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Data Federation
Bind a Report to a Join-Based Federated Data Source
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Bind a Report to a Join-Based Federated Data Source (Runtime Sample)
Bind a Report to a Union-Based Federated Data Source (Runtime Sample)
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Data Federation

The Data Federation data source allows you to combine multiple data sources and define joins or master-detail relationships between data source queries.

Supported Data Source Types

Data Federation supports the following data source types:

How to Bind a Report to a Federated Data Source

The following tutorials describe how to bind a report to a federated data source at design time and runtime:

How to Update the Federated Data Source

When you need to update the data sources used by the federated data source, it is recommended that you update and configure the data sources included in the data federation and then create the federated data source from scratch.