Data Source Wizard
The Data Source Wizard enables you to configure a data source and retrieve its data. The wizard supports the following data source types:
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Obtains data from all major data providers (Microsoft SQL Server, XML data, Microsoft Access, Oracle, etc.).
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Binds to a Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework data source.
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Connects to any data object that implements the IList, IList<T> or IEnumerable<T> interface.
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Obtains data from Microsoft Excel workbooks (XLS, XLSX or XLSM files) or CSV files.
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Connects to JSON-formatted data.
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Binds to XPO data.
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Retrieves data from multiple data sources.
You can invoke the Data Source Wizard in the following ways:
Click the report’s smart tag, expand the XtraReportBase.DataSource property’s drop-down menu and click Add New to bind an existing report or its Detail Report band to data.
Alternatively, click the Add Data Source button in the toolbar.
Click the control’s smart tag, expand the XtraReportBase.DataSource property’s drop-down menu and click Add New to connect the Chart, Pivot Grid and Sparkline report controls to individual data sources.
You can invoke the Report Wizard to add a new data-bound report to your application. The Report Wizard contains the Data Source Wizard pages.