Merging Report Layouts.

H,
I have a question relating managing modifications in report layout files.
Is there any successful way to to merge two report layouts? (as in merging source code).
Typical example . merging a two modified versions of the same layout, as we would do in any other source code?
Any tooling suggestions? Any ways to do the merge semantically that changes get reflected and .RDL and the end result is a valid working .RDL?
Regards
Asitha Weerasinghe.

Hi Asitha,
According to your description, you want to find a tool to merge RDL files, right?
In Reporting Services, there is no tool can merge two RDL files directly. In your scenario, if you want to get expected results based on the two reports’ layout, I would like to suggest you design a new report with the same settings as those two reports.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best regards,
Qiuyun Yu
Qiuyun Yu
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