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Does anybody know how i could use a linked server as a data source for a report model in SQL server 2008 r2? or how i could make this linked server a data source on a report model? Please help. Thank you.

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Why not just put the datapull for the linked data source in a stored procedure and then access it from a "local" database?

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How do I accomplish that? – db7 May 2 '11 at 11:22
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@db7 via something like "create proc [procname] [arglist] as begin exec [linkedserver].[database].[schema].[remoteprocname] [arglist] end" ... – jcolebrand♦ May 2 '11 at 15:03
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The two ideas are unrelated

  • A linked server is for SQL Server to other database server connections at the database level.
  • In SSRS you have DataSets which point to a database

There are some cases where the DataSet calls a SQL Server database that uses a linked server: but I suspect you aren't that far yet.

If you think you need to use a "linked server" to call one database only to get data from another database, then why not call the other database directly. And stop thinking of linked servers

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The linked server is a Linux box. – db7 May 3 '11 at 11:05
@db7 it doesn't matter. If you can set up a linked server then can set it up as a datasource in SSRS – gbn May 3 '11 at 11:43

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