Question

I have multiple reports that take the same parameters.

Need to create a master report with all the reports merged together. I dont want to copy paste the rdlc files into one large file.

found a control by Telerik called ReportBook but it costs money!!
http://www.telerik.com/help/reporting/designing-reports-general-explanation.html

anyone knows something similar? or am i missing something very obvious?

using visual studio 2005…

Cheers

EDIT:-
i have tried to generate the rdlc file on the fly. doesnt work very well with multiple datasources. falling back on copy pasting all my reports into one big rdlc file.

will subreports solve my problem? not sure how these work. i have seen drill down reports work. as a matter of fact i have a two stage drill down report that needs to appear flattened on one page.

so say i have a report that lists employers and i create a subreport that lists all employees for a particular empoyer. is it then possible on one rdlc to have the list of employers and a bunch of subreports for each employer’s employees?

Answer 1

Thanks for your help Jon.

i tried generating the rdlc file dynamically but it did not seem to work very well for multiple datasets reading from stored procedures..

then looked at telerik reporting which is an amazing reporting tool. but using it meant i had to start designing my reports from scratch.

after a lot of googling i realised that what i wanted to achieve was very much possible with simple vs rdlc reports. dint know that you can group data on certain fields. for example could get a report of all employees divided into groups of employers.

and as far as not having to copy paste the reports.. looking at the tight schedule i was working in, i thought a little manual work would not harm after spending hours trying to look for a solution.