title: Creating Reports in ASP.Net with Entity Framework
body: <p>We are looking to add Microsoft Reports - SSRS to one of our internal websites. </p>
  
  <p>The database has all the reporting features installed.</p>
  
  <p>The website is using Entity Framework 4 for all data.</p>
  
  <p>I have been able to create a report using the old fashioned way of creating a DataSet (*.XSD) and this works well.</p>
  
  <p>My question though, is it possible to utilise the existing Entity Framework in the site for the data required by the reports? Rather than having to re-invent the wheel and make a whole DataSet, along with relationships etc..</p>
  
  <p>It's a website and not application, so this (<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/05/09/creating-an-asp-net-report-using-visual-studio-2010-part-1.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/05/09/creating-an-asp-net-report-using-visual-studio-2010-part-1.aspx</a>) doesn't seem to apply; I don't see the DataSource (in part 2 of the tutorial)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong></p>
  
  <p>As a side-note, we would like to steer clear of expensive third-party controls etc. </p>
  
  <p>Also, another way to look at the issue might be to generate the *.XSD from the entity framework entity model; is this possible? It's not ideal though would get us up and running..</p>