SSRS 2016 – Change Connection String in All Reports

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We have migrated from SSRS 2012 to SSRS 2016, and moved it to a new domain.

Using below code, we are able to list all datasources and their connection strings. How can we change the connection strings of nearly 700 reports using PowerShell or T-SQL? (so that the point to new data warehouse server)

WITH XMLNAMESPACES  -- XML namespace def must be the first in with clause.
    (DEFAULT 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2006/03/reportdatasource'
            ,'http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner'
     AS rd)
,SDS AS
    (SELECT SDS.name AS SharedDsName
           ,SDS.[Path]
           ,CONVERT(xml, CONVERT(varbinary(max), content)) AS DEF
     FROM dbo.[Catalog] AS SDS
     WHERE SDS.Type = 5)     -- 5 = Shared Datasource

SELECT CON.[Path]
      ,CON.SharedDsName
      ,CON.ConnString
FROM
    (SELECT SDS.[Path]
           ,SDS.SharedDsName
           ,DSN.value('ConnectString[1]', 'varchar(150)') AS ConnString
     FROM SDS
          CROSS APPLY 
          SDS.DEF.nodes('/DataSourceDefinition') AS R(DSN)
     ) AS CON
-- Optional filter:
-- WHERE CON.ConnString LIKE '%Initial Catalog%=%TFS%'
ORDER BY CON.[Path]
        ,CON.SharedDsName;

Best Answer

You can use the replace value of XML DML command to modify the value stored in the connection string. I have put together an example below for you as a guide but please note that it is untested as I do not have access to a report server at the moment, it should at least point you in the correct direction:

WITH XMLNAMESPACES  -- XML namespace def must be the first in with clause.
(DEFAULT 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2006/03/reportdatasource'
        ,'http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner'
 AS rd)
,SDS AS
(SELECT SDS.name AS SharedDsName
       ,SDS.[Path]
       ,CONVERT(xml, CONVERT(varbinary(max), content)) AS DEF
 FROM dbo.[Catalog] AS SDS
 WHERE SDS.Type = 5)     -- 5 = Shared Datasource
SELECT [SharedDsName], [Path], [DEF]
  INTO #catalog
  FROM SDS;

UPDATE #catalog
   SET DEF.modify ('
    declare namespace rds="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2006/03/reportdatasource";
    declare namespace rd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner";
    replace value of (/rds:DataSourceDefinition/rds:ConnectString/text())[1]
    with "new connection string"
');

UPDATE a
   SET a.[Content] = CONVERT(image, CONVERT(varbinary(max), b.[DEF]))
  FROM dbo.Catalog AS a
  JOIN #catalog AS b
    ON a.[Name] = b.[SharedDsName]
   AND a.[Path] = b.[Path];

DROP TABLE #catalog;

More information regarding the replace value of command can be found at Microsoft Docs.

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