Custom DataSources for use in BIP Reporting

Hello,
Is there any further documentation on custom data sources besides the one page at the end of the Custom Reporting Configuration guide?
Thanks,
Drew

Unfortunately, we have very few predefine report parameters.
There are several PQS related ones - let me know if you are interested in them.
Otherwise, there is:
<li>"String" - a text box,
<li>"Date" - a date control,
<li>"MonthYear" - allows selection of the month and year.
<li>"GSMWorkflow" - an EQT/Search control for workflow templates
<li> an EQTInput control allows you to specify an EQT Search as a parameter. So you would define you own parameter using the
webControl="~/WebCommon/Controls/EQTInput.ascx" and specify the searchable View.
<li> a Lookup control (single and multi) - You define your own parameter using the
webControl="ReportingControls/LookupInputSingleSelect.ascx" or webControl="ReportingControls/LookupInputMultiSelect.ascx" and specify the datasource
However, Extensibility Pack 3.1 (3.2?) has a ReportingExtensions library with some new reporting parameters.
It also contains an auto launch report page, designed for parameters that are not for user selection. That is, certain parameters can be passed in or read from the session/user and passed to your report without user interaction.
<li>the ConstantValueParameter allows you to pass in constants to the report without displaying them. For example, if you have a report that takes a parameter like number of months, and you want to 'hard-code' the input to 24, you could do:

<ParameterType type="Constant_Months" webControl="~/WebCommon/Extensions/Reporting/ConstantValueParameter.ascx" >
     <Value>24</Value>
     <IsHidden>true</IsHidden>
</ParameterType>     then in your Report Parameters section, you would do:
<Parameter name="Months" label="lblMonths" isLabelTranslatable="false" type="Constant_Months" Required="true"/>               <li> There are also a couple of User related controls, SessionParamCurrentUgmUser and SessionParamCurrentSupplierUser , which allow you to get specific data from the current user (or supplier user)
<li> And a non-displayed SecuredObjectControl which allows for parameters to be passed in, such as SpecID, FacilityID, via the request, and then evaluated for security, making sure the current user has permissions to that item.
And of course, you could always write your own control if you have some custom requirements.
An upcoming release will have some more helpful functionality around report parameters too.

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