This section guides you to create an embedded data source in Bold Report Designer. The embedded data source can only be used by the report in which it is embedded.
To bind data to a report item, a minimum of one data source is needed. A data source can be created through the below steps:
Click on the Data icon in the configuration panel.
In the Data
panel, click on the switcher
icon on the top-right corner.
Click the Datasources
in context menu, to open DATASOURCES
panel.
In the DATASOURCES
configuration panel, click on the NEW DATASOURCE
button.
In the connection type panel, choose the data source type that you want to connect.
Here,
SQL
connection type is used for demonstration.
In the new connection panel,
myserver.domain.com
.Now, click on the Save
button and the new embedded data source will be added in data source list pane like below.
The embedded data source is created in the report and it is ready to create/use the data.