Set the item namespace for the GetProperties method

You can use the ItemNamespaceHeader SOAP header in Reporting Services to retrieve item properties based on two different item identifiers: the full path of the item or the ID of the item.

When you make a call to the GetProperties method, you normally pass as an argument the full path of the item for which you want to retrieve properties. By using ItemNamespaceHeader, you can set the SOAP header for your method call to enable you to use GetProperties by passing the ID of the item as an identifier.

The following code sample retrieves the values for item properties based on the ID of the item.

Imports System  
Imports System.Collections  
  
Class Sample  
   Sub Main()  
      Dim rs As New ReportingService2010()  
      rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials  
      rs.Url = "https://<Server Name>/reportserver/ReportService2010.asmx"  
  
      Dim items() As CatalogItem  
  
      Try  
         ' Need the ID property of items. Normally, you would already have   
         ' this stored somewhere.  
         items = rs.ListChildren("/AdventureWorks Sample Reports", False)  
  
         ' Set the item namespace header to be GUID-based  
         rs.ItemNamespaceHeaderValue = New ItemNamespaceHeader()  
         rs.ItemNamespaceHeaderValue.ItemNamespace = ItemNamespaceEnum.GUIDBased  
  
         ' Call GetProperties with item ID.  
         If Not (items Is Nothing) Then  
            Dim item As CatalogItem  
            For Each item In  items  
               Dim properties As [Property]() = rs.GetProperties(item.ID, Nothing)  
               Dim property As [Property]  
               For Each property In  properties  
                  Console.WriteLine(([property].Name + ": " + [property].Value))  
               Next property  
               Console.WriteLine()  
            Next item  
         End If  
  
      Catch e As Exception  
         Console.WriteLine((e.Message + ": " + e.StackTrace))  
      End Try  
   End Sub 'Main  
End Class 'Sample  

using System;  
using System.Collections;  
  
class Sample  
{  
   static void Main()  
   {  
   ReportingService2010 rs = new ReportingService2010();  
      rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;  
      rs.Url = "https://<Server Name>/reportserver/ReportService2010.asmx";  
  
      CatalogItem[] items;  
  
      try  
      {  
         // Need the ID property of items. Normally, you would already have   
         // this stored somewhere.  
         items = rs.ListChildren("/AdventureWorks Sample Reports", false);  
  
         // Set the item namespace header to be GUID-based  
         rs.ItemNamespaceHeaderValue = new ItemNamespaceHeader();  
         rs.ItemNamespaceHeaderValue.ItemNamespace = ItemNamespaceEnum.GUIDBased;  
  
         // Call GetProperties with item ID.  
         if (items != null)  
         {  
            foreach( CatalogItem item in items)  
            {  
               Property[] properties = rs.GetProperties(item.ID, null);  
               foreach (Property property in properties)  
               {  
                  Console.WriteLine(property.Name + ": " + property.Value);  
               }  
               Console.WriteLine();  
            }  
         }  
      }  
  
      catch (Exception e)  
      {  
         Console.WriteLine(e.Message);  
      }  
   }  
}  

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