Telerik Reporting will introduce a GenAI-powered assistant in the Web Report Designer (WRD) to simplify the creation of data presentation items. This feature will allow users to describe their reporting needs in natural language and instantly generate styled, data-bound visualizations. Each proposed report change will be approved or rejected by the user, providing complete control over the result. The initial release will focus on Graph and Gauge items, powered by a set of Design-Time Tools that manipulate the report model and trigger commands in the design-time environment. Future expansions will be guided by the user feedback we collect.

The Web Report Designer's AI Report Generator panel now supports creating and editing Table, Crosstab, and List items through natural language. Describe the data structure and grouping you need — "cross-tab of revenue by product and quarter with totals" — and the AI generates a fully data-bound, validated item applied directly to the design surface. This closes the top gap reported by EAP participants and extends AI Report Generator beyond charts to the most common structured-data display items in Telerik Reporting.

Telerik Reporting is introducing native JSON report definition formats: .trjd (JSON equivalent of TRDX) and .trjp (JSON package equivalent of TRDP). These formats are fully round-trip compatible with the existing XML formats, supported across Telerik Reporting, RS.NET, and the standalone designer. Developers can now edit report definitions in any text editor or AI coding assistant, diff report changes cleanly in pull requests, and take advantage of a published JSON Schema for editor IntelliSense and CI pipeline validation (see companion feature: Public Report Model Schema and Validation SDK).

 

We are publishing the Telerik Reporting JSON Schema and validation infrastructure as a standalone Telerik.Reporting.Schema NuGet package. Developers will be able to query JSON Schema Draft 2020-12 descriptions of any report item type, validate report definition fragments programmatically using the same validator the AI Report Generator uses internally, and integrate report structure checks directly into CI/CD pipelines — no Report Designer required. The published schema catalog also powers VS Code IntelliSense for report files via a $schema reference, and serves as the type-information layer for the Telerik Reporting MCP Server for AI-assisted report authoring.

AI Report Generator in the Web Report Designer now goes beyond charts and gauges to cover the full set of report items. Use natural language to create and edit TextBox labels with conditional formatting, Barcode items (QR Code, Code 128, MaxiCode, and more), Shape elements, PictureBox image sources, Point Map layers with field-bound coordinates, and SubReport parameter bindings. This makes AI Report Generator a genuine end-to-end report authoring assistant — not just a chart configuration tool.

We are introducing full Kendo theming compatibility in the Web Report Designer, enabling seamless alignment between WRD and any Kendo‑based application. Developers will be able to apply built‑in themes or ThemeBuilder‑generated custom themes with minimal effort, ensuring consistent UI styling across the entire app ecosystem. 

Telerik Reporting is introducing the CompositeDataSource component, enabling report authors to join data from two different data sources — a SQL database, a REST API, a JSON file, or any other supported source — directly inside the report model. No data warehouse. No ETL pipeline. No scheduled export. The join is defined visually in the Web Report Designer or Standalone Designer, and resolved live at render time by the reporting engine. Imagine combining your client accounts database with a live currency exchange rate API to instantly show multi-currency portfolio values — with a single report, no middleware required.

Telerik Reporting will offer official support for Docker, Azure Functions, and .NET Aspire. Developers will be able to deploy reporting services in containerized and serverless environments with ease, using updated guides and sample projects. This initiative will simplify cloud adoption and enable scalable, modern hosting for Telerik-powered reporting applications. 

 

 

The Web Report Designer will gain full support for authoring and previewing localized report definitions. Report authors will be able to enable localizability, manage language-specific string values for report items, and preview reports in any configured language — all without leaving the browser. This closes a long-standing gap between the Standalone Report Designer and the Web Report Designer, making it straightforward for teams working in web-only environments to deliver the same report in multiple languages.

We are bringing voice input to our web experiences in Telerik Reporting. In the first phase, you will be able to speak your prompts directly into Report Preview Insights in the HTML5 Report Viewer and into AI Assist in the Web Report Designer, with the browser converting your speech to text on the fly. This will simplify working with AI-powered features, especially on touch devices and for users who prefer or require voice interaction. After validating the experience and adoption in these two surfaces, we plan to extend the same speech pattern to additional prompt-based workflows.

 

Report authors will be able to define a report section (page header, footer, report header, etc.) once — including layout, branding, and data binding — and reference it from multiple reports. When the shared section is updated in a central location (file system or RS.NET Section Library), all referencing reports automatically use the latest version on their next render. No individual report needs to be opened or modified. This eliminates the manual effort of maintaining consistent company branding, legal footers, and letterhead across large report portfolios.

Telerik Reporting web viewers have long supported Content Security Policy for their scripts. Now the rendered report content itself is fully CSP-compliant too. Inline styles have been eliminated from the HTML output: all report styling — layout, fonts, colors, conditional formatting — is served as a dedicated CSS resource by the Reporting REST Service. Your application can now enforce a strict Content-Security-Policy: style-src 'self' with no exceptions. No more 'unsafe-inline'. No more security audit findings. Full Telerik Reporting, fully compliant.

 

Microsoft has announced that support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 will end in November 2026. In alignment with Microsoft’s lifecycle policy, all Telerik products will also discontinue support for .NET 8 and .NET 9.

This announcement provides ample opportunity to transition your applications to .NET 10 or later, ensuring you benefit from the latest platform innovations, performance improvements, and security updates delivered by Microsoft and Telerik.

Looking ahead, Telerik products are striving for early compatibility with the preview versions of .NET 11, and by November 2026 will provide full support for the official .NET 11 release, enabling developers to confidently adopt the next generation of the .NET platform.

After introducing Raw Data export feature to the desktop designers and WInForms report viewer we will introduce this functionality to the Web Report Designer, all Web report viewers, including the native Angular and Blazor components. The feature enhances working with data while designing and previewing reports. Report authors will access unified raw data export during design time through the data source wizards and on demand. When previewing the report document, the end-user will have access to the plain data behind each data item like Table, Chart, or the Report itself for export.

We will introduce lazy loading for large database schemas in the Query Builder tool to improve performance and usability. This enhancement will significantly reduce initial load times and system resource usage when working with complex schemas. When lazy loading is active, the search experience will adapt to focus on expanded nodes, enabling efficient schema exploration.

We will introduce AI-powered sample data generation to simplify the report design process. Report authors will quickly create inline CSV data sources out of another data source definition, providing example data, or using natural language prompts (e.g., "Generate sample data with columns: First Name, Last Name, City"). This feature will make it easier for users to design reports faster, experiment with layouts, and bring their ideas to life with minimal setup effort.

We will implement dedicated data source components to pull data from some of the most popular databases that can currently be utilized using the SQL Data Source component. This will allow easier setup for the report author making them more productive. The considered target data management systems include PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB.

On top of our Skia-based report generation engine implementation, we will compile a WebAssembly containing this engine. Effectively, web apps will be able to generate reports directly on the client.

We will expose the available settings to each export format to the end-user so that they have granular control over the produced document.