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 more help and knowledge base articles about specific errors that occur in Reporting Services. The URL has the following syntax:

https://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?EvtSrc=v_alue_&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 (8.x) 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);  
}  

Related content

Introduction to exception management in Reporting Services
Reporting Services SoapException class
Use the Detail property to handle specific errors