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Question

How can I find out where a Sharepoint Report is getting its data from?

Is it possible/easy?

I have a live report similar to one I am about to produce (it will use the same data source) but I do not know where this is coming from!

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The easiest is to just copy and rename the file, upload it and edit it in Report Builder on SharePoint. This way you will maintain the exact data source without needing to edit XML.

If you want to download it, go here Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Builder 3.0

However, if you favour a text editor you can open the .rdl file to edit it. Look in the XML for something like:

    <DataSources>
    ..data source details here. 
    Where the data comes from
    </DataSources>
    <DataSets>
    .. actual returned date definitions here, like columns. 
    What the data is
    </DataSets>