CQRS: business logic on the query side

Question

Following the concept of CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation), I am directly referring the DAL in my MVC application and doing all reads via the ViewModels. However a

Answer 1

Please take into consideration that reporting can be a whole Bounded Context in its own right. Therefore its architecture can be completely different from the one you chose for your Core Domain.

Maybe CQRS is a good fit for the Core Domain but not for the domain of reporting. Especially when you want to apply various calculations based on different scenarios prior to report generation. Think BI.

Please remember that CQRS probably shouldn't be applied across your whole application. Once your application is complex enough you should identify its Bounded Contexts and apply an appropriate architectural pattern to each individually, even if they're using the same data source.