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Report Builder and BIDS (the Visual Studio add-in for creating Reporting Services reports) are essentially the same underneath their very different looking skins. This blog lists the small number of differences.
- Report Builder vs. Reporting Services - Differences
- Report Builder Difference 1 - Look and Feel
- Difference 2 - Report Builder 3.0 has more wizards
- Difference 3 - Creating Datasets in Report Builder (this blog)
- Difference 4 - Expression Intellisense in Report Builder
- Difference 5 - Using Report Parts in Report Builder
- Other Differences for Report Builder
Posted by Andy Brown on 07 November 2011
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Difference 3 - Creating Datasets
In Report Builder 3.0 the way that you create a dataset by default is very different:
The way that you design a query in Report Builder is intended to be easier to use ...
Personally, I'd go for the query designer in BIDS any day:
Have I been working with SQL for too long? This query designer seems so much easier to use!
- Report Builder vs. Reporting Services - Differences
- Report Builder Difference 1 - Look and Feel
- Difference 2 - Report Builder 3.0 has more wizards
- Difference 3 - Creating Datasets in Report Builder (this blog)
- Difference 4 - Expression Intellisense in Report Builder
- Difference 5 - Using Report Parts in Report Builder
- Other Differences for Report Builder