Creating Dynamic Reports

This tutorial illustrates how to create a dynamic report that allows you to query data from within the report. These features are highlighted:

 

The following instructions are included:

 

Adding the CustomerInfo Report to the Project

Add a new CustomerInfo report to our SampleReports project, add a dataset to the report, and build the query for the report.

Designing the CustomerInfo Report

Design the layout for our CustomerInfo report.

Modifying the CustomerInfo Report

Add a new item to a file to make the report more user-friendly.

Adding the CustNumber Report Parameter

Add the CustNumber report parameter to the CustomerInfo report.

Modifying the CustomerInfo Query String

Modify the CustomerInfo query string by referencing the CustNumber report parameter.