Data Dynamics Reports supports nearly any data source. Here are some of the more common ones:

• SQL
• DataSet
• Object
• ODBC
• OleDb
• Oracle
• XML (Supports XPath 1.0)

Shared Data Source

To save time entering connection information, and to save time when such information changes, you can set up a shared data source which can be used in all of your reports. Then you need only create a SQL query to create a dataset for each report.

A shared data source is saved as a separate RDSX (Report Data Source XML) file in the project, so you can manage it separately.

Report Data Source

Even if you have a shared data source set up for your project, this does not limit you to using only that. You can still set up a new data source for any of your individual reports. This type of data source is saved as part of the report.

Unbound Data Source

You also have the option of setting up an extra data source in code for some special item in your report. This might be a text file or an array or just another data source. Please note that this type of data source does not appear in the fields list next to the designer, so the drag and drop functionality is not available for unbound data sources.

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