AI-powered Extensions for DevExpress Reporting

• Dec 05, 2025
• 3 minutes to read

DevExpress Reporting ships with the following AI-powered extensions:

Reporting for Web

Report Designer

• Generate Reports From Prompts (Web Report Designer) (CTP)
• Preview Reports with AI-generated Test Data (Web Report Designer)
• Localize Reports in the Web Report Designer
• Generate Expressions From Prompts (Web Report Designer)

Document Viewers

• Summarize and Translate Functionality for the Blazor Report Viewer
• Summarize and Translate Functionality for the Web Document Viewer

Reporting for Desktop

Report Designer

• AI-powered Report Localization in WinForms Report Designer
• Prompt to Report Behavior in the WinForms Report Designer (CTP)
• Modify Report Behavior in the WinForms Report Designer (CTP)
• Preview Reports with AI-generated Test Data (WinForms Report Designer)
• Generate Expressions from Prompts (WinForms Report Designer)
• Prompt to Report Behavior in the WPF Report Designer (CTP)
• AI-powered Report Localization in WPF Report Designer
• Preview Reports with AI-generated Test Data (WPF Report Designer)

Document Viewer

• Summarize and Translate Behavior for the WinForms Document Viewer
• Translate Reports Inline in the WinForms Document Viewer
• Summarize and Translate Behavior for the WPF Document Preview
• Translate Reports Inline in the WPF Document Preview

Visual Studio Report Designer

• AI-powered Report Generation in Visual Studio Designer
• AI-powered Report Localization in Visual Studio Designer
• Generate Expressions from Prompts in Visual Studio Designer
• Preview Reports with AI-generated Test Data in Visual Studio Report Designer

Demos and Examples

Review the following topics for links to GitHub examples and demos:

• AI-powered Extensions for Web Reporting
• AI-powered Extensions for Desktop Reporting

Supported AI Services

DevExpress AI APIs allow you to register and use the following AI services in your applications:

• OpenAI
• Azure OpenAI
• Ollama

Note

DevExpress AI-powered extensions follow the “bring your own key” principle. DevExpress does not offer a REST API and does not ship any built-in LLMs/SLMs. You need an active Azure/Open AI subscription to obtain the REST API endpoint, key, and model deployment name. These variables must be specified at application startup to register AI clients and enable DevExpress AI-powered Extensions in your application.

Prerequisites

• An active DevExpress Subscription.
• .NET 8 SDK / .NET Framework v4.7.2
• OpenAI
  • An active Open AI subscription
  • OpenAI API key
  • OpenAI .NET SDK (Version=”2.2.0”)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI (Version=”9.7.1-preview.1.25365.4”)
• Azure OpenAI
  • An active Azure subscription.
  • Azure Open AI Service resource
  • Azure OpenAI .NET SDK (Version=”2.2.0-beta.5”)
  • Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI (Version=”9.7.1-preview.1.25365.4”)
• Semantic Kernel
  • Microsoft.SemanticKernel
  • An active account/subscription to the AI service of your choice
  • Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.* NuGet package (a connector to the AI service of your choice)
• Ollama (self-hosted models)
  • Download and install Ollama
  • Download and install an Ollama model
  • OllamaSharp

Our implementation is based on the abstractions from the Microsoft.Extensions.AI library.

For information on AI Client registration, refer to the following section in the AI Integration help topic: Register AI Clients.