Craig,

The report is associated with a datasource.  The datasource is where
you'll find the connection string used by a report.

It is possible to programmatically create a datasource.   You could
collect the connection string server/db/user/pw in your installer and
then code the creation of the datasource by the report.

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Public Sub CreateSampleDataSource()
   Dim name As String = "AdventureWorks"
   Dim parent As String = "/" + parentFolder

   'Define the data source definition.
   Dim definition As New DataSourceDefinition()
   definition.CredentialRetrieval = CredentialRetrievalEnum.Integrated
   definition.ConnectString = "data source=(local);initial
catalog=AdventureWorks2000"
   definition.Enabled = True
   definition.EnabledSpecified = True
   definition.Extension = "SQL"
   definition.ImpersonateUser = False
   definition.ImpersonateUserSpecified = True
   'Use the default prompt string.
   definition.Prompt = Nothing
   definition.WindowsCredentials = False

Try
   rs.CreateDataSource(name, parent, False, definition, Nothing)

Catch e As Exception
   Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
   
End Sub
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