>I am playing around with RS 2005, and when I generated a report, the field
> list is not there and is replaced by a "Server Explorer". The only way I
> can
> find to add a column from my query is to add a text box, right mouse click
> and select expression, and then select the field I want from the
> expressions
> builder. What happened to that damn handy field list from the old RS
> where I
> could just drag and drop my fields onto the report? I has to be
> somewhere...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leon.

"bosstan1@gmail.com" wrote:

> Open report in report designer (VS 2005)
> >From toolbar menu go View/Datasets
>
>
> Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
> > My guess is that you are using the built-in support for creating reports in
> > VS 2005. This is because there are the new controls that ship with it that
> > support local mode (no server). What you want is the original report
> > designer. Install this from the SQL Server 2005 media. When you do a new,
> > project do you see Business Intelligence Project as one of the options? If
> > not, then you have definitely not installed the BI client tools (Report
> > Designer).
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Loehle-Conger
> > MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > "Leon Chuck Gosslin" <LeonChuckGosslin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:38A8F758-61B5-4991-A162-4EC73B737888@microsoft.com...
> > >I am playing around with RS 2005, and when I generated a report, the field
> > > list is not there and is replaced by a "Server Explorer". The only way I
> > > can
> > > find to add a column from my query is to add a text box, right mouse click
> > > and select expression, and then select the field I want from the
> > > expressions
> > > builder. What happened to that damn handy field list from the old RS
> > > where I
> > > could just drag and drop my fields onto the report? I has to be
> > > somewhere...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Leon.
>