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Using Progress Telerik UI reporting is a no brainer
March 15, 2021

Using Progress Telerik UI reporting is a no brainer

derek kelly | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Progress Telerik UI

Progress Telerik UI is a central component to web services and reporting. It works very well at doing exactly what we need it to do. Like any piece of software, you can run into a snag, but the company is very responsive when that happens. The forum knowledge base is also pretty deep. There is a good chance of finding what you need on the forum, or at least someone to point you in the right direction. Support tickets are a step up from that when you need a quicker answer.
  • The Visual Studio integration, including performing updates, is done very well
  • The toolbox and customization is thought out
  • The look and feel for the end user is pleasant
  • Some of the templates for performing functions could be simpler
  • Some of the deprecated functionality works really well, but will eventually go away
  • Using the frameworks saves a lot of time when creating and maintaining
  • Knowing that the framework maintainers are security conscious is huge
Using Progress Telerik UI on the front end and Spring on the back end, you can focus on your business logic in the middle. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. This allows you to focus on what's under the hood. These have both been a pleasure to work with.
I mentioned before that their support group is very responsive. I once ran into an issue with a recent release. When I checked on the forum they already has a solution and a new release fixing the issue. In the eight years I've been using it, I've only created two support tickets.
It is easy to learn. It is flexible enough to bend to your will. It is robust enough to work well. There isn't much to complain about. The creator UI is very drag-and-drop oriented. It's very easy to get started with. Once you're comfortable you can make a few tweaks by modifying the source files created by the UI.
Using Progress Telerik UI reporting instead of finding your own path is almost a no brainer. The report creation is similar to products like Crystal Reports. You create your query, plug in the variables, then place fields. You can easily set grouping, sorting, headers, and footers. You can even include SQL comments in the query.