How to make auto refreshable web reports

2017-03-27

When there is a need to reflect the current situation in your enterprise with the help of web reports, you might need to update information automatically on a site without any user's involvement. If you use more than one of these reports with auto refresh function on a single page of a web site, you get the “Dashboard”. Fortunately, FastReport provides auto refresh of a report by timeout.

 Let us take a close look at the following example of my report “Date” that displays the current date and time.  By this means we can see the time of the report refreshing.

  1. Create a simple web report.
  2. Add a data source to the web form - the component “SQLDataSource”. From the drop - down menu select “ConfigureDataSource”.

  1. Set the connection to the database.
  2. Now place the “WebReport” component on the web form. Select the item “Select Data Source” from the drop - down menu.

Choose the only available option.

  1. From the drop - down menu select "Design Report "
  2. Create a simple report.  The system variable Date was added to the title of the report:

 

  1. Close the report editor. Disable the toolbar of the report window.
  2.  In “WebReport” object you should set “ShowToolbar” property to “false”.
  3. Set “RefreshTimeout” property. In this property the refresh period is set. For example, set the interval 5. Time is set in seconds.
  4. Run the application:

 

Wait for 5 seconds:

 

By this means it is possible to update information in a report continually. This can be useful when displaying statistical data or displaying information in the form of graphs. FastReport provides the opportunity to solve the problem of displaying dynamic information.

.NET .NET FastReport FastReport ASP.NET ASP.NET WebReport WebReport
October 13, 2025

How to Use Excel Formulas in a Report When Exporting to MS Excel

Starting with version FastReport .NET 2026.1, it is now possible to export formulas to Microsoft Excel. It is important to set up formula exports correctly and follow the syntax.
September 30, 2025

How to Install the FastReport .NET Report Designer with Pre-installed Plugins

Read the article as from version 2025.2.5 for FastReport .NET WinForms and FastReport .NET WEB allows you to install a report designer with all plugins without building dll files.
September 23, 2025

How to Export a Report to JPEG / PNG / BMP / GIF / TIFF / EMF from FastReport .NET

In this article, we will look at how to easily and efficiently export reports from FastReport .NET in JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF and EMF.

© 1998-2025 Fast Reports Inc.