IReportDesignerClientSideModelGenerator Interface

Generates a client-side model of the Web End-User Report Designer in ASP.NET Core applications.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.Web.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Reporting.Common

Declaration

C#

public interface IReportDesignerClientSideModelGenerator

VB.NET

Public Interface IReportDesignerClientSideModelGenerator

Remarks

The following code generates a client-side model that includes a data source. The data source becomes available for the end-user in the Web Report Designer:

ReportingControllers.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Sql;
using DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting.ReportDesigner;
using DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting.ReportDesigner.Native.Services;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner;

public class ReportDesignerController : ReportDesignerApiControllerBase {
    public class CustomReportDesignerController : ReportDesignerController {
        public CustomReportDesignerController(IReportDesignerMvcControllerService controllerService) : base(controllerService) {
        }

        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public IActionResult GetDesignerModel([FromForm]string reportUrl, [FromServices] IReportDesignerClientSideModelGenerator modelGenerator) {
            var dataSources = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            var ds = new SqlDataSource("NWindConnectionString");

            // Create a SQL query to access the Products data table.
            SelectQuery query = SelectQueryFluentBuilder.AddTable("Products").SelectAllColumnsFromTable().Build("Products");
            ds.Queries.Add(query);
            ds.RebuildResultSchema();
            dataSources.Add("Northwind", ds);

            var model = modelGenerator.GetModel(reportUrl, dataSources, ReportDesignerController.DefaultUri, WebDocumentViewerController.DefaultUri, QueryBuilderController.DefaultUri);
            return DesignerModel(model);
        }
    }

For more information review the following article: Report Designer Server-Side Configuration (ASP.NET Core).