ReportingService2010.GetDataSourceContents Method

Returns the contents of a data source.

Namespace:  ReportService2010
Assembly:  ReportService2010 (in ReportService2010.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/GetDataSourceContents", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
<SoapHeaderAttribute("TrustedUserHeaderValue")> _
<SoapHeaderAttribute("ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction := SoapHeaderDirection.Out)> _
Public Function GetDataSourceContents ( _
    DataSource As String _
) As DataSourceDefinition
'Usage
Dim instance As ReportingService2010 
Dim DataSource As String 
Dim returnValue As DataSourceDefinition 

returnValue = instance.GetDataSourceContents(DataSource)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/GetDataSourceContents", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
[SoapHeaderAttribute("TrustedUserHeaderValue")]
[SoapHeaderAttribute("ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection.Out)]
public DataSourceDefinition GetDataSourceContents(
    string DataSource
)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute(L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/GetDataSourceContents", RequestNamespace = L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    ResponseNamespace = L"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse::Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle::Wrapped)]
[SoapHeaderAttribute(L"TrustedUserHeaderValue")]
[SoapHeaderAttribute(L"ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection::Out)]
public:
DataSourceDefinition^ GetDataSourceContents(
    String^ DataSource
)

[<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/GetDataSourceContents", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)>]
[<SoapHeaderAttribute("TrustedUserHeaderValue")>]
[<SoapHeaderAttribute("ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection.Out)>]
member GetDataSourceContents : 
        DataSource:string -> DataSourceDefinition

public function GetDataSourceContents(
    DataSource : String
) : DataSourceDefinition

Parameters

• DataSource
  Type: System.String
  The fully qualified URL of the data source including the file name and .rsds or .odc file name extension.

Return Value

Type: ReportService2010.DataSourceDefinition
A DataSourceDefinition object that contains the connection properties for the data source. The Password field is not retrieved from the server and this property of the DataSourceDefinition object is always set to null.

Remarks

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

Examples

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;

class Sample
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ReportingService2010 rs = new ReportingService2010();
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" +
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2010.asmx";
        rs.Credentials = 
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

        DataSourceDefinition definition = null;

        try
        {
            definition = rs.GetDataSourceContents(
                "http://<Server Name>/Docs/Documents/" +
                "Data Sources/AdventureWorks.rsds");
            Console.WriteLine("Connection String: {0}", 
                definition.ConnectString);
            Console.WriteLine("Extension name: {0}", 
                definition.Extension);
        }

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

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols

Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim rs As New ReportingService2010()
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" + _
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2010.asmx"
        rs.Credentials = _
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

        Dim definition As DataSourceDefinition = Nothing

        Try
            definition = _
                rs.GetDataSourceContents("http://<Server Name>" + _
                "/Docs/Documents/Data Sources/AdventureWorks.rsds")
            Console.WriteLine("Connection String: {0}", _
                definition.ConnectString)
            Console.WriteLine("Extension name: {0}", _
                definition.Extension)

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

    End Sub

End Class

See Also

Reference

ReportingService2010 Class

ReportService2010 Namespace