Report Definition Language


Report Definition Language is a standard proposed by Microsoft for defining reports.
RDL is an XML application primarily used with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. RDL is usually written using Visual Studio, although there are also third-party tools; it may also be created or edited by hand in a text editor. SQL Server Reporting Services or other 3rd party reporting frameworks use RDL to define charts, graphs, calculations, text, images and other report objects and render them in a variety of formats.
There are three high-level sections in a typical RDL file: