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# Creating a Custom Report

> Step-by-step instructions for building an ABBYY FlexiCapture custom report in Microsoft Visual Studio or Report Builder using a RepDataSet data set.

## Creating custom reports in Microsoft Visual Studio

1. Create a new Visual Basic Class Library in Microsoft Visual Studio:
   1. In the main menu, click **File → New → Project**.
   2. Chose **Class Library** element in the **Templates → Visual C#** menu.
2. Add a report to the project:
   1. Click **Add New Item** on the **Project** menu.
   2. In the **Add New Item** dialog box, select the **Report** item from the **Visual C# Items → Reporting** template group.
3. Associate the report with a dataset (in the **Report Data** pane, click **New → Data Set...**)
4. Select an existing data set and set its name to **RepDataSet**.\
   **Important!** This is the only name that will be used for generating reports from data in the Administration and Monitoring Console.
5. Design the report.
6. Create the [\*.xml file](/flexi-capture/reports/development/xml-file) for your report.
7. [Enable your custom report](/flexi-capture/reports/overview/connection) by copying the XML description file and the report file (\*.rdlc) to FlexiCapture's report folder in the FlexiCapture12\CustomReports subfolder of the IIS root folder. When you enable your report, it will become available in the **Custom reports** submenu of the Administration and Monitoring Console.

## Creating custom reports in Microsoft Report Builder

1. Start Microsoft Report Builder and create a data source (right-click **Data Source** in the **Report Data** pane and click **Add Data Source...** on the shortcut menu).

2. Enable the **Use a connection embedded in my report** option.

3. Click **OK**.

**Note:** You can leave **Microsoft SQL Server** selected in the **Select connection type** drop-down list.

1. Create a dataset (right-click **Datasets** in the **Report Data** pane and click **Add Data Set...** on the shortcut menu) and set its name to **RepDataSet**.\
   **Important!** This is the only name that will be used for generating reports from data in the Administration and Monitoring Console.

2. Enable the **Use a dataset embedded in my report** option.

3. Specify the data source you created earlier.

4. Click **OK**.

5. Open the properties dialog box of the dataset you created (right-click **RepDataSet** in the **Report Data** pane and click **Dataset Properties** on the shortcut menu).

6. Select the **Fields** tab, provide descriptions of the dataset's fieldsand specify other report settings.

7. Create the [\*.xml file](/flexi-capture/reports/development/xml-file) for your report.

8. [Enable your custom report](/flexi-capture/reports/overview/connection) by copying the XML description file and the report file (\*.rdl) to the FlexiCapture's report folder in the FlexiCapture12\CustomReports subfolder of the IIS root folder. When you enable your report, it will become available in the **Custom reports** submenu of the Administration and Monitoring Console.