Bind Report to Non-Dabacon Data

To bind a report to data from a non-Dabacon, proceed as follows:

1. Create a new report.

2. To bind the report to data, click its Smart tag.

3. In the displayed actions list, expand the Data Source dropdown menu and click Add New DataSource.

   

   A window appears allowing a name to be defined for the dataset being created.

   

4. Click Next.

5. On the next page, specify the database to be used. If it is absent in the dropdown menu containing existing connections, click New Connection to display the Data Link Properties window.

   

6. In Provider tab of this window, choose a data provider (the database).

7. Then switch to the Connection tab to specify the path to the data source.

8. Click OK, then Next.

   

   The next page allows tables to be selected and obtained from the database.

9. Select the required table and click Finish.

   

   Note: If several tables are chosen, Reporting creates a data relationship between them (if possible), which is used to create master-detail reports.

   After performing the steps above the report is now bound to the data source and the report's Data Source, Data Member and Data Adapter properties are set.

   

   After binding a report to a data source, each data-aware report control must be bound to a data field from that source. Refer to Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Elements to Data) for further details.