We performed a comparison between Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Windward Core based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in Reporting."I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle."
"We can create quality reports in real time."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done."
"We were able to embed the report builder within our internal proprietary systems, improving our reporting capabilities."
"It is scalable."
"In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the installation and configuration are easy."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"A useful, easy to use product, which has a lot of features for designing reports."
"AutoTag is valuable because it integrates with MS Word and makes it easy for our users to create template documents and reports. It allows our users to design the templates based on differing needs."
"The design tool, with all of its features and sample output fidelity tests, and being able to work with JSON data and output PDF and HTML, were also both crucial."
"Some of our clients are looking at the nested filtering which is coming out. That's going to be a huge benefit for them because they're going to be able to nest and loop while they're also looking at filtering out certain data elements."
"We can develop any report at least five times faster."
"The ability for users to have design and layout control is very important because it allows them control over the design and layout of their reports, without the help of IT."
"Technical support is very good. They reply immediately and follow-up with any questions."
"The two features that I like the best are the ability to generate Word and Excel documents, and the ability to create my templates directly inside those software sets. It's absolutely critical for me as a user to have design and layout control, because all of my reports are very, very customized. I have to have control over the ability to generate and to control what they look like."
"Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"The setup is difficult because you have to install different servers."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"We have had issues with the refresh interval since we have too many reports scheduled. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is also expensive."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"Sometimes, we need to make sure that the configuration stays consistent across the reporting instances. They all connect to the same database. So, it shares that same backend, but the reporting services itself can also be configured. On the application level, for reporting level. And it is, based on my own experience, it is a manual effort to make sure that the reporting servers are configured the same across the environment."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"AutoTag needs to be web-based, so our customers can create reports from our web."
"I have to deal with VERY long lists of properties contained in our XMLs and it would be nice if Windward offered a way to alphabetize this property list."
"The only thing I can think of, that we'd like it to do, would be the ability to "burst out" reports, meaning one section of a report could be sent out as an email to a manager of a department, say, without having to run multiple reports to do it. As it sits now, we have to do multiple reports to do it."
"Is there any way to avoid AutoTag loading in Word/Excel each time? I need to use it from time to time - quite rarely. AutoTag affects performance of Word/Excel. I do not want to install/uninstall AutoTag each time I need it."
"They should add a document distribution solution on top of the document generation capability. It should allow us to send the generated document to a certain recipient (e.g. customer contact’s email address) based on a business-rules management system. That system would allow the end-user to manage a relationship between a document template and its recipient."
"The tool does not support macOS documents."
"The next release could benefit from a cloud-based environment."
"It needs better support for upgrades and more control over layout of elements. Upgrades tend to break existing output. Elements do not position where expected due to insertion of blank lines and page breaks. It takes time to fix these through trial and error."
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 13 reviews while Windward Core is ranked 24th in Reporting. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6, while Windward Core is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windward Core writes "It has streamlined a lot of our reporting processes". Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with TIBCO Jaspersoft, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Crystal Reports and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Windward Core is most compared with Docmosis, SAP Crystal Reports, Nintex Document Generation, OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting and CA Easytrieve Report Generator.
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