Having launched a scheduled report in SAP BO, is it possible to somehow download from the file repository server?
I am working with the Web Intelligence RESTful API. While it is possible to export a report synchronously using the GET /documents/<documentID>?<optional_parameters> request, I have not found any non-blocking asynchronous way except for using schedules.
Here's the intended workflow:
Create a scheduled report ("now") using POST /documents/<documentID>/schedules. Use a custom unique <ReportName>, store the scheduleID
Poll the schedule status using GET /documents/<documentID>/schedules/<scheduleID>
If the schedule status is 1 (success), find the file using a CMS query
Send a POST /cmsquery with content {query: "select * from ci_infoObjects where si_instance=1 and si_schedule_status in (1) and si_name = '<ReportName>'"}
From the result, read "SI_FILES": {"SI_FILE1": "<generatedName>.pdf","SI_VALUE1": 205168,"SI_NUM_FILES":1,"SI_PATH": "frs://Output/<Path>"}
Using the browser or the RESTful API, download the file
Is step 4 possible at all? What would be the URL?
The internal base path can be configured in the CMC, and the file location would be <Path>/<generatedName>.pdf. But how can this file be accessed programmatically OR using an URL without the need to log into the BO BI interface?
As a workaround, it is possible to use the openReport method, thereby passing the scheduleID (which is equal to the SI_ID from the infostore) as parameter.
GET /BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?iDocID=<scheduleID>&sIDType=InfoObjectID&token=<token>
For file type PDF, the browser internal PDF viewer is displayed. For XLS, the download is immediately initiated.
Another option is to generate report directly into shared location for example to FTP server. Here is how:
In the "Folders" management area of the CMC, select an object.
Click Actions > Schedule, and access the "Destination" page.
If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, click Formats
and Destinations.
Select FTP Server as the destination.
For Web Intelligence document, select FTP Server under "Output Format Details"and then
click Destination Options and Settings.
Here is the adm guide where it is explained in more details (p. 858)
https://help.sap.com/doc/24e00820a014406495980dea5d768d52/XI.3.1/en-US/xi31_sp3_bip_admin_en.pdf
Or you can check also exact steps who already done this:
https://blogs.sap.com/2015/06/10/scheduling-webi-report-output-to-ftp-shared-file-location/
After that you can expose your FTP server to internet and construct an URL for download.
I tried below steps to retrieve the scheduled instance of a WEBI report in any format.
Get the list of all the schedule instance with their IDs.
Method: Get
Headers: X-SAP-LogonToken: <token>
API: <base_url>/raylight/v1/documents/<Report ID>/schedules
Select the instance ID you received from step 1 API's response which you want to download and pass the instance ID to below API.
Method: Get
Headers: X-SAP-LogonToken: <token>
API: <base_url>/infostore/folder/<Instance ID>/file
Save the response to .wid/.xlsx/.pdf format using Save response -> Save to a file option on the response body of step 2 API.
I tried it and this works :)
Related
I want to send a http request to my own applications when job ended ok ?
Is this notification supported by control-m Or Is there any other ways to fulfill my requests?
enter image description here
This is best achieved via the "shout destination" table. Create a shout destination that is of the 'P' type (i.e. program). Point the destination to a simple script that sends a curl instruction to your desired http address.
If you want avoid shout destinations, try using the post-command field in the jobdef but it conditional on the main job working.
I am trying to configure Blue Prism to make an API call, and then response of this API is a csv file.
Currently I have configured the webservice with "GET" command on the base URL.
But I am not sure what needs to be done in order to download / save the csv file that the API sends. I am assuming that it needs to be explicitly told.
Please help!
In your process, make the HTTP request to the API using the Utility - HTTP VBO's HTTP Request action. Store the Result output parameter in a Text-typed Data Item.
If you need to process the data in a tabular format...
Once the CSV data is there, you can use the Get CSV As Collection action in the Utility - Strings VBO to parse the CSV content into a collection:
If you need to simply save the file...
... use the Utility - File Management VBO's Write Text File action and point it to the location you need to save the CSV to:
Is there any other way to insert data in BigQuery via API apart from via streaming data i.e. Table.insetAll
InsertAllResponse response = bigquery.insertAll(InsertAllRequest.newBuilder(tableId)
.addRow("rowId", rowContent)
.build())
As you can see in the docs, you also have 2 other possibilites:
Loading from Google Cloud Storage, BigTable, DataStore
Just run a job.insert method from the job resource and set as metadata the field configuration.load.sourceUri.
In the Python Client, this is done in the method LoadTableFromStorageJob.
You can therefore just send your files to GCS for instance and then have an API call to bring the files to BigQuery.
Media Upload
This is also a job.load operation but this time the HTTP request also carries binaries from a file in your machine. So you can pretty much send any file that you have in your disk with this request (given the format is accepted by BQ).
In Python, this is done in the resource table Table.upload_from_file.
This is my WCF service, where user can find message for him.
Simple:
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(UriTemplate = "/GetMessages/{UserGLKNumber}/{UserPassword}/{SessionToken}")]
Messages GetMessages(string SessionToken, string UserPassword, string UserGLKNumber);
I have concerns about that line: {UserGLKNumber}/{UserPassword}/{SessionToken}
I have to authenticate user, before he get that messages. But with GET method, I cannot send objects, like in POST.
Is it consistent with REST pattern?
Please, clear up my doubts.
There are already posts & question about this, I am summarizing all of them
POST verb is used when are you creating a new resource (a file in your case) and repeated operations would create multiple resources on the server. This verb would make sense if uploading a file with the same name multiple times creates multiple files on the server.
PUT verb is used when you are updating an existing resource or creating a new resource with a predefined id. Multiple operations would recreate or update the same resource on the server. This verb would make sense if uploading a file with the same name for the second, third... time would overwrite the previously uploaded file.
POST everytime you are modifying some state on the server like database update, delete. GET for readonly fetching like database select.
GET: Get a collection of entries (as a feed document) or a single entry (as an entry document).
POST: Create a new entry from an entry document.
PUT: Update an existing entry with an entry document.
DELETE: Remove an entry.
Source:Difference between PUT and POST using WCF REST
Another Useful reads are:
What's the difference between a POST and a PUT HTTP REQUEST?
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/105273/Create-RESTful-WCF-Service-API-Step-By-Step-Guide
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd315413.aspx
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/643e0d8b-80bb-45eb-8a84-318ac8de4497/difference-between-the-rest-verbs-put-and-post?forum=wcf
In terms of Restful services...
Post :
1. Its a secure to use in application rather than get.
2. Its not configure proxy server.
3. Big length of data restricted by web server.
4. Its not cached on browser.
5. Its take input as xml
Get :
1. Its a not secure to use in application rather than get.
2. Its configure proxy server.
3. Its use url encoding technique.
4. Its cached on browser.
5. Its a default if you are not declaring anyone.
6 Its take input as a string an returned a formatted output.
I am new to Restful concept and have to design a simple API for a media analysis service I need to set up, to perform various tasks, e.g. face analysis, region detection, etc. on uploaded images and video.
Outline of my initial design is as follows:
Client POSTs a configuration XML file to http://manalysis.com/facerecognition. This creates a profile that can be used for multiple analysis sessions. Response XML includes a ProfileID to refer to this profile. Clients can skip this step to use the default config parameters
Client POSTs video data to be analyzed to http://manalysis.com/facerecognition (with ProfileID as a parameter, if it's set up). This creates an analysis session. Return XML has the SessionID.
Client can send a GET to http://manalysis.com/facerecognition/SessionID to receive the status of the session.
Am I on the right track? Specifically, I have the following questions:
Should I include facerecognition in the URL? Roy Fielding says that "a REST API must not define fixed resource names or hierarchies" Is this an instance of that mistake?
The analysis results can either be returned to the client in one large XML file or when each event is detected. How should I tell the analysis engine where to return the results?
Should I explicitly delete a profile when analysis is done, through a DELETE call?
Thanks,
C
You can fix the entry point url,
GET /facerecognition
<FaceRecognitionService>
<Profiles href="/facerecognition/profiles"/>
<AnalysisRequests href="/facerecognition/analysisrequests"/>
</FaceRecognitionService>
Create a new profile by posting the XML profile to the URL in the href attribute of the Profiles element
POST /facerecognition/profiles
201 - Created
Location: /facerecognition/profile/33
Initiate the analysis by creating a new Analysis Request. I would avoid using the term session as it is too generic and has lots of negative associations in the REST world.
POST /facerecognition/analysisrequests?profileId=33
201 - Created
Location: /facerecognition/analysisrequest/2103
Check the status of the process
GET /facerecognition/analysisrequest/2103
<AnalysisRequest>
<Status>Processing</Status>
<Cancel Method="DELETE" href="/facerecognition/analysisrequest/2103" />
</AnalysisRequest>
when the processing has finished, the same GET could return
<AnalysisRequest>
<Status>Completed</Status>
<Results href="/facerecognition/analysisrequest/2103/results" />
</AnalysisRequest>
The specific URLs that I have chosen are relatively arbitrary, you can use whatever is the clearest to you.