# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.LocateDataSource

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Web_Designer_ReportDesignerConfiguration_LocateDataSource_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.LocateDataSource*">LocateDataSource Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the function to locate the data source.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public Func&lt;object&gt; LocateDataSource { get; set; }</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.func-1">Func</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.func-1">Func&lt;TResult&gt;</a> that returns the data source object.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Web_Designer_ReportDesignerConfiguration_LocateDataSource_examples">Examples</h5>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">app.UseReportDesigner(config =&gt;
{
	// An example for JSON provider.
	config.LocateDataSource = () =&gt; "[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"A\"},{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"B\"}]";
});</code></pre>

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