I have a set of about 15 local reports that show up in a user properly designed user control. However, for the purposes of emailing / saving / printing we have included respective RDLCs with static content and datasets and parameters to control the dynamic data.
There is a Consolidated report that is generated and this is not displayed anywhere but just exported. The ReportViewer component for this report has a ConsolidatedReport.rdlc file that references different SubReports. Everything works fine here till we had a request to generate reports in Spanish.
So to display reports in Spanish, we made code changes and for the static content we included another set of 15 RDLCs each corresponding to its English version. These changes worked seamlessly as well.
However, these things fail miserably when it comes to exporting the ConsolidatedReport.rdlc which shows up the English content only irrespective of the language chosen by the user. I have handled the SubReportProcessing Event to correctly get into the subreports loading.
However, I do not know how shall we force the subreports section to load the Spanish language .rdlc file instead of the default English language. I have also looked at the DrillThrough event option as well, but I am not able to find out a way to trigger it and also appropriate sequence to handle it. I have also looked into the (LocalReport)e.Report.LoadSubReportDefinition(...) call as well. Need some help working this out.
Thanks,
Bhushan.
I have a list of stored procedures which return different types of object (with varying column) to my business layer. Also, I created a single RDLC file named allreports.rdlc in my mvc application and put it in some .cshtml page.
Now, I want to call any of the stored procedure (based on user input passed as query parameter to my controller) and retrieve data in dataset (or any better format if available) and want to pass it to my rdlc report.
Can I achieve this using a single rdlc file which will be used to populate my any of the stored procedure dataset results. Also, please suggest if there is any other approach to achieve this?
Goal: To integrate all the reports in a single report page by changing underlying data formats. I don't want to make my application releases for each new report requirement by changing the underlying codes.
If any more clarification is needed; let me know instantly so that I could search the solution for it.
Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer library can dynamically create RDL reports in code behind by using ReportDefinition object. Please refer to sample that populates Tablix report item based on Datatable columns.
Sample Link
The whole product is available for free through the community license if you qualify (less than 1 million USD in revenue).
I work for Syncfusion.
I'm building a console application to push out several different reports via email and including the report attached in a .CSV file.
The reports are coming from SQL Server, some are Stored Proc's, others are (lazily) statically typed for now.
However I was wondering if there was a way to give a name / title dynamically to a query table based on what was being returned? Reason being is that the Report Email subject and attachment will be based off of that query and I would like it to dynamically reflect the query the was being run.
I'm aware I could within the Proc's/Query add a column with blank data, name the column the title of the report and then remove the column from the results presented, but this seems a bit hacked together and I wondered if there was a better way?
Thanks!
In the end, the easiest and quickest answer was just to create a temporary column in the Stored Proc and then use that when labelling the excel tab.
Views probably could have done the job, but required more effort for reasonably little benefit.
Thanks!
What I have is a project to convert about 200 or so Crystal Reports to SQL, I know there is no real way to do a 1 for 1 direct correlation, so what I want to be able to do is basically open up each report and dissect it for the query it uses in Crystal Reports, does anybody have an example or a place to start?
Thanks!
Try RptToXml:
Original, VB project
C# replacement
Another alternative is the PsCrystal PowerShell module
You will have to start by looking at the Field Explorer and go piece by piece though that to see where the logic and SQL are located. The SQL itself can be in the the Database Fields pull down but the rest of the sections may have logic that works on those SQL fields for display. I don't know of any shortcuts from there.
You should be able to use the CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine to open up the report and view SQL expressions related to each field. Check out : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms226185%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
I need to create reports in a C# .NET Windows app. I've got an SQL Server 2005 database, Visual Studio 2005 and am quite OK with creating stored procedures and datasets.
Can someone please point me in the right direction for creating reports? I just can't seem work it out. Some examples would be a good start, or a simple How-to tutorial... anything really that is a bit better explained than the MSDN docs.
I'm using the CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.CrystalReportViewer control to display the reports, I presume this is correct.
If I'm about to embark on a long and complex journey, what's the simplest way to create and display reports that can also be printed?
I have managed to make this work now.
Brief Overview
It works by having a 'data class' which is just a regular C# class containing variables and no code. This is then instantiated and filled with data and then placed inside an ArrayList. The ArrayList is bound to the report viewer, along with the name of the report to load. In the report designer '.Net Objects' are used, rather than communicating with the database.
Explanation
I created a class to hold the data for my report. This class is manually filled by me by manually retrieving data from the database. How you do this doesn't matter, but here's an example:
DataSet ds = GeneratePickingNoteDataSet(id);
foreach (DataRow row in ds.Tables[0].Rows) {
CPickingNoteData pickingNoteData = new CPickingNoteData();
pickingNoteData.delivery_date = (DateTime)row["delivery_date"];
pickingNoteData.cust_po = (int)row["CustomerPONumber"];
pickingNoteData.address = row["CustomerAddress"].ToString();
// ... and so on ...
rptData.Add(pickingNoteData);
}
The class is then put inside an ArrayList. Each element in the arraylist corresponds to one 'row' in the finished report.
The first element in the list can also hold the report header data, and the last element in the list can hold the report footer data. And because this is an ArrayList, normal Array access can be used to get at them:
((CPickingNoteData)rptData[0]).header_date = DateTime.Now;
((CPickingNoteData)rptData[rptData.Count-1]).footer_serial = GenerateSerialNumber();
Once you have an arraylist full of data, bind it to your report viewer like this, where 'rptData' is of type 'ArrayList'
ReportDocument reportDoc = new ReportDocument();
reportDoc.Load(reportPath);
reportDoc.SetDataSource(rptData);
crystalReportViewer.ReportSource = reportDoc;
Now you will need to bind your data class to the report itself. You do this inside the designer:
Open the Field Explorer tab (which might be under the 'View' menu), and right-click "Database Fields"
Click on 'Project Data'
Click on '.NET Objects'
Scroll down the list to find your
data class (if it isn't there,
compile your application)
Press '>>' and then OK
You can now drag the class members
onto the report and arrange them as
you want.
Crystal is one possible option for creating reports. It has been around a long time and a lot of people seem to like it.
You might want to take a look at SQL reporting services. I have used both but my preferance is SQL reporting services. Its pretty well integrated into studio and works similar to the other microsoft projects. Its also free with the sql express etc.
This is a good article on beginning reporting services:
http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/beginning-sql-server-2005-reporting-services-part-1/
You can use the report viewer with client side reporting built into vs.net (ReportBuilder/ReportViewer control). You can create reports the same way as you do for sql reporting services, except you dont need sql server(nor asp.net). Plus you have complete control over them(how you present, how you collect data, what layer they are generated in, what you do with them after generating, such as mailing them, sending to ftp, etc). You can also export as PDF and excel.
And in your case building up a report from data and user input, this may work great as you can build up your own datasource and data as you go along. Once your data is ready to be reported on, bind it to your report.
The reports can easily be built in Visual Studio 2005 (Add a report to your project), and be shown in a Winforms app using the ReportViewer control.
Here is a great book i recommend to everyone to look at if interested in client side reports. It gives a lot of great info and many different scenarios and ways to use client side reporting.
http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781590598542
I second alex's recommendation to look at sql reporting services - if you have a sql developer license, then you probably already have reporting services
i don't like crystal reports, too much tedium in the designer (editing expressions all the time) too many server-deployment issues (check those license files!)
I use Crystal. I will outline my method briefly, but be aware that I'm a one man shop and it may not translate to your environment.
First, create a form with a CR Viewer. Then:
1) Figure out what data you need, and create a view that retrieves the desired columns.
2) Create a new Crystal report using the wizard giving your view as the source of the data.
3) Drag, drop, insert, delete, and whatever to rough your report into shape. Yes, it's tedious.
4) Create the necessary button click or whatever, and create the function in which to generate the report.
5) Retrieve the data to a DataTable (probably in a DataSet). You do not have to use the view.
6) Create the report object. Set the DataTable to be the DataSource. Assign the report object to the CR Viewer. This is one part for which there are examples.
Comments:
If you lose the window with the database fields, etc (Field Explorer), go to View/Document Outline. (It's my fantasy to have Bill Gates on a stage and ask him to find it.)
The reason for setting up the view is that if you want to add a column, you revise the view, and the Field Explorer will update automatically. I've had all sorts of trouble doing it other ways. This method also is a work-around for a bug that requires scanning through all the tables resetting which table they point to. You want to hand Crystal a single table. You do not want to try to get Crystal to join tables, etc. I don't say it doesn't work; I say it's harder.
There is (or was) documentation for the VS implementation of Crystal on the Business Objects web site, but I believe that it has disappeared behind a register/login screen. (I could stand more info on that myself.)
I've had trouble getting Crystal to page break when I want, and not page break when I don't want, etc. It's far from the best report writer I've ever used and I do not understand why it seems to have put so many others out of business. In addition, their licensing policies are very difficult to deal with in a small, fluid organization.
Edited to add example:
AcctStatement oRpt = new AcctStatement() ;
oRpt.Database.Tables[0].SetDataSource(dsRpt.Tables[0]);
oRpt.SetParameterValue("plan_title",sPlanName) ;
crViewer.ReportSource = oRpt ;
I found the following websites solved my problems. Included here for future reference.
CrystalReportViewer Object Model Tutorials for the tutorial on how to make the whole thing work. And also Setting up a project to use Crystal Reports
and specifically preparing the form and adding the control
i think this may help you out
http://infynet.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/crystal-report-in-c/
I strongly recommend trying an alternative reporting solution - I have a lot of experience with Crystal, and have managed to do some funky things with it in .Net, but quite honestly the integration of Crystal and .Net is an absolute pig for anything but the simplest cases.
I have tried RS. I am converting from RS back to Crystal. RS is just too heavy and slow (or something). There is no reason to have to wait 30 seconds for a report to render is RS when Crystal does it in under a second.