# Overview This topic gives an overview of ActiveReports. NET reporting solution with controls, features and data sources. ## Content To stay relevant in the digital era, incorporating dynamic reporting solutions into your applications is not an option but a requirement. **ActiveReports.NET** is a reporting solution for designing and delivering reports using reliable and user-friendly report designers and controls for, .NET/.NET Framework, Blazor, WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core MVC, Angular, React, and Vue. ActiveReports offers a comprehensive suite of design tools tailored for creating and printing digital documents efficiently. Its integrated designer lets users create layouts in Visual Studio and edit them at design time, visually, and through code, script, or regular expressions. Another designer provided by ActiveReports is WebDesigner, which enables end-users to create ad hoc reports in all major browsers. The product also includes a Standalone designer, which allows users to view, edit, and create complete design-based, code-free, .NET reports all in a single application. ![AR.NET Overview](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/arnet.png) ActiveReports .NET supports unique reporting features, including: * Lightweight report designers and viewers for powerful .NET Core reporting. * Available in two [editions](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/activereports-editions), Standard and Professional to deliver outstanding reporting capabilities. * Provides report viewers that support technologies such as [Blazor](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/blazor-viewer-application), [ASP.NET Core](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/js-viewer-application/aspnet-mvc-core-integration), [ASP.NET MVC](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/js-viewer-application/aspnet-mvc-core-integration), [Angular](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/js-viewer-application/integration-to-angular), [React](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/js-viewer-application/integration-to-react), HTML5/JS, [WPF](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/dotnet-viewer-application/working-with-wpf-viewer), and [WinForms](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/create-applications/dotnet-viewer-application/working-with-win-viewer). * Extensive API for [customizing](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/working-with-reports-devs/section-report-developers/code-based-section-reports/use-custom-controls-on-reports) and maintaining control. * Provides an interactive look to your report at runtime by supporting [parameters](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/interactivity/parameters), [filters](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/filters), [drill-down](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/interactivity/drill-down-links) [drill-through](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/interactivity/drill-through-links), [document map](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/interactivity/document-map) and [sorting](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/design-reports/design-page-rdl-reports/interactivity/sort-data). * Report distribution in JavaScript, ASP.NET, WPF, WinForms applications without additional [licensing](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/ar-how-licensing-activereports). * Deliver interactive reports under cloud services, such as [Azure](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops/deploy-applications-to-cloud-services/deploy-to-azure) or [AWS](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops/deploy-applications-to-cloud-services/deploy-to-amazon-web-services), on [Linux](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops/deploy-applications-in-non-windows-environment/deploy-in-linux). With no reliance on GDI+ and easy DevOps integration, ActiveReports.NET makes [deployment](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops) on [Linux](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops/deploy-applications-in-non-windows-environment/deploy-in-linux) and [macOS](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/deploy-devops/deploy-applications-in-non-windows-environment/deploy-in-mac) easy without complicated system configuration. * [Customizable end-user designers](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/customization) and [report viewers](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-readers) for your applications. * Rich report controls to visualize the data with feature-packed controls such as, [Table](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/table), [Tablix](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/tablix), [Barcode](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/barcode), [Sparkline](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/sparkline), [Shape](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/shape), and more. * Create reusable connections to ODBC, OLEDB, .NET, XML, Web Services, Data Objects, and [runtime data sources](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/working-with-reports-devs/page-rdl-report-developers/bind-page-rdl-report-to-a-data-source-at-run-time). * Supports multiple types of [open source software](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/devops/oss) (OSS) programs based on the license agreement and usage rights. ActiveReports provides a number of ways to design a report using a versatile set of [controls](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/report-controls) such as Barcode, Shape, Chart, Table, Tablix and more. You can choose from the RDLX, RDLX Dashboard, Page, and Section [report types](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/reporttypes) based on your layout requirements and [bind](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/report-authors/data-binding) these reports to different data sources, including Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, JSON, Excel, Data Provider, CSV, and more. Also, you can [export](/activereportsnet/docs/v19.2/developers/export-reports) your reports in different formats, such as Excel, PDF, CSV, Word, PDF, and more. Start your [ActiveReports Professional 30-Day Free Trial](https://developer.mescius.com/activereportsnet/download) now and explore the advanced features of ActiveReports.NET.