AI-Powered XtraReports in XAF: Unlocking DevExpress Enhancements
Today is Friday, so I decided to take it easy with my integration research. When I woke up, I decided that I just wanted to read the source code of DevExpress AI integrations to get inspired. I began by reading the official blog post about AI and reporting (DevExpress Blog Post). Then, as usual, I proceeded to fork the repository to make my own modifications.
After completing the typical cloning procedure in Visual Studio, I realized that to use the AI functionalities of XtraReport, you don’t need any special version of the report viewer.
The only requirement is to have the NuGet reference as shown below:
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="DevExpress.AIIntegration.Blazor.Reporting.Viewer" Version="24.2.1-alpha-24260" />
</ItemGroup>
Then, add the report integration as shown below:
config.AddBlazorReportingAIIntegration(config =>
{
config.SummarizeBehavior = SummarizeBehavior.Abstractive;
config.AvailableLanguages = new List<LanguageItem>
{
new LanguageItem { Key = "de", Text = "German" },
new LanguageItem { Key = "es", Text = "Spanish" },
new LanguageItem { Key = "en", Text = "English" },
new LanguageItem { Key = "ru", Text = "Russian" },
new LanguageItem { Key = "it", Text = "Italian" }
};
});
After completing these steps, your report viewer will display a little star in the options menu, where you can invoke the AI operations.
You can find the source code for this example in my GitHub repository: https://github.com/egarim/XafSmartEditors
Till next time, XAF out!!!