The Open Report dialog opens when you click the OfficeWriter Designer's Open Report button. It allows you to open reports (.rdl files) that have already been created and saved. These can be reports created with OfficeWriter Designer or with other .rdl tools such as Visual Studio. A report file contains reporting information like queries and fields along with any Excel functionality you added.
To open a report definition file saved locally:
You will not be able to open reports built in the Office Open XML file format (.xlsx) from Excel 2003 |
To open a report definition file saved on the report server:
Create an Excel Report from an Existing RDL using VBA Designer
Adding a Template to an Existing Report