Avoiding multiple calls to same webservice

[Neil N]

I'm calling a webservice that returns four json arrays.  Do I really have to call the webservice four times to show four tables (one from each array)?  There's no way to make one call and construct tables from the different json paths?

[Todor]

Hello Neil,

Indeed, if you use a different JSON path with the same WebService end-point, the DataSource would be considered as different and the call to the Web Service would be performed for each table.

As a workaround, you may use a single WebServiceDataSource for all tables, and apply "Client-side" filtering - see Filtering Data. This way, the whole data will be fetched once and reused across the tables.

Alternatively, you may use a single WebServiceDataSource assigned to the Report and distribute the corresponding data to the tables with Bindings. You may check the article How to use the ReportItem.DataObject property in expressions for more details.

Regards,
Todor
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