Link a shared datasource

This section guides you to link a shared datasource in Bold Report Designer.

1. Click the Data icon in the configuration panel to launch a Data configuration.

   

2. In the Data panel, click on the DATASOURCE on the top-left corner.

   

3. In the DATASOURCE configuration panel, click on the NEW DATASOURCE button.

   

4. In the connection type panel, choose the Shared data source type.

   

5. After choosing the Shared datasource type, the new connection wizard will be shown as below:

   

6. In Name field, specify the data source name without special characters.

7. In Shared DataSource field, you can select an existing shared data sources in the server from the drop-down list.

   

8. Now, click on the Save button and the new shared data source will be added in data list pane like below.

   

   Note: You can link multiple shared data sources into the report.