# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Model.DataSetExtensions.IsNested

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Model_DataSetExtensions_IsNested_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Model.DataSetExtensions.IsNested*">IsNested Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Model_DataSetExtensions_IsNested_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IDataSet_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Model.DataSetExtensions.IsNested(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IDataSet)">IsNested(IDataSet)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Determines if the dataset is a nested dataset. A nested dataset is a dataset that references another dataset instead of a datasource.
A dataset reference consists of the prefix "$dataset:", the name of the parent dataset, the path separator "/", 
and the name of the field from the parent dataset containing this dataset.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static bool IsNested(this IDataSet dataSet)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IDataSet.html">IDataSet</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">dataSet</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IDataSet.html">IDataSet</a> object to check.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a> value. <code>true</code> if the dataset is a nested dataset; otherwise, <code>false</code>.</p>
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