rsInvalidItemPath Error and Jump to URL Issues

I am having a navigation issue with jump to URLs in reports. When I have a report that supports drilldown if I click the drill down then click a Jump To URL to render the next report I get a second toolbar. If the drill down was never clicked the jump to works fine.

My workaround was to try and create a javascript url to reset the url for the top frame. However, the same url that was working before is now throwing an rsInvalidItemPath error. Any thoughts?

Here is my original Jump To URL expression that was causing the second toolbar to appear on drill down:

=Globals!ReportServerUrl + "?/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA&pDate=" + Parameters!pDate.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&pArea=" + Fields!Measures_AreaUniqueName.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true"

Renders as:
http://ilschd-sitdev01/ReportServer?/Early%20Life/Early%20Life%20Technician%20Summary%20QA&pDate=%5BOrder%20Finalized%20Date%5D.%5BFiscal%5D.%5BMonth%5D.%5BDecember,%202005%5D&pArea=%5BArea%5D.%5BOffices%5D.%5BArea%5D.%26%5BChicago%20North%5D&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true

I changed the Jump to URL expression to the following to try and fix the toolbar issue:

=top.location.href='" + Globals!ReportServerUrl + "?/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA&pDate=" + Parameters!pDate.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&pArea=" + Fields!Measures_AreaUniqueName.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true" + "'"

Renders as:
BLOCKED SCRIPTtop.location.href='http://ilschd-sitdev01/ReportServer?/Early%20Life/Early%20Life%20Technician%20Summary%20QA&pDate=%5BOrder%20Finalized%20Date%5D.%5BFiscal%5D.%5BMonth%5D.%5BDecember,%202005%5D&pArea=%5BArea%5D.%5BOffices%5D.%5BArea%5D.%26%5BChicago%20North%5D&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true'

This version of Jump to URL causing the rsInvalidPath Exception to be thrown.

Reporting Services Error

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The path of the item "/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA,[Chicago North]" is not valid. The path must be less than 260 characters long and must start with slash. Other restrictions apply. (rsInvalidItemPath)

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SQL Server Reporting Services

Thanks in advance,
Adam

Did you get this problem fixed, Adam? I have a similar problem it sounds like where I have a record containing an "&" but SRS is trying to read it as two parameters instead of one, so I get the same 260 characters long error.|||

You can use POST instead of GET i.e. using a HTML form with hidden fields rather than building up a URL string. This should get you around the 260 character limit.

Check out this article for an example http://blogs.msdn.com/bryanke/articles/73153.aspx

rsInvalidItemPath Error and Jump to URL Issues

I am having a navigation issue with jump to URLs in reports. When I have a report that supports drilldown if I click the drill down then click a Jump To URL to render the next report I get a second toolbar. If the drill down was never clicked the jump to works fine.

My workaround was to try and create a javascript url to reset the url for the top frame. However, the same url that was working before is now throwing an rsInvalidItemPath error. Any thoughts?

Here is my original Jump To URL expression that was causing the second toolbar to appear on drill down:

=Globals!ReportServerUrl + "?/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA&pDate=" + Parameters!pDate.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&pArea=" + Fields!Measures_AreaUniqueName.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true"

Renders as:
http://ilschd-sitdev01/ReportServer?/Early%20Life/Early%20Life%20Technician%20Summary%20QA&pDate=%5BOrder%20Finalized%20Date%5D.%5BFiscal%5D.%5BMonth%5D.%5BDecember,%202005%5D&pArea=%5BArea%5D.%5BOffices%5D.%5BArea%5D.%26%5BChicago%20North%5D&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true

I changed the Jump to URL expression to the following to try and fix the toolbar issue:

=top.location.href='" + Globals!ReportServerUrl + "?/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA&pDate=" + Parameters!pDate.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&pArea=" + Fields!Measures_AreaUniqueName.Value.ToString().Replace("&", "%26") + "&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true" + "'"

Renders as:
BLOCKED SCRIPTtop.location.href='http://ilschd-sitdev01/ReportServer?/Early%20Life/Early%20Life%20Technician%20Summary%20QA&pDate=%5BOrder%20Finalized%20Date%5D.%5BFiscal%5D.%5BMonth%5D.%5BDecember,%202005%5D&pArea=%5BArea%5D.%5BOffices%5D.%5BArea%5D.%26%5BChicago%20North%5D&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=true'

This version of Jump to URL causing the rsInvalidPath Exception to be thrown.

Reporting Services Error

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The path of the item "/Early Life/Early Life Technician Summary QA,[Chicago North]" is not valid. The path must be less than 260 characters long and must start with slash. Other restrictions apply. (rsInvalidItemPath)

---

SQL Server Reporting Services

Thanks in advance,
Adam

Did you get this problem fixed, Adam? I have a similar problem it sounds like where I have a record containing an "&" but SRS is trying to read it as two parameters instead of one, so I get the same 260 characters long error.|||

You can use POST instead of GET i.e. using a HTML form with hidden fields rather than building up a URL string. This should get you around the 260 character limit.

Check out this article for an example http://blogs.msdn.com/bryanke/articles/73153.aspx

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RS communication with SQL Server

Hallo,
I have a question about the communications between Reporting Server
and SQL server works, when using the drill down funtion:
Does the RS requests all the data from the SQL Server at the first
time the client opens the report (not expanded in the first step), or
not?
If the user does a drill down now, how does it work in the backend:
a.) client - RS - client [a lot of data allready stored in RS]
b.) client - RS - SQL Server - RS - Client [every request from the
user needs a communication between RS and SQL Server]
Thanks for your help!
Best regards,
DietmarDietmar,
RS doesn't download the whole report to the client for reports with
interactive features (drilldown, toggled visibility, document maps), neither
it does for multi-page HTML reports. Instead, when the user expands a
section (or navigates to another page) a subsequent HTTP-GET request is
fired. Hence, report with interactive features require URL access.
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Hope this helps.
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"Dietmar B" <dietmar.boeckmann@.aon.at> wrote in message
news:4f2062b1.0409240509.7feb9078@.posting.google.com...
> Hallo,
> I have a question about the communications between Reporting Server
> and SQL server works, when using the drill down funtion:
> Does the RS requests all the data from the SQL Server at the first
> time the client opens the report (not expanded in the first step), or
> not?
> If the user does a drill down now, how does it work in the backend:
> a.) client - RS - client [a lot of data allready stored in RS]
> b.) client - RS - SQL Server - RS - Client [every request from the
> user needs a communication between RS and SQL Server]
> Thanks for your help!
> Best regards,
> Dietmar