About SOAP Fault messages

A SOAP Fault occurs when a request cannot be completed. Fault contains information identifying the source of the error or the component returning the error, the request, an error code, and a text description of the error.

In the following example, a request to download a file results in a SOAP Fault. The Description element contains a text error message and a reference to the requested file.

<SOAP-ENV:Body>

<SOAP-ENV:Fault
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
envelope/"
xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<faultcode>Server</faultcode>
<faultstring>Soap Server error.</faultstring>
<detail>
<RequestName>DownloadFile</RequestName>
<ErrorCode>3072</ErrorCode>
<Description>
<Message>Cannot find the specified file or folder,
or you do not have permission to access it.
</Message>
<Parameter1>/report/SampleReports.rptdesign</Parameter1>
</Description>
</detail>

</SOAP-ENV:Fault>

</SOAP-ENV:Body>