Issues Setting RDLC Datasource to Object

Question

Background:

I\'ve been tasked with converting an Access database application to ASP.Net C# MVC. This is my first MVC application.

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Answer 1

I've just come across this same issue when trying to create RDLC reports in an ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio 2017, so I'm adding this as a separate answer to make it clear this is still an issue at January 2018.

My solution consisted of a C# library project and an MVC client project.

Adding reports (by choosing at add a new item, then choosing a Report Wizard item) in the C# library project brings up the Report Wizard with the Data Source Configuration Wizard (where I can choose whether to use a Database, Service or an Object as the datasource) modally on top of it:

Whereas, choosing to add a new report wizard item in the MVC project just brought up the Report Wizard without the Data Source Configuration Wizard:

I tried adding business object classes into my MVC project, recompiling it and then adding a Report to the MVC Project again, but I still got the second screenshot, so it seems like you just don't get the Data Source Configuration Wizard when adding to MVC projects for some reason.