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  1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and then choose File > New > Project. The New Project window appears.
  2. Select In the Project Types tree, select the Business Intelligence Projects folder in the left portion of the window.

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  2. In the Templates area, select the Report Project template

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  1. In the Name field, type a name for your report

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  1. , and then click OK.
  2. Click the View / Solutions Explorer button to open the Solution Explorer window.
  3. Right click Shared Data Sources and then select Add New Data Source.
  4. In the Data Link Properties window, click the Provider tab.
  5. Double click Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server, which opens the Data Link Properties window on the Connection tab.
  6. Enter the name of the database server and the user name / password combination needed to login to the server.
  7. Click the Test Connection button to verify that you can establish a connection to the database.
  8. Choose the database from which the data will be retrieved and then click OK.

Configuring a report using Microsoft Reporting Services

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