Extending RDL & rendering

How can I add new elements to an RDL report definition and then render those
elements? For example, I'd like to add a new type of report (i.e. not a
table, matrix, list, or chart), and write the code to generate the rendering
of that particular type of element.
A further complication: the implementation of this new element would also
need to do the database queries, since it does not fit into the Reporting
Services model (i.e. getting a flattened dataset back)
Is this possible within Reporting Services?You can extend with a new renderer but you have to render the whole thing
yourself, which is not what you want. There is no way that I know of to
extend by adding new elements. You can definitely create a data processing
extension, that is not a problem.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Andrew" <Andrew@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How can I add new elements to an RDL report definition and then render
> those
> elements? For example, I'd like to add a new type of report (i.e. not a
> table, matrix, list, or chart), and write the code to generate the
> rendering
> of that particular type of element.
> A further complication: the implementation of this new element would also
> need to do the database queries, since it does not fit into the Reporting
> Services model (i.e. getting a flattened dataset back)
> Is this possible within Reporting Services?