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HelpLink Element

The HelpLink element of the Detail property is a URL string that is generated by the report server. The URL targets a Web page managed by Microsoft Help and Support and provides additional help and knowledge base articles about specific errors that occur in Reporting Services. The URL has the following syntax:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?EvtSrc=value**&EvtID**=value**&ProdName**=value**&ProdVer**=value

The following table lists the arguments of the HelpLink URL.

Argument

Value

EvtSrc

"Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.ErrorStrings.resources.Strings"

EvtID

The report server error code, for example, rsReservedItem.

ProdName

"Microsoft SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services". The value of the product name is URL encoded.

ProdVer

The version number of Reporting Services. A value of "8.00" indicates SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.

The following example illustrates the HelpLink URL that is returned for error code rsReservedItem. This error occurs when a user attempts to modify or delete a reserved item in Reporting Services:

https://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?
EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.ErrorStrings.resources.Strings
&EvtID=rsReservedItem&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&ProdVer=8.00

You can access the HelpLink element in your code using the SoapException class.

Try
   rs.DeleteItem("/Report1")

Catch e As SoapException
   Console.WriteLine(e.Detail("HelpLink").InnerXml)
End Try

try
{
   rs.DeleteItem("/Report1");
}

catch (SoapException e)
{
   Console.WriteLine(e.Detail["HelpLink"].InnerXml);
}