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How to: Add or Delete a Folder [Model Designer]

To modify a report model, the model project must be open in Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio. You can add a folder to a model or to a model item. For example, you can add a folder to a model and it will be listed, along with the other entities in the model, in the Explorer pane of Report Builder. If you add a folder to an entity, folder, or perspective, the folder is listed with the other fields in the Fields area of the Explorer pane.

To add a folder to a model

  1. In the tree view of the Report Model window, click the report model, on the Reporting Model menu, click New Folder.

  2. Right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type a name for the folder.

  3. In the Properties area, assign the properties to the folder.

To add a folder to a model item

  1. In the tree view of the Report Model window, click the report model item and on the Reporting Model menu, click New Folder.

    Note

    Alternatively, you can add a folder to a model item by right-clicking the report model item, pointing to New and then clicking Folder.

  2. Right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type a name for the folder.

  3. In the Properties area, assign the properties to the folder.

To delete a folder

  • Right-click the folder, and then click Delete.