# Report generation in rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257 "2007-10-25T06:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhi)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257/1 "2007-10-25T06:33:33Z")

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Hi  
is there any way of generating reports other than xls and pdf. I am  
using my sql .

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**Author:** ![abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhi)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257/2 "2007-10-25T06:48:14Z")

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You should check out ruport. It takes a little effort to get the hang of  
it, but once you do it is a huge time saver and fairly quick. Very  
nice!!!

[http://rubyreports.org/](http://rubyreports.org/)

Abhi M. wrote:

> Hi  
> is there any way of generating reports other than xls and pdf. I am  
> using my sql .

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Sincerely,

William P.

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**Author:** ![abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhi)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257/3 "2007-10-25T07:05:00Z")

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William P. wrote:

> You should check out ruport. It takes a little effort to get the hang of  
> it, but once you do it is a huge time saver and fairly quick. Very  
> nice!!!
> 
> [http://rubyreports.org/](http://rubyreports.org/)
> 
> Abhi M. wrote:
> 
> > Hi  
> > is there any way of generating reports other than xls and pdf. I am  
> > using my sql .
> 
> –  
> Sincerely,
> 
> William P.

Thankyou very much Mr. William .  
I appreciate your timely help.  
I am gonna check this out  
Thanks once again

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**Author:** ![abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@abhi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhi)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/report-generation-in-rails/118257/4 "2007-10-25T07:47:59Z")

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Hi  
Is there any option to generate reports automatically as in MS sql  
reporting services?