# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.UseDataProviders

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Web_Designer_ReportDesignerConfiguration_UseDataProviders_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.UseDataProviders*">UseDataProviders Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Web_Designer_ReportDesignerConfiguration_UseDataProviders_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Configuration_DataProviderInfo___" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.UseDataProviders(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.DataProviderInfo[])">UseDataProviders(DataProviderInfo[])</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Adds custom data providers.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public ReportDesignerConfiguration UseDataProviders(DataProviderInfo[] dataProviderInfos)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="../MESCIUS.ActiveReports/GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.DataProviderInfo.html">DataProviderInfo</a>[]</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">dataProviderInfos</span></td>
      <td><p>An array of <a class="xref" href="../MESCIUS.ActiveReports/GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Configuration.DataProviderInfo.html">DataProviderInfo</a> objects representing the data providers.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.html">ReportDesignerConfiguration</a></td>
      <td><p>The current <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Web.Designer.ReportDesignerConfiguration.html">ReportDesignerConfiguration</a> instance.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Web_Designer_ReportDesignerConfiguration_UseDataProviders_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Configuration_DataProviderInfo____examples">Examples</h5>
<pre><code class="lang-csharp">app.UseReportDesigner(config =&gt;
{
	config.UseDataProviders(new DataProviderInfo[] { new DataProviderInfo("SQL", "Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientFactory, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient", null) });
});</code></pre>

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