Accessing existing reports in Visual Studio to create new custom reports?

Hello! I have access to SSMS and to Visual Studio and I have a basic understanding of how to create reports. What I want to do is add an additional parameter to a standard report -- I don't want to mess with the standard report, so I'd like to create a copy, edit it and save it as a custom report. What I can't figure out is how to get at the existing standard report in Visual Studio to make a copy -- do we have access to the standard reports? I see a folder for them, but it is empty. 

Thanks!
Anne

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  • I think I'm really close! But when I try to deploy the report I get the following error message: Severity Code Description Project File Line
    Error Cannot deploy the report because the shared data source '/Data Sources/ImpressarioDB' that the report references does not exist on the report server. P:\User Reports\SSRS Projects\Tessitura_Custom\Tessitura_Custom\bin\Debug\CurrentConstituentGivingbyList_Custom.rdl 0

    I'm working in Test and my data source is pointing to test. I'm in Debug mode. 

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  • I think I'm really close! But when I try to deploy the report I get the following error message: Severity Code Description Project File Line
    Error Cannot deploy the report because the shared data source '/Data Sources/ImpressarioDB' that the report references does not exist on the report server. P:\User Reports\SSRS Projects\Tessitura_Custom\Tessitura_Custom\bin\Debug\CurrentConstituentGivingbyList_Custom.rdl 0

    I'm working in Test and my data source is pointing to test. I'm in Debug mode. 

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