ActiveReports Professional

Create code-free reports with the ProDesigner app

Deliver new reports in less time with the ProDesigner desktop app. You’ll work in the drag-and-drop designer, bind data in a few clicks, and generate reports without a line of code

Give your users the power of ad hoc reporting on web or desktop

Embedding the ProDesigner’s end-user designer controls in your desktop or web solution enables users to create their own reports on the fly, with fully customizable headers, controls, and formulas

Design and deliver .NET reports, fast, with the Visual Studio add-in

The fully-integrated VSDesigner Add-In includes a toolbox and properties window, providing a familiar, comfortable report design experience in the most popular IDE.

Design the report type of your choice

Broaden your reporting reach! Select from layout-driven page reports, data-driven RDL reports, and traditional code-based banded section reports

Generate dynamic code-based reports with the comprehensive API

Develop reports entirely in code, change controls’ run-time behavior, and implement an event-based, truly dynamic reporting experience

Embed royalty-free, customizable viewers in your apps

Give your users a table of contents, thumbnails, drill down interactivity, parameters, and even annotations using viewers for JavaScript, HTML5, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, WPF, and WinForms.

Offer ad hoc reporting to end users

By embedding the customizable ProDesigner* component in your desktop or web solution, you can give your users a tailored ad hoc report-creation experience

Powerful reporting engine

ActiveReports’ high-speed reporting engine is optimized for fast imports, exports, calculations, and large report generation

Branch out with multiple report types

Pick from layout-driven page reports, scrolling RDL reports, and code-based section reports to create a full-featured report library

No-code design with ProDesigner app

Design and deliver reports quickly and easily with the desktop ProDesigner* app

Save time with master reports

Create a master report* as a template to keep consistent branding in headers, footers, logos, and more

Export to multiple formats

Export to major modern document types like PDF, Excel, CSV, DocX*, JSON, Word, RTF, HTML, Text, XML, and TIFF

.NET Report types

Data-driven continuous RDL reports
Layout-driven page reports
Banded section reports

Report creation

Create reports in Visual Studio with VSDesigner Add-In
Code-free design with standalone ProDesigner*
Add ad-hoc reporting for end users on web and desktop*

Dynamic .NET reports

.NET overloadable events
Comprehensive, flexible .NET API
Control Section Report behavior using events
Design dynamic .NET reports entirely in code
Change run-time behavior of RDL and Page reports
HTTP handlers*

Self-service .NET reporting for end users

Add ad-hoc report design for end users in desktop solutions*
Add ad-hoc report design for end users in web solutions*
Construct reports from parts of other reports*
Customizable set of .NET report designer controls
Install without Visual Studio for BI and IT teams
Customize report layouts for different customers using Layers

Shared .NET Report Sources

Nested data regions bound to different data
Shared datasources and datasets*
Visual Query Designer

Localize .NET Reports

Major language character sets and locales
Multiple languages supported
RTL support
Standard and custom multi-byte character sets

Streamlined design and customization

.NET Report themes
Create and use custom controls in your project
CSS-like stylesheets
Master reports*
Embed SubReports in multiple reports
Mail merge operations

Display richly formatted text in XHTML

Include HTML text to render reports with rich text
Add mail merge fields
Add table, table row, table cell, and table header tags and attributes
Define element names and output
Map attributes to CSS properties
Set background and border colors
Toggle visibility on rich text

Printing

Add print methods to your reports
Booklet and duplex printing
Define different gutters and margins on odd and even pages
Define paper sizes, page margins, watermarks, and page scaling
PDF print presets
Print selected layers, select paper trays, and set pages per sheet
Scan preprinted forms for accurate layouts
View printer job

Interactivity

Drill down
Filter parameters
Sorting

Royalty-free viewers

JavaScript Viewer*
WinForms viewer
WPF viewer with touch
HTML5 Viewer
ASP.NET Viewer*
ASP.NET Viewer (Raw HTML)*
ASP.NET Viewer (PDF)*

Report conversion

Convert Crystal Reports
Convert Section Reports to RDL
Import layouts from Excel
Convert MS Access reports
Convert RPX reports

Data Sources

Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle Client Provider
CSV Files
JSON Datasources
XML Datasources
ODBC Providers
OLEDB Providers
Data Objects
Extensible Custom Data Providers
Shared datasources and datasets*

Export

CSV and Excel
DocX* and Doc
HTML and XML
JSON
PDF
Advanced PDF encryption* like security, settings, and embedded fonts
RTF and Text
TIFF

Chart Controls

Area Chart
Bar Chart
Bubble Chart
Column Chart
Financial Charts
Line Chart
Pie Chart
Scatter Chart

Data Visualization

Banded Lists
Barcodes
Bullets and Sparklines*
Containers and Overflow Placeholders
Formatted and Rich Textboxes
Images
Maps*
Tables
Table of contents*
Tablix in reports
n ActiveReports Standard.