Saturday, May 13, 2017

Building an ODBC Connection String in Report Builder 3 for SQL Server 2016

ODBC source is one of the many sources that you can connect to in Reporting
Services using the Report Builder.

Here are the steps. It is assumed you have SQL Server 2016 SP1 installed; Report Builder is also
installed on the same machine. For these steps it is assumed that the SQL Server is up and running
and you are the owner of the computer who installed the SQL Server.

1. Launch Report Builder with Administrative Privileges.
2. Right click Data Sources and Click Add DataSource... to bring up the Data Source properties window.
3.  Provide a name for the data source, DS_ODBC
4. Choose Use a connection embedded in my report
5. Select connection type: click handle and choose ODBC at the bottom of list
6. Click Build... to bring up the Connection properties window
7. In the Data source specification section choose Use connection string:
8. Click the Build... button that gets activated to display Select Data Source window
9. Click Machine Data Source
10. In Machine Data Source tabbed page, click New... to display Create New Data Source
11. Accept the default, User Data Source and click Next
12. In the Select a driver for which you want to set up a data source, scroll down and
    select SQL Server (SQLSRV32.dll); click Next to display the next window
13  Click Finish. Create a New Data Source to SQL Server is displayed
14. Provide a name of your choice (ODBC_DSN); Description:(ODBC for Report Builder); Server
    use handle to locate: Hodentek9\OHANA. Click Next
15. Accept the default in the displayed page: with Windows NT authentication using the
    Network login id. Click Next
16. Change the default database by clicking handle to Northwind. accept all other
    defaults. Click Next
17. Accept all defaults on the displayed page. Click Finish
18. In the ODBC Microsoft SQL Server Setup page test the connection and make sure it works. Click OK
19. ODBC_DSN enters the Machine Data Source tabbed page. Click OK
20. SQL Server Login window gets displayed. Enter creator owner's credentials
21. Copy the connection string from the connection properties window.
Dsn=ODBC_DSN;description=ODBC for Report Builder;trusted_connection=Yes;app=Microsoft SQL Server;wsid=HODENTEK9;network=DBNMPNTW
22. Test Connection to make sure it works
23. Click OK
The Connection string enters the Data Source Properties window as shown.






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