Embed a Report Designer in Web based Application

Question

Hi,

I am developing a web app. My users want to be able to design their own reports. Is there a way I can embed a simple Report Designer in my app? If so, which Report Designer app should I use?

The Report Designer should be an existing app. I don't want to create a Report Designer from scratch. More details: My app is an ASP.NET MVC application. But I can use Java based solutions too, using IKVM.

Answer 1

SQL 2008 comes with a report builder for designing reports. http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/reporting.aspx

The UI looks like this:

http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/dataplatforminsider/WindowsLiveWriter/SQLServer2008FeaturePackReleased_98F4/sql_report_builder_sm_2.jpg