Hi Alec,
My thoughts would be to create a modified report that returns description. It's pretty simple as far as SSRS is concerned BUT getting to report writing stage does require some SQL skills and is a bit of a learning curve. If you have someone with that skill set its not a big job.
The reports I write always have descriptions (it is standard for us). If you can elaborate what your required fields are, I will see if we have anything similar and will be happy to share.