Customizing Report Model AutoGeneration

Is there any way to customize the expressions that are generated when using the AutoGenerate wizard to produce a model in Visual/BI Studio? There are certain expressions that my team always has to generate for nearly every datetime attribute. Adding the expressions manually is very tedious since the expression window does not allow simple copy & paste.

There is no supported way to customize the fields created by the model generation wizard. However, if you poke around a little on your file system (for instance, under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ReportModelProjects), you might find an undocumented file that, when modified, seems to influence the output of the model generation wizard. Remember, though, you're on your own. :)