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Building Reports for Enterprise Applications

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Lohith G N– Developer Evangelist, Telerik India– MVP – ASP.NET/IIS– Bangalore Dot Net User Group Lead– @kashyapa. – http://kashyapas.com– Lohith.nagaraj@telerik.com

Introduction

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1. What is Reporting ?2. Telerik Reporting3. Diagrams4. PDFViewer5. ChartView

Agenda

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What is Reporting ?

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1. Many Definitions2. One goal – Generate Reports3. Layout based on a set of rules4. Data is pulled from data source5. Can apply some analytics to data

6. Reporting is not a word document7. Reporting is not a flexible page designer8. Report is not a Grid

Introduction to Reporting

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1. Businesses collect tons of information1. Most of information goes unused2. Unused information delivers no value to business

2. Reporting solutions transform information to knowledge1. Data becomes relevant to decision making process

3. Businesses that don’t engage in this process – fail to maximize effectiveness of their business

Importance of Reporting

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Why Reporting ?

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1. Present and analyze data in a structured way1. Grouping/Sorting2. Headers/Footers3. Tables/Crosstabs4. Calculations5. Visualization

2. Supported by tooling3. Multiple output formats

Use of Reporting

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Telerik Reporting

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1. Full featured, ad-hoc reporting tool for .NET platform2. Lightweight solution for all – Cloud, Web & Desktop

platform3. Unique design surface in Visual Studio (2012 ready)4. End user report designer5. Designer Surface simulate graph paper6. Intuitive workspace

Telerik Reporting Introduction

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1. Cubes2. Relational Databases3. Business Objects4. ORMs – OpenAccess/EF5. XML6. etc

Data Support in Telerik Reporting

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1. Easy and intuitive wizards1. Complex reports without writing code2. Conversion & Upgrade Wizards

2. Export to many formats1. PCF, Excel, RTF, CSV, JPEG, GIF , BMP, etc

3. Reports Viewers for both Windows & Web1. WinForms, WebForms, WPF, SL viewers

Telerik Reporting features

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Where does Telerik Reporting Fit

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1. Reports defined in class library

2. Can be referenced in any .NET App1. For SL, report library lives on server side

3. Viewers for all .Net client technologies

Telerik Reporting Usage

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Telerik Reporting Usage

ReportsClassLibrary

WinFormApp.exe

ReportViewer

WPFApp.exe

ReportViewer

WebForm.aspx

ReportViewer

SilverlightApp.xap

ReportViewer

WCF Service

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Telerik Report Examples

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Demo

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Q & A

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1. Telerik Reporting Home Pagehttp://www.telerik.com/products/reporting.aspx

2. Telerik Reporting Fundamentals Pluralsight Coursehttp://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/telerik-reporting

3. Telerik TV – Reportinghttp://tv.telerik.com/products/reporting

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