Nested lists

[Tobias Grimm]

Having a business object like this:

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var reportData = new ArrayList
{
    new ArrayList
    {
        new BarDto {BarProperty = "Bar Dto #1"},
        new BarDto {BarProperty = "Bar Dto #2"},
    },
    new ArrayList
    {
        new FooDto {FooProperty = "Foo Dto #1"},
        new FooDto {FooProperty = "Foo Dto #2"},
    }
};

...Reports.Net somehow joins the two child lists into a singe data source:

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BarProperty FooProperty
-----------------------
Bar Dto #1  NULL
Bar Dto #2  NULL
NULL        Foo Dto #1
NULL        Foo Dto #2

Is there a way to make those two lists be mapped as separate data sources?

(I think I haven't completely wrapped my mind yet around the way the bussiness object to data source mapping works.)

[Tobias]

Forget about this issue. I've found a better way to be completely flexible in dynamically building my report data.

With some ICustomTypeDescriptor magic, I can now simply add "sub reports" as new properties to the parent report, which makes a much easier to use data source model. Works like a charm with Reports.Net!

[Edward]

Hello Tobias.

Thank you for this information and for your good words!

Thank you.