily edit a report with mouse, touchscreen, or keyboard interfaces.

Styling and formatting reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Data shaping

Create and view organized and shaped data to make bolder business decisions using the following techniques:

  • Sorting
  • Filtering
  • Grouping
  • Summaries and aggregates
  • Calculated fields
Data shaping to create beautiful reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Report parameters

Parameters are the most widely used functionalities to interact with an RDL/RDLC report at runtime. The following parameter types allow you to modify the data presentation to provide an enhanced user experience:

  • Cascading parameters
  • Non-queried parameters
  • Queried parameters
  • Multivalued parameters
  • Custom parameter layouts
Create report parameters in RDL and RDLC reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Multi-column reports

Users can create and visualize data across multiple adjacent columns, such as mail merge, business cards, newspaper, and more.

Create beautiful multicolumn reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Interactive reports

Display data in data regions that support user interactivity at runtime with features like drill down, drill through, hyperlinks, bookmarks or anchors, document map, subreports, and nested data regions.

Create beautiful interactive reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Expression builder

The ASP.NET MVC Report Designer provides an expression builder that allows you to create simple and complex RDL expressions. Expressions are used throughout report definition to control the content or appearance of a report.

  • Set dynamic values to any properties such as color, font, and more.
  • Create additional operations such as mathematical computations, conditional formatting, conversions, and more.
  • Use constants, built-in fields, parameters, fields, data sets, variables, operators, common functions, and more.
ASP.NET MVC Report Designer expression builder.

Editing capabilities

Editing a report and its report items is simple with support for basic editing operations such as cut, copy, paste, undo, and redo.

RDL and RDLC report editing capabilities in the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

View reports

The WYSIWYG Report Designer provides an option to preview reports and verify whether the created report displays what you require. The reports are displayed using the ASP.NET MVC Report Viewer.

View RDL and RDLC reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Print preview

Provides support to set up print options like paper size, margins, and orientation of the printable output and preview the result.

Print preview of RDL and RDLC reports in the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Print and export

Effortlessly print and export report contents by just clicking the print/export option in the toolbar. The most popular file formats are supported, including PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint, XML, and HTML.

Print and export RDL and RDLC reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Save and share reports

The ASP.NET MVC Report Designer allows you to save reports to Bold Report Server or SSRS Report Server, and to your computer in the Microsoft RDL standard. Publishing a report to the server allows other users who have permission to access the server to view it.

Save and share RDL and RDLC reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Edit reports

Users can open and edit any SSRS RDL/RDLC report that is already created. The edited report can be previewed and saved to the same or a different location.

Edit SSRS RDL and RDLC reports using the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Developer-friendly APIs

You have control over all UI elements—toolbar, widget panel, parameter block, page, and dialogs—and behaviors of the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer. It provides the best user experience through a rich set of developer-friendly APIs.

Developer-friendly APIs are available in the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer.

Stunning built-in themes

Pixel-perfect built-in themes are available in Material, Bootstrap, and Fabric designs. In addition, the library comes with an accessible high-contrast theme.

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Globalization and localization

Easily build applications to be used by a global audience in various languages using culture settings and by localizing static text.

The ASP.NET MVC Report Designer supports globalization and localization.

Browser compatibility

Works in all modern browsers on all devices as the ASP.NET MVC Report Designer is rendered using HTML5 elements.

The ASP.NET MVC Report Designer is compatible with all modern browsers.

Enterprise-Ready Compliance

Bold Reports helps you meet key security and compliance standards. All activity logs are safely stored, can’t be changed, and are easy to export when needed.

ISO 27001
SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR Compliant
HIPAA Compliant

Enterprise-Grade Compliance

Bold Reports helps you meet key security and compliance standards. All activity logs are safely stored, can’t be changed, and are easy to export when needed.

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