Get Started with DevExpress Reporting

• Sep 19, 2018
• 2 minutes to read

Create Reports in Visual Studio

Follow the steps below to design a basic report in Visual Studio.

1. Add a Report to Your .NET Application
   Explains how to create a new report from scratch or convert your grids and third-party reports to DevExpress Reports.

2. Create a Simple Data-Aware Report
   Demonstrates how to use the built-in Report Wizard to create a simple data-bound report.

3. First Look at the Report Designer
   Details Visual Studio’s integrated Report Designer.

4. Create a Report from A to Z
   Illustrates the main report features.

Tip

The created reports are platform-agnostic. You can reuse these reports in applications created for different platforms.

Create End-User Reporting Application

Add the DevExpress Report Designer and/or Document Viewer control(s) to your application to extend it with the reporting functionality. Refer to the following topics to get started:

Desktop Applications

Control	WinForms	WPF
Report Designer	Quick Start	Quick Start
Document Viewer	Quick Start	Quick Start

Web Applications

Control	ASP.NET WebForms	ASP.NET MVC	ASP.NET Core
Report Designer	Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET WebForms Application Create an ASP.NET WebForms Application with a Report Designer	Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET MVC Application Create an ASP.NET MVC Application with a Report Designer	Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET Core Application Create an ASP.NET Core Application with a Report Designer Create an ASP.NET Core Angular Application with a Report Designer
Document Viewer	Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET WebForms Application Create an ASP.NET WebForms Application with the Document Viewer	Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET MVC Application Create an ASP.NET MVC Application with the Document Viewer	Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET Core Application Create an ASP.NET Core Application with the Document Viewer Create an ASP.NET Core Angular Application with the Document Viewer

Tip

See Redistribution and Deployment for information on how to deploy your reporting applications created for different platforms.