ReportDesignerConfigurationBuilder.RegisterDataSourceWizardConfigFileJsonConnectionStringsProvider() Method

Enables the Web Report Designer to use JSON data source connections specified in the application configuration file.

Namespace: DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting

Assembly: DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting.v26.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public ReportDesignerConfigurationBuilder RegisterDataSourceWizardConfigFileJsonConnectionStringsProvider()

VB.NET

Public Function RegisterDataSourceWizardConfigFileJsonConnectionStringsProvider As ReportDesignerConfigurationBuilder

Returns

Type	Description
ReportDesignerConfigurationBuilder	A ReportDesignerConfigurationBuilder that can be used to further configure the Report Designer services.

Remarks

The Data Source Wizard uses a connection string provider to obtain available data connections. The following code snippet registers a JSON connection string provider on application startup:

Program.cs

using DevExpress.AspNetCore;
using DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.ConfigureReportingServices(configurator => {
    configurator.ConfigureReportDesigner(designerConfigurator => {
        designerConfigurator.RegisterDataSourceWizardConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider();
    });
});

var app = builder.Build();