Hi Folks, I have a report that contains a data source reference called 'dsSomeSource' and there is a shared data source called Bob that is pointed to by the data source reference in the report. Does anyone know how [programatically] I can get the data source [Bob] via the data source reference [dsSomeSource]? For example, if I call rs.GetReportDataSources(report) I get a DataSource[] that contains a data source reference to dsSomeSource. I then want to make some call that returns the actual DataSource [bob] - something like GetDataSourceFromReference(...) Regards Andy

As usual one finds the answer five minutes after making the forum post :) My solution roughly is as follows:- Given the list of data source references DataSource[] dsList = rs.GetReportDataSources(report.Path); One can check to see if the item is of type DataSourceReference and if it is, retrieve the reference property which points to the actual data source used. if (ds[0].item is DataSourceReference) dataSourceName = ((DataSourceReference)ds[0].item).Reference;