How can I share a Data Source between multiple projects in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and keep Visual Studio “Preview”?

Question

I have a solution that contains multiple reporting projects (one per target deployment folder - I think this is the only way to achieve this effect, at least until I abandon

Answer 1

Woody,

What we have tended to do is:

1. On the server have a folder called "DataSources", which is hidden from the users. In there will be all of the data sources.

2. For each reporting project in VS there will be a folder, also called "DataSources", but this time it will only contain the data source for this report.

As long as the folder structure is the same (i.e. report and data source have the same corresponding folder level on server and in VS) this seems to work for us.