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What are the reporting capabilities of LightSwitch? Will 3rd party controls be needed or will Microsoft offer integration with Reporting Services?

Taken from Michael's blog

DevExpress released a free reporting control for LightSwitch. And this is excelent news.

Bill the Lizard
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  • Also see: [Printing Sql Server Reports (.rdlc) With LightSwitch](http://lightswitchhelpwebsite.com/Blog/tabid/61/EntryId/11/Printing-Sql-Server-Reports-rdlc-With-LightSwitch.aspx) and [Printing With LightSwitch](http://lightswitchhelpwebsite.com/Blog/tabid/61/EntryId/3/Printing-With-LightSwitch.aspx) – Michael Washington May 06 '11 at 06:46
  • In addition to Michael's suggestion: Derek @ Spursoft Solutions has an SSRS Control here:
    http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/SpursoftLSControls There is also an interesting article that I would recommend reading here: http://tejana.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/microsoft-lightswitch-printing-html/     – Tim Leung May 07 '11 at 21:54

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DevExpress has a pure LightSwitch reporting tool. It includes:

  • Native Entity and Query Binding
  • Native LS Report Screen
  • Asynchronous Data Fetch (makes it more responsive)

Here is some information:

Hope this helps!

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Apparently DevExpress no longer offer the XtraReports for Lightswitch product.

I received this information from www.componentsource.com when I looked into purchasing it (they spoke to the publisher because I had a query regarding whether I would also need to purchase a DXperience subscription).

The DevExpress website somewhat confusingly still has webpage http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/LightSwitch/ for purchasing XtraReports for Lightswitch (as of 14 June 2012).

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    componentsource.com have had further communication with the publisher who have now said _"Because LightSwitch is incompatible with Silverlight 5, both XtraReports for LightSwitch and DXEditors for LightSwitch are only available as part of DXperience v2011 vol 1. So I can create a special order for the customer, but he will have to use the previous version."_ So looks like it is still available but that you need to ensure you get the correct version. – Stonack Jun 15 '12 at 09:31
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If you decide to settle for a 3rd party reporting, check out Telerik Reporting - there is a blog on how to use its Silverlight report viewer in LightSwtich.

There are a few considerations, which could be considered drawbacks depending on your case:

  • Local binding is not possible currently, since the reports are generated server-side and only previewed on the Silverlight client.
  • Telerik Reporting does not offer an end-user report designer yet, so it is still a pure developer solution.

I hope this helps...

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