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Microsoft Sql Server Reporting Services - does everything you mentioned and exports to pdf same for Business Objects, but IMHO needlessly more complicated than
by redact207 12y ago
Microsoft Sql Server Reporting Services - does everything you mentioned and exports to pdf
same for Business Objects, but IMHO needlessly more complicated than the former.
obviously neither are open source, and an SSRS license is worth it if your business spits out many reports.
- monstermonster 12y agoSSRS is a beautiful piece of software. SQL Server Express with Advanced Services ships with SSRS, is free, comes with all the tooling and generates PDFs too. Perhaps surprisingly, if you install your ODBC drivers for your database engine (MySQL, Postgres etc) you can create a report from that data source as well so you're not tied to SQL Server as a database engine. Typical steps: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2615/creating-a-ssrs-report-using-a-mysql-data-source/ http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2615/creating-a-ssrs-r... And report builder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-bE0yXGlk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-bE0yXGlk Can't beat it for $0.