drilldown report in RDLC and asp.net mvc

Question

was posed with a question to look for possibilities whether ASP.Net MVC and rdlc can offer drilldown reports (the backend database is MySQL) .

as per personal understanding , have found it difficult since back in mind, the main concern is that rdlc in MVC simply returns a flat pdf (or at least to the extent am aware).

any guidance / help would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

You are correct that you will not be able to use Microsoft ReportViewer control for any on-screen interactive rendering of RDLC reports because it is only compatible with WebForms for on-screen rendering.

For MVC I recommend using RDL reports (server-based) instead (also for this reason: RDLC Performance Issues in .NET 4.5 ) and you will need to make your own UI to render them. This control can be useful: MvcReportViewer as it allows you to receive HTML-formatted report page and use it in your MVC application.