When I first played with Lightswitch, I saw two big possible add-on markets: Reporting and templates. Microsoft's reporting solution is SSRS, which is too complicated for much of the target market for LS. If they are targeting the tech savvy business person, exporting to Excel is a valid solution.
>How in the hell does someone at Micorosoft come to the conclusion that a RAD LOB development environment should not include reporting. Export to Excel instead? Worst idea ever!
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>It looks like Telerik has the intention of making their reporting product work for LightSwitch:
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http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/vs-extensions/telerik-extensions-for-lightswitch.aspx
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer