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  maggiemays

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  best approach for reports in Visual Studio 2012

  Jan 05, 2016 11:21 PM|maggiemays|LINK

  hi,

  We have a c# application to which we'd like to add some new reports.  I would like to include new reports as part of the application, include them on the main application menu.

  I am learning about SSRS.  I read that I can use a reportviewer to include an SSRS report as either a 'local' or 'server' report.  

  My plan is to allow the user to fill in some parameters in order to generate a report in the form of a bar chart. I also want to be able to export this report in pdf format.

  I believe that I can do this by creating a report with parameters in SSRS, then use the reportViewer to point to it.    Is there something else that I am missing?  

  Would creating a local report be better?

  edit( I'm using sql server 2008)

  Thanks for your opinions.

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  Nan Yu

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  Re: best approach for reports in Visual Studio 2012

  Jan 06, 2016 05:22 AM|Nan Yu|LINK

  Hi maggiemays，

  maggiemays

  I believe that I can do this by creating a report with parameters in SSRS, then use the reportViewer to point to it

  Yes ,and you could refer to below articles for details with demo :

  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/675762/Call-SSRS-Reports-by-using-Csharp

  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15469/Integrating-Reporting-Services-Into-a-Web-App

  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251686(VS.80).aspx

  Best Regards,

  Nan Yu

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  Re: best approach for reports in Visual Studio 2012

  Jan 07, 2016 03:31 PM|maggiemays|LINK

  Thank you Nan Yu.