Sometimes, we have to deal with data from different sources, in different formats. This can be a real headache for analysts and report developers. After all, you have to somehow combine the data. Fortunately, in the reports of FastReport .NET you can create many data connections. Moreover, data sources can be completely different - text files, databases. Thanks to this, we will be able to consolidate the data in one report.
In this article, we will look at the way to create two data sources in a report and to link tables from them to create a report with the main and subordinate table. Only two tables and two files. The first is in the csv format, the second one - in json.
Plugins
Plugins are provided for the FastReport .NET report designer. They are extensions to add new functionality. These can be additional connectors to data sources or additional controls for the report. In our example, we need to connect to JSON. Therefore, we will add a ...