Your data is probably not locked into disposable documents; it's organized (one way or another) as data. When you have data, you generally have a database. Organized data is the first key to creating recyclable documents.

ReportBuilder expects data to take a tabular format. Yes, you can create reports based on less structured data, but in general it is most advantageous to have the data organized in a table.

Here's an example:

This table contains customer information. In database terms, each row of the table is considered a record. Each column of the table is considered a field. The field names appear in the first row and are not considered part of the data. When you are working on the data selection, the goal is to create a table that will enable ReportBuilder to generate your document correctly. Therefore, you will need to include all the fields you will need for the report, limit the rows selected to only those which should appear in the report, and sort the rows so that they appear in the correct order.