We just upgraded from Q3 2009 to Q1 2012 and I am having trouble adapting to the new procedures. One of things that I noticed is that the Report Wizard no longer generates an .xsd file and the reports no longer seem to recognize them. Am I missing something? Secondly, I am finding it very difficult to find any information regarding this topic. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Tyler,
As of Q1 2010 we have introduced a new to Telerik Reporting concept of data source components that allows the reports and the reporting engine to connect to different data sources in a better way than before. This is a big step as it opens a lot new opportunities for the reports and our clients respectively (data source parameters, significant performance improvements and optimizations).
So as of Q1 2010 version of Telerik Reporting the data source components are the recommended way to connect a report to data; for backwards compatibility you can still connect a DataSet or DataTable but they are converted internally for you to the ObjectDataSource component (ref.: note). It is also important to know that typed data sets or adapters are a special case of business objects and as such can be treated in the same way. Furthermore the Object Data Source gives you the ability to specify data source parameters and thus call methods with arguments which can facilitate data retrieval.
If your data source is a database, we recommend utilizing the SqlDataSource Component to bind your reports to data.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
As of Q1 2010 we have introduced a new to Telerik Reporting concept of data source components that allows the reports and the reporting engine to connect to different data sources in a better way than before. This is a big step as it opens a lot new opportunities for the reports and our clients respectively (data source parameters, significant performance improvements and optimizations).
So as of Q1 2010 version of Telerik Reporting the data source components are the recommended way to connect a report to data; for backwards compatibility you can still connect a DataSet or DataTable but they are converted internally for you to the ObjectDataSource component (ref.: note). It is also important to know that typed data sets or adapters are a special case of business objects and as such can be treated in the same way. Furthermore the Object Data Source gives you the ability to specify data source parameters and thus call methods with arguments which can facilitate data retrieval.
If your data source is a database, we recommend utilizing the SqlDataSource Component to bind your reports to data.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
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