Task 2: Build a data source Before you begin designing your report in the layout editor, you create a data source to connect your report to the Classic Models database. 1 Choose Data Explorer. 2 Right-click Data Sources, and choose New Data Source from the context menu. 3 Select Classic Models Inc. Sample Database from the list of data sources, use the default data source name, then choose Next. Connection information about the new data source appears. 4 Choose Finish. BIRT Report Designer creates a new data source that connects to the sample database. It appears within Data Sources in Data Explorer.
Before you begin designing your report in the layout editor, you create a data source to connect your report to the Classic Models database.