ReportingService2005.CreateSubscription Method

Definition

Creates a subscription for a specified report in the report server database.

public:
 System::String ^ CreateSubscription(System::String ^ Report, ReportService2005::ExtensionSettings ^ ExtensionSettings, System::String ^ Description, System::String ^ EventType, System::String ^ MatchData, cli::array <ReportService2005::ParameterValue ^> ^ Parameters);
public string CreateSubscription (string Report, ReportService2005.ExtensionSettings ExtensionSettings, string Description, string EventType, string MatchData, ReportService2005.ParameterValue[] Parameters);
member this.CreateSubscription : string * ReportService2005.ExtensionSettings * string * string * string * ReportService2005.ParameterValue[] -> string
Public Function CreateSubscription (Report As String, ExtensionSettings As ExtensionSettings, Description As String, EventType As String, MatchData As String, Parameters As ParameterValue()) As String

Parameters

Report
String

The full path name of the report for which to create a subscription.

ExtensionSettings
ExtensionSettings

An ExtensionSettings object that contains a list of settings that are specific to the delivery extension.

Description
String

A meaningful description that is displayed to users.

EventType
String

The type of event that triggers the subscription. The valid values are TimedSubscription or SnapshotUpdated.

MatchData
String

The data that is associated with the specified EventType parameter. This parameter is used by an event to match the subscription with an event that has fired.

Parameters
ParameterValue[]

An array of ParameterValue objects that contains a list of parameters for the report.

Returns

A subscription ID, which uniquely identifies the subscription in the report server database.

Examples

To compile this code example, you must reference the Reporting Services WSDL and import certain namespaces. For more information, see Compiling and Running Code Examples. The following code example uses CreateSubscription to add a new subscription to the report server database:

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 report As String = "/SampleReports/Employee Sales Summary"  
      Dim desc As String = "Send email to anyone@microsoft.com"  
      Dim eventType As String = "TimedSubscription"  
      Dim scheduleXml As String = "<ScheduleDefinition><StartDateTime>2003-02-24T09:00:00-08:00</StartDateTime><WeeklyRecurrence><WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval><DaysOfWeek><Monday>True</Monday></DaysOfWeek></WeeklyRecurrence></ScheduleDefinition>"  

      Dim extensionParams(7) As ParameterValue  

      extensionParams(0) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(0).Name = "TO"  
      extensionParams(0).Value = "dank@adventure-works.com"  

      extensionParams(1) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(1).Name = "ReplyTo"  
      extensionParams(1).Value = "reporting@adventure-works.com"  

      extensionParams(2) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(2).Name = "IncludeReport"  
      extensionParams(2).Value = "True"  

      extensionParams(3) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(3).Name = "RenderFormat"  
      extensionParams(3).Value = "MHTML"  

      extensionParams(4) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(4).Name = "Subject"  
      extensionParams(4).Value = "@ReportName was executed at @ExecutionTime"  

      extensionParams(5) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(5).Name = "Comment"  
      extensionParams(5).Value = "Here is your daily sales report for Michael."  

      extensionParams(6) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(6).Name = "IncludeLink"  
      extensionParams(6).Value = "True"  

      extensionParams(7) = New ParameterValue()  
      extensionParams(7).Name = "Priority"  
      extensionParams(7).Value = "NORMAL"  

      Dim parameter As New ParameterValue()  
      parameter.Name = "EmpID"  
      parameter.Value = "38"  

      Dim parameters(1) As ParameterValue  
      parameters(0) = parameter  

      Dim matchData As String = scheduleXml  
      Dim extSettings As New ExtensionSettings()  
      extSettings.ParameterValues = extensionParams  
      extSettings.Extension = "Report Server Email"  

      Try  
         rs.CreateSubscription(report, extSettings, desc, eventType, matchData, parameters)  

      Catch e As SoapException  
         Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.InnerXml.ToString())  
      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;  

      string report = "/SampleReports/Employee Sales Summary";  
      string desc = "Send email to anyone@microsoft.com";  
      string eventType = "TimedSubscription";  
      string scheduleXml = @"<ScheduleDefinition><StartDateTime>2003-02-24T09:00:00-08:00</StartDateTime><WeeklyRecurrence><WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval><DaysOfWeek><Monday>True</Monday></DaysOfWeek></WeeklyRecurrence></ScheduleDefinition>";  

      ParameterValue[] extensionParams = new ParameterValue[8];  

      extensionParams[0] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[0].Name = "TO";  
      extensionParams[0].Value = "dank@adventure-works.com";  

      extensionParams[1] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[1].Name = "ReplyTo";  
      extensionParams[1].Value = "reporting@adventure-works.com";  

      extensionParams[2] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[2].Name = "IncludeReport";  
      extensionParams[2].Value = "True";  

      extensionParams[3] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[3].Name = "RenderFormat";  
      extensionParams[3].Value = "MHTML";  

      extensionParams[4] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[4].Name = "Subject";  
      extensionParams[4].Value = "@ReportName was executed at @ExecutionTime";  

      extensionParams[5] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[5].Name = "Comment";  
      extensionParams[5].Value = "Here is your daily sales report for Michael.";  

      extensionParams[6] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[6].Name = "IncludeLink";  
      extensionParams[6].Value = "True";  

      extensionParams[7] = new ParameterValue();  
      extensionParams[7].Name = "Priority";  
      extensionParams[7].Value = "NORMAL";  

      ParameterValue parameter = new ParameterValue();  
      parameter.Name = "EmpID";  
      parameter.Value = "38";  

      ParameterValue[] parameters = new ParameterValue[1];  
      parameters[0] = parameter;  

      string matchData = scheduleXml;  
      ExtensionSettings extSettings = new ExtensionSettings();  
      extSettings.ParameterValues = extensionParams;  
      extSettings.Extension = "Report Server Email";  

      try  
      {  
         rs.CreateSubscription(report, extSettings, desc, eventType, matchData, parameters);  
      }  

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

Remarks

The table below shows header and permissions information on this operation.

SOAP Headers (In) BatchHeaderValue

(Out) ServerInfoHeaderValue
Required Permissions ExecuteAndView AND (CreateAnySubscription OR CreateSubscription)

You can use the GetExtensionSettings method to retrieve a list of required settings for a delivery extension. You must pass values for these required settings in the ExtensionSettings parameter. For information about e-mail delivery settings, see Reporting Services Delivery Extension Settings.

The value of the EventType parameter must correspond to an event that is configured for the report server. The two events that are used to create subscriptions are TimedSubscription and SnapshotUpdated. Use the ListEvents method to return a list of all events configured for the report server.

The value of the MatchData parameter depends on the event type. If the event is a TimedSubscription event, a ScheduleDefinition object is required as the MatchData parameter. You must first serialize the ScheduleDefinition object as XML in order to pass it as a string value and create a subscription based on the schedule. The XML structure might look like the one in the following example:

<ScheduleDefinition>  
   <WeeklyRecurrence>  
      <StartDateTime>2004-06-24T09:00:00-08:00</StartDateTime>  
      <WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>  
      <DaysOfWeek>  
         <Monday>True</Monday>  
         </DaysOfWeek>  
   </WeeklyRecurrence>  
</ScheduleDefinition>  

The value of the StartDateTime element when passed as an XML string should correspond to the date format ISO 8601. This international date and time standard is the extended format CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss+/-Z where "CC" represents the century, "YY" the year, "MM" the month and "DD" the day. The letter "T" is the date and time separator and "hh", "mm", "ss" represent hour, minute and second respectively. This representation may be immediately followed by a "Z" to indicate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). To indicate the time zone, represented as the difference between the local time and Coordinated Universal Time, "Z" is preceded by a "+" or "-" sign, followed by the difference from UTC represented as hh:mm.

If the schedule definition for a TimedSubscription is a shared schedule, you must pass the schedule ID of the shared schedule as the MatchData parameter. The schedule ID is passed as a String, for example, "4608ac1b-fc75-4149-9e15-5a8b5781b843". The schedule ID can be obtained by calling the ListSchedules method.

You can use the XmlSerializer class to convert your object class to an XML string automatically. For more information about the XmlSerializer class, see "System.Xml.XmlSerializer Class" in the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation.

If the event is a SnapshotUpdated subscription, the value of MatchData should be null (or Nothing in Visual Basic).

Using this method sets the LastExecutedSpecified property of the subscription to false, the Status property of the subscription to new subscription, and all properties of the subscription’s Active object to false. The ModifiedBy and ModifiedDate properties of the report are also updated.

Applies to