Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Reports
In an SSRS project, the main task a developer performs is creating new reports. As you may have guessed,
you create reports by right-clicking the Reports folder in Solution Explorer and choosing Add New Report.
But wait—there is a trick to this one! The Add New Report option launches the Report Wizard. Now, there is
nothing wrong with the Report Wizard per se, but more experienced developers will want to create a new report
from scratch without using a wizard.
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If you have launched the Report Wizard by mistake, cancel the wizard and try again. Luckily, Visual Studio
does not penalize you for starting a wizard and canceling it. We say luckily, because this inadvertent launching is
likely to happen quite often. Doh!
Note
To create a new report without using the Report Wizard, select the Add New Item option, as shown in
Figure
16-20
.
Figure 16-20.
Creating a new report without the Report Wizard
After selecting the New Item option in the context menu, the Add New Item dialog window appears. Notice
that, once again, the Report Wizard is present and available. In fact, it is the default selection! We are creating a
report without using the wizard; therefore, we need to select the Report icon and provide a name in the Name
textbox (Figure
16-21
). Click Add to close the dialog window, and a new RDL file will be created in Solution
Explorer.
