ASP.NET Core Reporting

• May 24, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

This section describes how to create, update, and customize reporting applications in ASP.NET Core.

Note

• Review the following topic if your application uses .NET Core 3 or .NET 5: Reporting in .NET Core 3.x and .NET 5.
• The following topic shows how to add a report to an application: Create a Report in Visual Studio. You can add a new report or import a report from a .REPX file.

Use Reporting Components

You can use the following components in your ASP.NET Core application:

• Document Viewer

  Document Viewer allows users to view, print, and export reports. The following topic describes how to add, update, or customize this component in your application: Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET Core Application.

• Report Designer

  With the Report Designer, users can create, store, and modify reports. The component includes a built-in Document Viewer. See the following topic for information on how to use the Report Designer in your applications: Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET Core Application.

View Example: ASP.NET Core Reporting - Best Practices

Upgrade a Project

The following topic describes how to upgrade a project to a newer version of reporting controls:

• Upgrade to a New Package Version

Localize an Application

The following topic describes how to use JSON files from the DevExpress Localization Service to localize reporting controls in an ASP.NET Core application: Localization in ASP.NET Core Application. For general information on the ASP.NET Core platform, review the following topic: Globalization and localization in ASP.NET Core.

Draw Reports on Linux and MacOS

The Use the DevExpress Cross-Platform Drawing Engine topic demonstrates how to use the DevExpress cross-platform drawing engine to render reports on Linux or MacOS platforms.

Use Docker

Refer to the Visual Studio Tools for Docker with ASP.NET Core tutorial for instructions on how to dockerize (add to a Docker container) your DevExpress Reporting ASP.NET Core application.

Make the following changes to the docker file configuration when you add the application to a Linux container:

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 FROM microsoft/aspnetcore:2.1 AS base
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y libgdiplus libc6-dev
 RUN apt-get install -y libicu-dev libharfbuzz0b libfontconfig1 libfreetype6
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