Alternatives to Crystal Reports for .NET compatible paginated reporting tools?

Question

We're looking at tools for creating paginated reports. We have a couple of parameters:

• There needs to be up-to-date .NET libraries so we can have run the reports via C# wrappers in our code.
• Allows for pulling data from SQL Server

We're looking for a low-code (or no-code) reporting solution so that these reports could be created by someone with SQL knowledge, but no knowledge of .NET.

We've been using Crystal Reports for years, and it has worked fine for us, but its libraries are no longer being updated to keep up with .NET, so we're looking to move on.

We've looked at SSRS and Telerik, which are possibilities since they meet our criteria, but we've found both to have their limitations or challenges, so we wanted to explore other options before making a commitment.

I realize many businesses are discussing BI tools for creating dashboards (we use Power BI ourselves, and it works nicely for this purpose). But sometimes we need a paginated report, such as a printable picking list or delivery certificate, and BI tools seem less ideal for creating something like this.

Any suggestions on tools to look at for this would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi @jkiel ,
Visual Studio is the best comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ developers on Windows. And you only need to add Microsoft Reporting Service Project Extension on Visual Studio to create SSRS paginated reports.
As shown below:

For more information, please refer to:
Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio.
Reporting Services in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).
Best Regards,
Joy

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