While using SQL Server reporting services designer in Visual Studio, you may run into a situation where the Report Data tab disappears! Looking around, the Report Data tab is missing and no where to be found.
![No Report Data Tab in SSRS](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/01.No_Report_Data-300x168.png)
Your first instinct is to look under View or View -> Other Windows, but you won’t find anything relating to report data there.
![No Report Data in the SSRS View Menu](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/02.Nothing_in_View-300x174.png)
Or will you?
First, bring up a report in the designer. Next, click on the report body, either on the background or a blank area.
![Click on the report body or background](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/03.Click_Here_Blank-300x168.png)
![Click on the report body or background](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/04.Click_Here_Report-300x171.png)
Once you have clicked on the report body, you can recover the Report Data tab. You can recover the Report Data tab via View -> Report Data. Or, click Ctrl-Alt-D.
![View - Report Data or Ctrl-Alt-D](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/05.View_Report_Data-300x182.png)
And your Report Data Tab has returned.
![Report Data returns in SSRS](https://www.rodolforodarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/06.Report_Data_Returns-300x171.png)
Note, Ctrl-Alt-D will not work until you click on the body or background of the report designer. If you are not editing a report via the designer, Ctrl-Alt-D has no effect.