Binding a datasource to a rdl in report server programmatically - SSRS

Question

I\'ve done a asp.net application to generate reports over a particular data. Initially i created local reports (.rdlc) to generate reports. I created separate .xsd for each rdlc

Answer 1

This is not impossible, but may take a little effort if this is what you want to do.
You have a couple of options:

1. If you create a shared datasource on your report server you can add it manually using the RDLObjectModel. Get the shared datasource name and guid from your reportserver and you can add it to your report.

   Example:

   'create the datasource for the report
   Dim dataSrcRFoo = New RdlObjectModel.DataSource
   dataSrcRFoo.Name = "DataSourceName"
   dataSrcRFoo.DataSourceReference = "/path/to/DataSource"
   dataSrcRFoo.IsShared = True
   dataSrcRFoo.SecurityType = 2 ' RdlObjectModel.SecurityTypeEnum.DataBase   
   dataSrcRFoo.DataSourceID = New Guid("shareddatasourceguid")
   
   'add data source to report
   rdlRpt.DataSources.Add(dataSrcRFoo) 
   

2. Another option is to use templates on the server that have the share (or report level) datasource built in.