> ### Task 2: Build a data source

> Before you begin designing the report in the layout editor, you create a data source to connect the report to the Classic Models database.

> 1 | Choose Data Explorer.

> 2 | Right-click Data Sources, and choose New Data Source from the context menu.

> 3 | Select Classic Models Inc. Sample Database from the list of data sources, use the default data source name, then choose Next. Connection information about the new data source appears.

> 4 | Choose Finish. BIRT Report Designer creates a new data source that connects to the sample database. The new data source appears within Data Sources in Data Explorer.

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