Configuring Reports with SSRS - Pro SQL Server 2012 BI Solutions - page 720

Remember, this is not the same as selecting the new Report option that launches the Report wizard.

2. when the Add new item dialog window appears, select the PubsBiReportTemplate

icon from the center of the dialog window, as shown in figure 17-30 .

3. in the name textbox, name the new report SalesByTitlesV1.rdl and click Add

(figure 17-30 ) . This opens the new report in the Report Designer.

Configure the Header

now you have a new report based on the custom report template, but the header data needs to be
configured.

1. with the Report Designer open, right-click the background area, just outside of the

report itself, to access the context menu shown in figure 17-33 .

Figure 17-33. Adding content to the body of the new report

2. when the context menu appears, click the Report Properties option to display its

dialog window.

3. in the Report Properties dialog window, access the Variables page and configure the

values of the two exiting variables to sales by Titles and your own name (similar to
how it is shown in figure 17-33 ) .

4. Click oK to close the dialog window.

Recreate the SalesByTitles Report

next we add content to the report within the report body. we use the same steps from Chapter 16 . (for your
convenience, we have included those steps here and refer to the figures from the previous chapter):

1. with the Report Designer open, use the View menu to display both the Report Data

and Toolbox windows (figure 16-22).