Add the Sample Report to the Project
We can
add our clone report file, RS015.rdl, to the project, in a series of steps that closely mirror
those with which we added the data source above.
1.
From within
the Solution Explorer, right-click the Reports folder that
appears within the new RS015 project.
2.
Select Add
on the context menu that appears.
3.
Select Add
Existing Item from the cascading menu that appears next, as shown in Illustration
11.
Illustration 11: Select
Add --> Add Existing Item
The Add
Existing Item - RS015 dialog appears.
4.
Navigate to
the location of the RS015.rdl report file created earlier.
5.
Select the Report
File in the dialog.
The Add
Existing Item - RS015 dialog, with the targeted file, appears as depicted
in Illustration 12.
Illustration 12: Add
Existing Item - RS015 Dialog
6.
Click Open (or
double-click the selection) to close the dialog.
Report
File RS015
appears in the Reports folder of the RS015 project. Let's test
it for data source connectivity.
7.
Right-click RS015.rdl
in the Reports folder.
8.
Select Open,
as shown in Illustration 13, from the context menu that appears.
Illustration 13: Select
Open from the Context Menu ...
Report
RS015 opens and
appears on the Layout tab of the Report Designer, as depicted in Illustration
14.
Illustration 14: RS015
Appears in Report Designer - Layout Tab (Partial View)
9.
Click the Preview
tab to execute the report.
RS015
executes briefly,
and then returns data, based upon the default parameters provided atop the
report. We can thus rely upon the fact that we have established connectivity
with the data in the AdventureWorks2000 database. (We will not be
working with drillthrough and other functions within this report sample at
present. The report is only here as an example for limited use in the final
section of our practice session.)
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