ActiveReports combines the power and ease of Microsoft Visual Basic with advanced ActiveX Designer component technology to provide the ultimate report designer for Visual Basic developers. ActiveReports is fully integrated in the Visual Basic programming environment. It feels and works like VB with no more cryptic scripts or workarounds. ActiveReports provides a fully open architecture that lets you use VB code, ActiveX, and OLE Objects in your reports so you can handle the toughest of reports without limits. ActiveReports includes a Report Wizard that steps you through creating simple reports without writing any code. The wizard is integrated into the Visual Basic environment as an add-in module. ActiveReports is based on the Active Designer specification, which allows a component to be integrated into the hosting design environment, and allows it to make full use of the environment's services. The designer is a fully compliant ActiveX control and object host. You can insert any control or OLE object, such as a graph or document, into your reports. OLE objects can be bound to BLOB fields in your database.

Data Dynamics Reports has rearchitected and redesigned ActiveReports technology from the ground up, not only to make standard report design and customization easier than ever, but also to add business intelligence (BI) features, thus providing a convenient BI adoption route for your reporting users. In addition to standard reporting features, Data Dynamics Reports includes new page- based report designers, new end-user report viewers, and the ability to aggregate dashboards, trend lines, and other new visualization elements. Data Dynamics Reports also supports master templates and report styles—and, aside from Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, it’s the only .NET reporting tool that supports and extends Microsoft’s Report Definition Language (RDL) format.

Data Dynamics Analysis is the first free-form, on-line analytical processing (OLAP) and visual-analysis component for Visual Studio.NET that overcomes the limits of traditional pivot tables and complex charting tools and allows .NET developers to embed an interactive business intelligence system within their .NET applications. Data Dynamics Analysis takes the complexity out of standard data analysis tools and gives developers a fully customizable, easy-to-use, drag-and-drop environment that allows users to explore data visually so they can quickly grasp what is happening.