Embedded Power View and Pivot Reports
I’ve been pestering Microsoft for years to provide an embedded Analysis Services Viewer control (similar to the SSRS ReportViewer) that would allow developers to embed interactive reports on custom Windows Forms and web applications. And, for years nothing happened, even after Microsoft acquired the Dundas OLAP Chart control in 2008. There are some positive signs on that end lately. Microsoft just rolled out the ability to embed Power View and pivot reports on a webpage or blog. I’m sure there are some scenarios that will be benefit from this feature but this is really not what I want because:
- It’s just an URL-based mechanism targeting deployed reports and its customization options are limited to layout adjustments.
- It’s not a control that developers can customize, such as to change the connection string in order to pass custom user credentials, replace parameters, etc.
- It requires the reports to be hosted in Office 365. Hence, at least for now, this feature can’t be used with on-prem data.
