POST api/reportserver/v3/data-connections

Creates a new data connection.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

CreateDataConnectionData

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Name	Specifies the data connection name.	string	Required
Description	Specifies the data connection description.	string	None.
Provider	Specifies the data connection provider.	string	Required
ConnectionString	Specifies the data connection connection string.	string	Required

Request body formats

application/json, text/json, application/*+json

json

{
  "Name": "Northwind Oracle Connection",
  "Description": "A short, descriptive summary shown to users in the Report Server UI.",
  "Provider": "System.Data.OracleClient",
  "ConnectionString": "Data Source=Northwind;User Id=sa;Password=P@ssw0rd!;"
}

Response Information

Resource Description

DataConnection

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Id	Data connection identifier.	string	Required
Name	Specifies the data connection name.	string	Required
Description	Specifies the data connection description.	string	None.
Provider	Specifies the data connection provider.	string	Required
ConnectionString	Specifies the data connection connection string.	string	Required

Response Formats

application/json

json

{
  "Id": "088a095908c",
  "Name": "Northwind Oracle Connection",
  "Description": "A short, descriptive summary shown to users in the Report Server UI.",
  "Provider": "System.Data.OracleClient",
  "ConnectionString": "Data Source=Northwind;User Id=sa;Password=P@ssw0rd!;"
}