Help setting datasource programatiically...

Hi gang...
I have sucessfully created a deployment application for my reports to be
deployed via web services to our customers. However, the only thing I am not
able to set correctly is the shared datasource for the report itself. Below
is a snippet of my code:
/Test/Test is my shared datasource. The curItem object is a catalog item
pointing to a report. The code below does not work - can anyone help me out?
Dim reference As New DataSourceReference
Dim dataSources(0) As DataSource
Dim ds As New DataSource
reference.Reference = "/Test/Test"
ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
dataSources(0) = ds
rsDeliverTo.SetReportDataSources(curItem.Path, dataSources)
Console.WriteLine("New reference set for the report.")
=-ChrisTry
ds.Name = "Test"
instead of
ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
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"Christopher Conner" <someone@.someplace.com> wrote in message
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> Hi gang...
> I have sucessfully created a deployment application for my reports to be
> deployed via web services to our customers. However, the only thing I am
> not able to set correctly is the shared datasource for the report itself.
> Below is a snippet of my code:
> /Test/Test is my shared datasource. The curItem object is a catalog item
> pointing to a report. The code below does not work - can anyone help me
> out?
> Dim reference As New DataSourceReference
> Dim dataSources(0) As DataSource
> Dim ds As New DataSource
> reference.Reference = "/Test/Test"
> ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
> dataSources(0) = ds
> rsDeliverTo.SetReportDataSources(curItem.Path, dataSources)
> Console.WriteLine("New reference set for the report.")
> =-Chris
>|||Lev,
Thanks for the reply. I changed the ds.Name = "Test" and this is the error
I get back:
<Message msrs:ErrorCode="rsDataSourceNotFound"
msrs:HelpLink="http://g
o.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diag
nostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings.resources.Strings&EvtID=rsDataSourceNotFound&
amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&ProdVer=8.00"
x
mlns:msrs="The">http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">The data source
'Test' cannot be found in this report.</Message>
</MoreInformation>
<Warnings xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices" />
What is weird is that I *know* that the datasource 'Test' is not in the
report -> as when I upload a report definition, it will not have it - in
this case I am trying to set the datasource connection information for the
report to point to the shared datasource Test...
You know what? Looking at the documentation - It says that the method
SetReportDataSources "Sets the properties that are associated with the data
sources of a specified report." So the method I am using is not going to
work, since my report does not have a report datasource assoicated with it
yet. The documentation says in the remarks section:
Remarks
The report server throws an exception if the SetReportDataSources method is
used to set the data source properties of a linked report. If a data source
that is passed in the DataSources parameter is not associated with the given
report, a SOAP exception is thrown with the error code rsDataSourceNotFound
Which is exactly what I am getting...
I am trying to set my report to use a shared datasource.
The sample in the docuementation for SetReportDataSources does not work.
Do you have any other suggestions Lev?
Do I need to set a report property? This is crazy - I have everything elese
done but setting the datasource information for a report to use a shared
datasource. The report doesn't have any datasources associated with it
because they are invalid when I copied the report from one server to the
other. I can manually set the shared datasource for the report - but it
would be nice to do it via code since I have over 200 reports.
=-Chris
"Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Try
> ds.Name = "Test"
> instead of
> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
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> rights.
>
> "Christopher Conner" <someone@.someplace.com> wrote in message
> news:u5OXwr3EFHA.3984@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi gang...
>> I have sucessfully created a deployment application for my reports to be
>> deployed via web services to our customers. However, the only thing I am
>> not able to set correctly is the shared datasource for the report itself.
>> Below is a snippet of my code:
>> /Test/Test is my shared datasource. The curItem object is a catalog item
>> pointing to a report. The code below does not work - can anyone help me
>> out?
>> Dim reference As New DataSourceReference
>> Dim dataSources(0) As DataSource
>> Dim ds As New DataSource
>> reference.Reference = "/Test/Test"
>> ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
>> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
>> dataSources(0) = ds
>> rsDeliverTo.SetReportDataSources(curItem.Path, dataSources)
>> Console.WriteLine("New reference set for the report.")
>> =-Chris
>|||Lev - I figured it out. I have posted the solution above to a newer post of
mine asking if anyone has figured it out. Thanks for trying to help.
=-Chris
"Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ueFDTi%23EFHA.1292@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Try
> ds.Name = "Test"
> instead of
> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Christopher Conner" <someone@.someplace.com> wrote in message
> news:u5OXwr3EFHA.3984@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi gang...
>> I have sucessfully created a deployment application for my reports to be
>> deployed via web services to our customers. However, the only thing I am
>> not able to set correctly is the shared datasource for the report itself.
>> Below is a snippet of my code:
>> /Test/Test is my shared datasource. The curItem object is a catalog item
>> pointing to a report. The code below does not work - can anyone help me
>> out?
>> Dim reference As New DataSourceReference
>> Dim dataSources(0) As DataSource
>> Dim ds As New DataSource
>> reference.Reference = "/Test/Test"
>> ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
>> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
>> dataSources(0) = ds
>> rsDeliverTo.SetReportDataSources(curItem.Path, dataSources)
>> Console.WriteLine("New reference set for the report.")
>> =-Chris
>|||Chris,
I'll check that sample. It could be doc bug.
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"Christopher Conner" <someone@.someplace.com> wrote in message
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> Lev - I figured it out. I have posted the solution above to a newer post
> of mine asking if anyone has figured it out. Thanks for trying to help.
> =-Chris
> "Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ueFDTi%23EFHA.1292@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Try
>> ds.Name = "Test"
>> instead of
>> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Christopher Conner" <someone@.someplace.com> wrote in message
>> news:u5OXwr3EFHA.3984@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi gang...
>> I have sucessfully created a deployment application for my reports to be
>> deployed via web services to our customers. However, the only thing I am
>> not able to set correctly is the shared datasource for the report
>> itself. Below is a snippet of my code:
>> /Test/Test is my shared datasource. The curItem object is a catalog item
>> pointing to a report. The code below does not work - can anyone help me
>> out?
>> Dim reference As New DataSourceReference
>> Dim dataSources(0) As DataSource
>> Dim ds As New DataSource
>> reference.Reference = "/Test/Test"
>> ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
>> ds.Name = "/Test/Test"
>> dataSources(0) = ds
>> rsDeliverTo.SetReportDataSources(curItem.Path, dataSources)
>> Console.WriteLine("New reference set for the report.")
>> =-Chris
>>
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