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V24.1

IReportDesignerModelBuilder.DataSourceSettings(Action<DataSourceSettings>) Method

Allows you to hide data source actions in the Web Report Designer UI.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner.Services

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.Web.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Reporting.Common

Declaration

IReportDesignerModelBuilder DataSourceSettings(
    Action<DataSourceSettings> configure
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
configure Action<DataSourceSettings>

A Action that modifies the DataSourceSettings object.

Returns

Type Description
IReportDesignerModelBuilder

A IReportDesignerModelBuilder that can be used to further configure the Report Designer.

Remarks

The following code hides the Add Data Source button and UI elements that allow the user to change and delete the data source and queries in the Field List panel:

public IActionResult ReportDesigner(
    [FromServices] IReportDesignerModelBuilder reportDesignerModelBuilder, 
    [FromQuery] string reportName) {
    var designerModel = reportDesignerModelBuilder
        .Report(reportName)
        .DataSourceSettings(configure =>
        {
            configure.AllowAddDataSource = false;
            configure.AllowEditDataSource = false;
            configure.AllowRemoveDataSource = false;
        })
        .BuildModel();
    return View(designerModel);
}

The following image shows the Field List panel with highlighted actions that are hidden when the data source settings are applied using the code from the example above:

web-designer-field-list-data-source-settings-highlighted-disabled

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