ActiveReports Server

Web-based report portal

End users log in to the Report Portal with any desktop or mobile browser to view, query, schedule, and export reports. You can also give users access to server reports from your ActiveReports viewer applications.

Designer add-on

The HTML5 report designer offers a friendly UI that is comfortable for your end users, with advanced features for power users and developers. The add-on also includes a click-once designer that users can download.

Extensive RESTful API

The API allows developers to pre-authenticate users, embed the Report Portal and Admin Dashboard into your web application, and implement complex features leveraging the functionality of the server.

Web-based admin dashboard

ActiveReports Server provides a responsive HTML5 dashboard for administrators to monitor, manage, and configure server settings such as permissions, reports, scheduling, and data from any computer or device.

Developer version integration

The developer version integrates to allow ActiveReports Professionals to design reports using server shared data, execute and preview the reports using server resources, and publish them directly to the server.

For Developers

• Developer report publishing to the server with versioning
• Built-in scalability and optimization
• Embeddable web-based report portal
• Scheduling engine for report distribution
• Extensible security architecture
• Comprehensive RESTful API

For Managers

• Single-sign-on and multi-tenant support
• Data governance and transformation
• Self-managing scalability and load balancing
• Web-based resource management and configuration
• Seamless integration and re-branding
• No-fuss installation and maintenance
• Hassle-free perpetual licensing

For End Users

• Web-based report portal
• Server collaboration
• Subscription-based scheduling
• On-demand scheduled reports
• Fast report execution
• Common file format exports
• Report portal printing
• Batch printing

For Report Authors

• Self-service environment for technical and non-technical users
• Design new ad hoc reports
• Modify existing reports
• Report templates

Automated End User Tasks

Schedule Report Execution

End users can schedule reports from the Report Portal to be delivered as attachments or links via email or windows file share. End users can also run the scheduled reports at once, on demand.

Create Batch Print Jobs

Users can create batch print tasks for reports for prints on print devices attached to the Server.

Managed Schedule Templates and Printer Management

Administrators can manage all aspects of recurrence, security, authorization, print settings, and other properties for all the scheduled activities using the Administrative Dashboard.

Monitor Worker Processes

View a list of all report requests currently running on the server on the new Worker States page in the administrator dashboard. You’ll see the number of jobs running on each agent so you can allow for better resource management.

Data Governance and Multi-Tenant Ready Server

Secure Your Data

Set up rules to limit information by company and department, restrict sensitive information to those with clearance, deliver different data to different customers, or brand reports for different audiences. Use isolated, shared, or hybrid data sources. Custom security providers support all types of multi-tenancy.

Govern and Transform Your Data

Create server based Shared Datasources and Shard Datasets to control what data your end users and report designers have access to. End users don’t need to write their own queries, they just use the dynamic queries defined on the server for them.

Extensible Security Provider

ActiveReports Server provides built in extensibility for the security module, so you can integrate with virtually any authentication methodology or security system your application is currently using.

Web-Based Report Designer

Designed for end-user ad hoc reporting, the optional ActiveReports Server Designer add-on allows users to design and edit reports from the Report Portal right in their browsers, with minimal technical skill. The Designer is installed with ActiveReports Server in trial mode, and is available with the ActiveReports Server Designer Add-On.

ClickOnce End User Report Designer

This customizable, extensible designer allows power users to design and modify RDL Reports, Page Reports and Section Reports, and is available with the ActiveReports Server Designer Add-On.

Visual Studio-Integrated Designer

Allow your developers to publish reports directly to ActiveReports Server from the Visual Studio-integrated designer, making reports available for end users right away. The Visual Studio-Integrated Designer is available in ActiveReports Professional.

Extensive and Flexible Security

End-to-end security management ensures that ActiveReports Server fits your security. Choose built-in ActiveDirectory and LDAP security providers, or your own provider. Use the Administrator Dashboard to manage roles, permissions, licenses, users, and security. Apply business rules to users, folders, and reports.

Developer-Friendly RESTful API

The extensive RESTful API lets developers pre-authenticate users, embed all or part of the Report Portal, make parts of the administrative tasks available to some users, or implement other complex features leveraging the functionality of the server

Low Maintenance Server

ActiveReports Server is designed for easy implementation and maintenance. It installs on Windows and IIS, installs upgrades automatically, and requires no manual steps to configure IIS, WCF, or Windows Services. Built-in diagnostics help identify and address security concerns.

No CALs or Per-User Fees = Low Total Cost of Ownership

You need only license the server; we never charge royalties or end-user licenses. All licenses are perpetual and there are no additional costs for agents as your deployment scales.