What should we use to generate excel like data?
I am using SQL server 2014
Should we use SSIS or SSRS?
I am basically trying to understand the clear reasons in the choice of tool to generate excel like data
SSIS can dump data using excel destination and can deliver to anyplace.
SSRS can extract data into excel o/p and has delivery methods such as subscriptions?
If no formatting of data is required which should we use?
Also I guess it depends on datasets. If the datasets are larger then SSRS might not be great choice?
I see office driver issues with SSIS with 32 bit and 64 bit excels . SSRS doesnt have driver issues
If we use script tasks in SSIS we can format the data but development time is large but SSRS can easily reduce formatting\dev time .
Also what are the challenges of using excel templates as source for dumping data in SSIS ? Are there known issues with excel interop ?
Unless you have Excel installed on the Server/PC or use an external tool (which is possible without using Excel Interop, see Create Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) file from C#), it will fail. Using the interop requires Excel to be installed.
Also going forward at this point should we always dump data in .xlsx format ?
Looking forward for some clear answers .