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.NET Reporting: Cascading Parameters, Sub-Bands, and More (Coming soon in v14.2)

Since we’re on a reporting binge this week I thought I would mention a couple of new features we are adding to the reporting core. Cascading Parameters Sometimes parameters depend on the values of other parameters. While this was technically possible...

The DevExpress Team

25 November 2014

.NET Reporting: Data Access Enhancements (Coming soon in v14.2)

This is huge. I usually don’t start blog posts this way but something about our reporting suite nagged at me: I don’t like binding reports directly to database. In fact, I’ve always advocated a multi-tiered approach for accessing data – I’ve long said...

The DevExpress Team

24 November 2014

Reporting: New Web End User Designer (Coming soon in v14.1)

You might have heard we are (finally) releasing an end user designer for the web. I’ve been wanting this gem for years! Imagine being able to manage reports (create, edit, view) all from the web! We promised more details so I’m here to spill the beans...

The DevExpress Team

23 May 2014

DevExpress Live Classroom Training on Reporting

One of my favorite things to do is to get up in front of a crowd and teach. I have been teaching off and on for the majority of my adult life. During that time I have taught at two high schools, a technical school, and at a full-fledged University. The...

The DevExpress Team

30 July 2013

Enterprise Ready Reporting with the DevExpress Report Server

Ever since our beta release of the DevExpress Report Server we have been busy adding important enterprise features to the product. One of those essential features is enterprise ready security. Starting with this release the DevExpress Report Server includes...

The DevExpress Team

10 June 2013

Table of Contents Report Control (coming in 13.1)

The DevExpress reporting suite has a tremendous bookmarking and document map feature which makes it extremely easy to quickly understand and navigate the data inside of a report. We have decided to take that same functionality to the next level by introducing...

The DevExpress Team

29 May 2013

Report Improvements (coming in 13.1)

We have decided to make usability a point of emphasis when it comes to our great set of tools designed to deal with complex data. As such we have introduced a number of enhancements which should improve the way you interact with our reporting suite. Consolidation...

The DevExpress Team

16 May 2013

Report Sparklines (coming in 13.1)

With the debut of our WinForms Sparkline control we’ve decided to also add it to our reporting toolbox. Using Sparklines in reports is fairly straightforward. In this case I created the simple Category/Products report from the Northwind Database and added...

The DevExpress Team

15 May 2013

Managing Data Views in the Report Server

The most important part of any report is the data which it displays. Here I will spend a bit of time explaining how data views within the report server are managed, who manages them, and some best practices when considering these issues. Also we will...

The DevExpress Team

29 January 2013

Improved Parameter Support for Reports

There were a number of gems recently added to our already fabulous reporting suite. One of the interesting ones was improved parameter support. Previously one could only create and expose parameters over integral types. A great example is filtering a...

The DevExpress Team

3 August 2012