ReportingService2005.CreateRole Method

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Adds a new role to the report server database.

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub CreateRole ( _
    Name As String, _
    Description As String, _
    Tasks As Task() _
)

public void CreateRole (
    string Name,
    string Description,
    Task[] Tasks
)

public:
void CreateRole (
    String^ Name, 
    String^ Description, 
    array<Task^>^ Tasks
)

public void CreateRole (
    String Name, 
    String Description, 
    Task[] Tasks
)

public function CreateRole (
    Name : String, 
    Description : String, 
    Tasks : Task[]
)

Parameters

• Name
  The name of the new role. The value of this parameter must be between 1 and 260 characters long.

• Description
  A description of the new role. The value of this parameter must be between 1 and 512 characters long.

• Tasks
  An array of Task objects that represents the tasks to set for the role. Only the TaskID property of the Task object is submitted to create a role.

Remarks

The Name and Description parameters are required and should not be set to null (Nothing in Visual Basic). The value for Name must be unique.

You must assign at least one task to the role. You cannot combine system-level and item-level tasks within a single role. For more information about tasks, see Tasks and Permissions.

Example

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 the CreateRole method to create a user role that has permissions to view folders and reports:

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 name As String = "Report Browser"
      Dim desc As String = "View folders and reports."
      Dim setTasks(2) As Task
      setTasks(0) = New Task()
      setTasks(1) = New Task()
      setTasks(2) = New Task()

      Try
         Dim returnedTasks As Task() = rs.ListTasks()

         Dim t As Task
         For Each t In  returnedTasks
            If t.Name = "View reports" Then
               setTasks(0) = t

            Else
               If t.Name = "View folders" Then
                  setTasks(1) = t

               Else
                  If t.Name = "View resources" Then
                     setTasks(2) = t
                  End If
               End If
            End If 
         Next t
         rs.CreateRole(name, desc, setTasks)

      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 name = "Report Browser";
      string desc = "View folders and reports.";
      Task[] setTasks = new Task[3];
      setTasks[0] = new Task();
      setTasks[1] = new Task();
      setTasks[2] = new Task();

      try
      {
         Task[] returnedTasks = rs.ListTasks();

         foreach( Task t in returnedTasks )
         {
            if ( t.Name == "View reports" )
            {
               setTasks[0] = t;
            }

            else if ( t.Name == "View folders" )
            {
               setTasks[1] = t;
            }

            else if ( t.Name == "View resources" )
            {
               setTasks[2] = t;
            }
         }

         rs.CreateRole( name, desc, setTasks );
      }

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

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

See Also

Reference

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