Data Access Library - How to Create Data Sources at Runtime
February 12, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
This code example includes code snippets that shows how to create various data sources at runtime.
Files to Look At
- EFDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: EFDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
- ExcelDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: ExcelDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
- ObjectDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: ObjectDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
- SqlDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: SqlDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
- JsonDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: JsonDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
- FederationDataSourceSnippets/Code.cs (VB: FederationDataSourceSnippets/Code.vb)
Documentation
More Examples
- Reporting for Web Forms - How to Register Data Sources for Use in the Web Report Designer
- How to Create a Report Bound to the SQL Data Source
- Reporting for ASP.NET Core - Inject Data from the Entity Framework Core DbContext into a Report Using the Object Data Source
- How to Use the Object Data Source in Web Reporting Applications
- How to Create a Report Bound to the ObjectDataSource with Constructor Parameters Linked to Report Parameters
- Dashboard for ASP.NET Core - How to create new JSON data sources at runtime
- Dashboard for WinForms - How to Bind a Dashboard to the JSON Data Source at Runtime
- Dashboard for ASP.NET Core - How to Register a Federated Data Source
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