Reference DataSource Issue

[acds]

Hi @mmajcica - Thanks again for supporting this Azure DevOps task!

I have "Reference DataSource" turned on - but this is not working as expected.

To confirm expected behavior - If a report names a data source

<DataSources>
   <DataSource Name="MY-DATA-SOURCE">
     <DataSourceReference>/DEV/DataSources/MY-DATA-SOURCE</DataSourceReference>
     <rd:DataSourceID>b854d181-2e6c-42f2-9a2d-39804cb15d55</rd:DataSourceID>
   </DataSource>
 </DataSources>

or say

<DataSources>
    <DataSource Name="MY-DATA-SOURCE">
      <DataSourceReference>MY-DATA-SOURCE</DataSourceReference>
      <rd:DataSourceID>104a6a0e-afa9-451d-83a2-93a974ef068c</rd:DataSourceID>
    </DataSource>
  </DataSources>

I have "No" DataSources defined in the DeployConfig.json. We'd prefer not to need expose or the DataSource configuration (and credential) in the Deploy Config, as these are set up and maintained separately.

Is it correct to have the expectation that given an RDL referencing a DataSource name (in my case (MY-DATA-SOURCE) that the task will find the most local DataSource of that name and match that DataSource into the RDL/Report as its deployed to that data source ?

Also to confirm, is the best approach is to have each RDL configured as the second example above ?

We obviously can't manage the <rd:DataSourceID> between environments - and that is what the "Reference DataSource" is supposed to achieve?

What are we otherwise missing ?

[vferris]

@acds Did you find an answer to this? I'm having an issue where the reports appear to be correctly linked in the web ui, but none will accept passed parameters.