Introduction
We try to get a list of countries from the CountryMaster table.
First SSRS Report
Step 1
- Open Visual Studio 2012 ad click on "Project…" to create a new project.
- Expand "Business Intelligence" under the Installed Templates from the left panel.
- Click on "Report Server Project".
- Right-click on "Shared Data Sources".
- Click on "Add New Data Source" to create a new shared data source.
Step 2
- Select the "General" Tab.
- Provide appropriate an name of the data source.
- Select "Microsoft SQL Server" from the type drop-down list.
- Click on the "Edit" button to set up the connection string.
Step 3
- Select "Server name" from the server name drop-down list.
- Select the "Use SQL Server Authentication" radio button.
- Provide the SQL Server Authentication a user name.
- Provide the password.
- Select "SSRSDemo" as the database name.
Step 4
- Click on "Test Connection", it shows a message box with test connection status.
Step 5
- Right-click on "Shared Data Sources" and click on "Add New Data Source".
- Provide a data source name and connection string.
- You can also change the credentials of your data source.
Step 6
- The .rds file is shown under "Shared Data Sources".
Step 7 - The next step is to add a dataset.
- Right-click on "Shared Datasets" and click on "Add New Dataset".
Step 8
- Provide dataset name.
- Select the data source created.
- If you want to write a query then select the "Text" radio button and provide your query.
Step 9
- For Stored Procedure select the "Stored Procedure" radio button and provide the Stored Procedure name.
Step 10 - Select the fields you want to display in the report and map with the field source.
Step 11
- Now your data set file, in other words .rsd file, is ready.
Step 12
- To create a report, right-click on "Reports", select "Add" and click on "New Item".
Step 13
- Select "Report" and provide an appropriate name for report.
- Click on the "Add" button and it will add a .rdl file under "reports".
Step 14
- In the report data right-click on "Datasets" and click on "Add Dataset…".
Step 15
- Select the previously created data set.
- Press the "OK" button.
Step 16
- It will add a data set and show the fields.
Step 17
- Open the RptCountry.rdl file in design mode.
- Right-click on "Design Surface", select "Insert" and click on "Table".
Step 18
- Click on the bordered area and it will allow you to add a column header.
Step 19
- Insert "CountryID" as header.
Step 20
- Now click on the highlighted icon.
Step 21
- Map the "CountryRowID" as the column source.
Step 22
- We need to add "CountryName" in the same way.
Step 23
- Click on "Preview" and your first SSRS report is ready.
