Link a shared dataset

You can create a shared dataset in the report server and it can be linked with the reports in Report Designer. This section guides you to create a shared dataset in Bold Report Designer.

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

    Data icon configuration panel

  2. Click on SHARED DATA button in Data panel.

    Click on shared data button

  3. After clicking on the SHARED DATA, the new dataset wizard will be shown as below:

    Click on new dataset button

  4. In Name field, specify the dataset name without special characters.

  5. In Shared DataSet field, you can select existing shared datasets in the server from the drop-down list. Shared data fields panel

  6. Click on the Save button. Now, a new shared dataset will be added in the report like below.

    Data list view

    Note: You can link multiple shared dataset into the report.