What's new in Dundas Chart for SQL Server Reporting Services V3.1?

• Scorecard Chart Type - Create a balanced scorecard with bullet graphs, track inventory in a detailed grid, plus use this chart type side by side with the many other Dundas chart types.
• Pie Plus Chart Type - Innovative new customization for the look and feel of your pie charts.
• Additional chart types - Includes Contour, Tree Map, Wafer, Timeline charts and other enhancements

What's new in Dundas Chart for SQL Server Reporting Services V3.0?

• Custom Chart Types - With its "custom chart type feature," Dundas Chart for Reporting Services gives developers the power to create entirely new chart types and use them just like any of the charts that have been created. Check out the custom charts: Column Plus, Heat Map, Sparkline and Waterfall.
• Enhanced Templates Now Support Code Script - With the new release, any code you use in the Code Editor can be saved in a template. So if you write some code that you want to use in multiple reports, just create a template and go from there.
• Expression Editor Buttons Added - Version 3.0 boasts new expression editor buttons added to many new chart properties - allowing many properties to support expressions for the first time - and making expression editing easier in properties that were previously missing the button. This allows even more dynamic reports than ever before.

New Features in V2.x Dundas Chart for Reporting Services

• Now supports SQL Server 2008!
• FastPoint Chart Type - If you have thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of data points or more, the new FastPoint chart type can help. Complimenting the FastLine chart type, the FastPoint charts are optimized to display large data sets quickly and efficiently
• Custom Color Palettes - Designers and developers now have the option of creating their own custom color palettes to compliment the existing palettes. This allows companies to quickly define their own corporate colors for series data  
• 2D and 3D Drawing Effects - Dundas Chart for Reporting Services now offers exciting, eye-catching effects for both 2D and 3D charts types. Choose from a variety of styles to add a further customizations to your charts
• Simplified data binding through the Chart Wizard 
• Customizable No Data Message 
• Design-Time Formulas - Dundas Chart for Reporting Services allows for the specification of formulas and parameters of data values which will be executed at runtime
• Grouping of stacked bar/column chart series Grouped Stack Bar/Column Series - You can now group stacked bar/column chart series data for easier interpretation and added customization
• Axis Scale Breaks - Scale breaks allow you to customize your chart so that large differences between the high and low values of the data being plotted does not diminish the readability of your chart. If you have a data spike that makes your charts unreadable, Scale-Breaks can help

What's new in V1.5?

The latest version of Dundas Chart for Reporting Services is now available. With an improved code editor, properties for back images and much more.

What are the benefits to using Dundas Chart for Reporting Services?

Based on the feature set found within the current Enterprise Editions of Dundas Chart for .NET, Dundas Chart for Reporting Services will include a multitude of advanced features that will dramatically improve the Charting experience for users of Reporting Services 2005/2008. Benefits include:

Double the chart types, adding the following:

• All standard chart types
• Funnel Charts
• Pyramid Charts
• Pie Chart - Small Segments
• Range Charts
• Gantt Chart
• Doughnut Chart
• Radar Chart
• Polar Chart
• Pareto Charts
• Histogram Charts

Easy Integration

Dundas Chart for Reporting Services is also very easy to incorporate into reports and easy to use. Like any other reporting control, it is integrated directly within the Visual Studio Toolbox, side by side with the native controls. It has interfaces that are familiar and easy to navigate to make the learning curve very minimal.

Other Features

• Multiple chart area support
• Multiple legend support
• Multiple title support
• Supports Combinational charts that share a common axis
• Full control over all chart elements
• SmartLabels(TM) for improved data point labeling
• Component level Data Manipulation
• Component level Data Filtering
• Component level Data Grouping
• Financial Formula Support
• Statistical Formula Support
• Design time Template Support
• Palette Support
• Empty Data Point Support
• Annotation Objects
• Forecasting

Using Dundas Charts unique scripting ability, easily write C# or VB.NET code against the charts object model. This allows for extremely advanced customization, such as custom painting, extending data analysis, and appearance customizations based on the charts data.