Enterprise reporting using Telerik Reporting - Presentation done as part of CSC India Learn @ Work Week - Oct 10/11

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Building Reports for Enterprise
Applications
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Introduction
 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

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Agenda
1. What is Reporting ?
2. Telerik Reporting
3. Diagrams
4. PDFViewer
5. ChartView

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What is Reporting ?
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Introduction to Reporting
1. Many Definitions
2. One goal – Generate Reports
3. Layout based on a set of rules
4. Data is pulled from data source
5. Can apply some analytics to data
6. Reporting is not a word document
7. Reporting is not a flexible page designer
8. Report is not a Grid

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Importance of Reporting
1. Businesses collect tons of information
1. Most of information goes unused
2. Unused information delivers no value to business
2. Reporting solutions transform information to knowledge
1. Data becomes relevant to decision making process
3. Businesses that don’t engage in this process – fail to maximize
effectiveness of their business

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Why Reporting ?
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Use of Reporting
1. Present and analyze data in a structured way
1. Grouping/Sorting
2. Headers/Footers
3. Tables/Crosstabs
4. Calculations
5. Visualization
2. Supported by tooling
3. Multiple output formats

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Telerik Reporting
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Telerik Reporting Introduction
1. Full featured, ad-hoc reporting tool for .NET platform
2. Lightweight solution for all – Cloud, Web & Desktop platform
3. Unique design surface in Visual Studio (2012 ready)
4. End user report designer
5. Designer Surface simulate graph paper
6. Intuitive workspace

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Data Support in Telerik Reporting
1. Cubes
2. Relational Databases
3. Business Objects
4. ORMs – OpenAccess/EF
5. XML
6. etc

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Telerik Reporting features
1. Easy and intuitive wizards
1. Complex reports without writing code
2. Conversion & Upgrade Wizards
2. Export to many formats
1. PCF, Excel, RTF, CSV, JPEG, GIF , BMP, etc
3. Reports Viewers for both Windows & Web
1. WinForms, WebForms, WPF, SL viewers

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Where does Telerik Reporting
Fit
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Telerik Reporting Usage
1. Reports defined in class library
2. Can be referenced in any .NET App
1. For SL, report library lives on server side
3. Viewers for all .Net client technologies

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Telerik Reporting Usage
WinFormApp.exe Reports WPFApp.exe
Class ReportViewe
ReportViewe
Library r
r
WebForm.aspx
SilverlightApp.xap
ReportViewe WCF Service ReportViewe
r
r

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Telerik Report Examples
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Demo
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Q&A
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Resources
1. Telerik Reporting Home Page
http://www.telerik.com/products/reporting.aspx
2. Telerik Reporting Fundamentals Pluralsight Course
http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/telerik-
reporting
3. Telerik TV – Reporting
http://tv.telerik.com/products/reporting