ReportingService2005.SetDataSourceContents Method (ReportService2005)

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SQL Server 2005

ReportingService2005.SetDataSourceContents Method

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Sets the contents of a data source.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Sub SetDataSourceContents ( _
    DataSource As String, _
    Definition As DataSourceDefinition _
)

public void SetDataSourceContents (
    string DataSource,
    DataSourceDefinition Definition
)

C++

public:
void SetDataSourceContents (
    String^ DataSource, 
    DataSourceDefinition^ Definition
)

public void SetDataSourceContents (
    String DataSource, 
    DataSourceDefinition Definition
)

JScript

public function SetDataSourceContents (
    DataSource : String, 
    Definition : DataSourceDefinition
)

Parameters

DataSource: The full path name of the data source.

Definition: A DataSourceDefinition object that contains the definition for the data source.

Remarks

To remove properties that are part of the data source definition, set the values of those properties to null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

If you set the CredentialRetrieval property of the data source definition to Integrated or Prompt, do not supply values for UserName or Password. Doing so results in a SOAP exception with the error code rsInvalidElementCombination.

If you set the CredentialRetrieval property of the data source definition to Integrated or Store, any value you supply for the Prompt property is not saved.

With subscriptions, it may be necessary to store credentials in the report server database so that the subscriptions can run unattended.

Setting the ConnectionString property of the data source definition to null (Nothing in Visual Basic) results in a SOAP exception with the error code rsInvalidXML. If you do not want to supply a value for ConnectionString, set its value to an empty string ("").

Example

To compile the following code example, you must reference the Reporting Services WSDL and import certain namespaces. For more information, see Compiling and Running Code Examples. The following example code uses the SetDataSourceContents method to set the data source definition for an existing data source named "AdventureWorks":

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols

Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim rs As New ReportingService2005()
      rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

      Dim definition As New DataSourceDefinition()
      definition.CredentialRetrieval = CredentialRetrievalEnum.Integrated
      definition.ConnectString = "data source=(local);initial catalog=AdventureWorks2000"
      definition.Enabled = True
      definition.EnabledSpecified = True
      definition.Extension = "SQL"
      definition.ImpersonateUser = False
      definition.ImpersonateUserSpecified = True
      definition.Prompt = Nothing
      definition.WindowsCredentials = False

      Try
         rs.SetDataSourceContents("/SampleReports/AdventureWorks", definition)

      Catch e As SoapException
         Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.OuterXml)
      End Try
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample

using System;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;

class Sample
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      ReportingService2005 rs = new ReportingService2005();
      rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

      DataSourceDefinition definition = new DataSourceDefinition();
      definition.CredentialRetrieval = CredentialRetrievalEnum.Integrated;
      definition.ConnectString = "data source=(local);initial catalog=AdventureWorks2000";
      definition.Enabled = true;
      definition.EnabledSpecified = true;
      definition.Extension = "SQL";
      definition.ImpersonateUser = false;
      definition.ImpersonateUserSpecified = true;
      definition.Prompt = null;
      definition.WindowsCredentials = false;

      try
      {
         rs.SetDataSourceContents( "/SampleReports/AdventureWorks", definition );
      }

      catch (SoapException e)
      {
         Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.OuterXml);
      }
   }
}

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server.

Target Platforms

Reference

ReportingService2005 Class
ReportingService2005 Members
Microsoft.WSSUX.ReportingServicesWebService.RSManagementService2005 Namespace