How to make use of a Common Datasource for all the reports in BIRT Designer

Hi,
How to create a Common Datasource for all the reports in BIRT Designer.
 
i see that every report has their own datasource.
i have used libraries to reuse datasource across multiple reports but i understand that when i imported library in other report it is actually importing all the datasource info as well.
 
i just need to point to the common datasource for all of my reports instead of creating datasource in each report or creating datasource from a connection profile which seems more lengthy process than creating a datasource.
 
 
can you please suggest how we can use a common datasource,i am new to BIRT and trying to evaluate BIRT,BIRT Designer Professional

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JFreeman

If you want to access that data source, it needs to be within the report design.
 
The two methods you have described (report library and connection profile) are the ways in which to reuse data source information without having to manually add all of the data source information each time.

kcsekhar25

yes but when i have used library it fetches me the entire datasource again which includes connection information.
 
second if i create datasource using the connection profile by pointing to library to fetches me all the datasource information which is like the report is loading with entire datasource info.
 
rather it should be just like a pointer where we have the reference alone in the report not the entire credentials of datasource.

JFreeman

A connection profile is going to essentially act like a pointer how you have described. When you create a report and point it to the connection profile, it is going to load and use the connection details from the connection profile.