"comet61" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am deploying reports via the web service. I create a folder, then create
> a data source. Once I create a report, I make a reference to the data source
> created and change the reports invalid data source to the reference.
>
> When I did this with a data source with credentials stored on the report
> server, it worked with no problems. When I changed this to prompt for
> crendentials, accessing the report via web services cannot find the data
> source associated with the report (the one defined in the rdl does not exist
> in the folder fyi). Is this because a reference has no name in the database?
> It does work via the Report Manager.
>
> Here are some code snippets:
>
> this.ReportService.CreateReport(reportType.ToString(), "/" + dbName, true,
> definition, null);
>
> //change its datasource to the new one
> DataSourceReference reference = new DataSourceReference();
>
> reference.Reference = "/" + dbName + "/" + dbName;
> DataSource[] dataSources = this.ReportService.GetReportDataSources("/" +
> dbName + "/" + reportType.ToString() );
> for(int i=0;i<dataSources.Length;i++)
> {
> if(dataSources[i].Item is InvalidDataSourceReference)
> {
> dataSources[i].Item = reference;
> }
> }
>
> this.ReportService.SetReportDataSources("/" + dbName + "/" +
> reportType.ToString() ,dataSources);
>
> and for credentials:
>
> DataSourceCredentials d = new DataSourceCredentials();
> d.DataSourceName = dbName;
> d.UserName = userName;
> d.Password = password;
> this.mDataSourceCredentials = new DataSourceCredentials[]{d};
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.