Do Report Builder support custom SQL Functions

Hi All,
I’m new to SSRS Report builder. I had written a SQL query which executes really well when I run in Management Studio. I tried to put that same query in new report to everyone can easily access. I build the DataSource and connection successfully tested.
At the time of creating new Dataset, I pasted same query and that’s where I got stuck.
Is it possible to add custom SQL Functions in the Report Builder SSRS?
The Syntax of method is as follow
Create Function [dbo].[ufn_Sqlstatement]( @str as varchar(max)) RETURNS varchar(max)
Thanks in Advance

You do not need to put the create function script into the query. It only needs to be executed once. Instead, run it on the database server. Then, simply call the function from your query:
SELECT dbo.ufn_SQLstatement('select * from table')

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