Shane Clay
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Shane Clay
asked on 18 Aug 2010, 02:04 PM
Hi There,
I am playing around with the reporting controls for the first time and have a question about the right way to do something. Essentially, I cannot use a normal data source for my report. There is a significant amount of custom work that needs to be done on what is in SQL Server to produce the data needed for the report. This info needs to be combined with parameters entered by the user at the time the report is run.
I assume Object Data Sources are the way to go.
I have created a data set (the .xsd type) and created a data table that mirror the data I plan to feed into the report. I've then used that dataset to build my report design.
Then, to populate the data, I have done the following;
I am playing around with the reporting controls for the first time and have a question about the right way to do something. Essentially, I cannot use a normal data source for my report. There is a significant amount of custom work that needs to be done on what is in SQL Server to produce the data needed for the report. This info needs to be combined with parameters entered by the user at the time the report is run.
I assume Object Data Sources are the way to go.
I have created a data set (the .xsd type) and created a data table that mirror the data I plan to feed into the report. I've then used that dataset to build my report design.
Then, to populate the data, I have done the following;
Dim x As New DataTable
Dim dr As DataRow
x.Columns.Add(
"Col1")
x.Columns.Add(
"Col2")
dr = x.NewRow
dr(
"Col1") = "test1"
dr(
"Col2") = "test2"
x.Rows.Add(dr)
Dim g As New Report6
g.ObjectDataSource1.DataSource = x
ReportViewer11.Report = g
I have never really used data sets and tables before, generally everything is done using sql querys odbcdatareaders connected to grids and so forth.
Is this the best way forward, or am I missing something more basic or straight forward?
Shane