SSRS2

Groups report definitions (RDL or RDLC) by structure, to plan one change across many: a group's reports have the same items, datasets, parameters and code modules and differ only in places, texts and looks, so one set of operations naming their items changes them alike. Returns groups, the largest first: structure (edit_report's structure), roles (what role:signature and the like name there), differs (how its first report differs from the first group's), places (items placed otherwise), and versions: each file and its version, edit_report's baseVersion as it is. Reads the files only.

Converts a report (RDL or RDLC) or a Markdown file (a document, or slides) with SSRS2, the Report Viewer engine, to pptx (PowerPoint's own text boxes, tables and pictures, a slide per page: a Markdown deck becomes a deck), pdf, docx, xlsx, mhtml, tiff, png (the first page), csv or xml. It is checked first, as validate_report checks it: with errors nothing is written. The file goes beside the one converted, under its name (deck.md gives deck.pptx, replacing it), unless output says where. Returns validate_report's answer and written: the file, and what it holds read back as PowerPoint (slides) or Word and a PDF reader (document) get it. help: ["answers"] says more.

Outlines a report definition (RDL or RDLC) to plan a change: its page, datasets and fields, parameters, and every item top to bottom with its kind, place and size in cm, what it shows and does (hidden, toggled, page breaks), and its role (title, table, totals, declaration, signature...), which role:signature and the like name in edit_report and validate_report whatever the report calls the item. Returns version (edit_report's baseVersion) and outline; with item, that part's XML as written, with its lines (to copy an edit's find from). Reads the file only.

Changes report files (RDL, RDLC), up to 200 a call, by operations, all or none per file. Each file is patched (the rest byte for byte; one changed since it was read is refused), then checked: its new problems and pages said. Plan with compare_reports and describe_report; dryRun first. Operations ("op"): dataset, parameter, page, header, footer, code, textbox, table, matrix, list, chart, gauge, indicator, databar, sparkline, image, barcode, subreport, line, rectangle, set, remove, space, move, swap, copy, field, column, remove_column, row, total, group, sort, widths, filter. A new item goes "after" or "before" an item or a role (role:signature), "in" a container or "at":[x, y] cm. Call help: ["textbox","set"] first: their words.

Renders a report definition (RDL or RDLC) or a Markdown file (a document, or slides: a page each) with SSRS2, the Report Viewer engine, and returns its pages as PNG, as a PDF of it would show them: a JSON summary first (what validate_report answers, no need to validate first; madeUpRows, the rows it was rendered with; text, what the pages print, page by page in reading order, where values are read exactly), then an image per page, or one image of numbered thumbnails (sheet) to see a deck or a long report whole. A report with errors is not rendered. help: ["answers"] says more.

Checks a report (RDL or RDLC) or a Markdown file with the Report Viewer engine: XML, schema, expressions compiled, then a run with rows through every page. Returns ok, a summary and diagnostics (code, severity, item, property, expression, line, message, hint); atRunTime counts what failed as it ran (#Error cells). Call it after each change until ok is true and atRunTime absent. Expressions are Visual Basic and may only compute. Also layout, expect, variants, rowCounts, baseline, paths: help: ["checks"].