Aspose.PDF for Reporting Services is a custom rendering extension for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. It is easy to deploy and manage, as it is comprised of only one .NET assembly Aspose.PDF.ReportingServices.dll, written completely in C#, CLS compliant and containing only safe managed code. Aspose.PDF.ReportingServices.dll must be copied to the ReportServer\bin directory and the configuration file must be updated so Reporting Services is aware of the new rendering extension. These steps are performed by the Aspose.PDF for Reporting Services installer, but you could also perform them manually as described further in this documentation.

Input Only

• RDL
• HTML

Output Only

• PDF
• PDF/A
• XPS
• EPUB

Advanced PDF Rendering Extension Features

• Render RDL report documents as PDF or XPS directly from Reporting Services.
• Integrate with Microsoft Report Viewer in local mode.
• Create table of contents, tables and figures list for PDF files.
• Specify arrows for new lines in reports.
• Add footnotes & endnotes for text boxes from inside the report.
• Explicitly specify the orientation of each page within reports.
• Specify security constraints for the resultant document.
• Embed font information into the resultant file.
• Specify page size information for the resultant PDF & XPS.
• Add corresponding XMP metadata into resultant PDF documents.
• Create PDF/A compliant documents.
• Set the page margin size information for produced PDF documents.

Comprehensive RDL Support

Aspose.PDF for Reporting Services supports RDL specification. It means:

• No need to redesign or customize existing reports
• No need to use a specific report designer. You can use any RDL report designer and the report will be exported exactly the way you designed it

Aspose.PDF for Reporting Services supports the following RDL elements:

• Sections   
• Headers, Footers
• Textboxes
• Images
• Charts
• Lists
• Tables
• Matrices
• Styles
• Rectangles, lines