SSRS report design for local processing mode

Question

I use SSRS, SQLSERVER 2012 and VS2012. Does anyone know whether there is a way to design the report without going through the report wizard or attaching using the binding source objects that you drag and drop and the datasets that you drag and drop
etc.
I found this on the Internet
Dim DSReport As New ReportDataSource()
DSReport.Name = "YourDataSetName"
DSReport.Value = "YourDataSetName.Tables[TableIndexOrName]"
Dim PathReport As String = "PATH_TO_YOUR_REPORT"
_ReportView.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = PathReport
_ReportView.LocalReport.DataSources.Clear()
_ReportView.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(DSReport)
_ReportView.LocalReport.Refresh()
_ReportView.RefreshReport()
Until I find a better way, I go though the painstaking process of creating dataset, datasource, connection etc and then invoke the report with code such as the following:
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
InitializeComponent()
ReportViewer1.ProcessingMode = ProcessingMode.Local
ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportPath = "../../report/rpt1.rdlc"
' Dataset name is Case sensitive
Dim datasource As New ReportDataSource("dst1", GetReportCustomers())
ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Clear()
ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(datasource)
End Sub
Private Function GetReportCustomers() As DataTable
Dim dtb As DataTable = fungGetWorkLog(1068).Tables(0)
GetReportCustomers = dtb
End Function
I hope that someone has a better idea as to how to design SSRS reports than what I indicate above.
Many thanks in advance,John

Answer 1

Hi JohnPapa05,
According to your description, you want to design report directly without specifying data source and dataset. Right?
In Reporting Services, we don't recommend circumvent creating data source and dataset. Because Reporting Services is working on retrieve data -> process data -> render data. Even we can create some items (like textbox) without creating
data source and dataset, but there is no significance if we design a report without data. Since you want to achieve this goal by using VB code. We suggest you post this thread on VB forum:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=vbgeneral
Best Regards,
Simon Hou