Report Designer Data Sources APIs
The Report Designer page allows users to:
- create a report
- select report data sources
- create report filters
- design report layout
- set up report schedule
This topic documents the APIs related to data sources, relationships and fields.
Summary
API | Purpose | Usage in Izenda Front-end |
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GET report/dataSourceCategory/(tenant_id) | Returns data sources and data source fields grouped by data source categories (filtered by tenant_id if provided). See also: POST advancedSetting/category and POST dataModel for APIs that create these data source categories. |
Not used |
POST report/loadDataSourceCategory | For a report, returns both selected, visible data sources and other available data sources, all grouped by data source categories. Compared with GET report/dataSourceCategory/(tenant_id), this API sets the “selected” and “visible” flags. |
Report Designer > Data Source |
POST report/loadQuerySources | Returns details for a list of query sources and a list of related query sources. | - Switch to Simple mode - Create a new report OR open an existing report - In Data Source tab, choose a data source - OR switch from the others to Data Source tab |
POST report/loadRelatedQuerySources |
Returns list of related query source categories. New in version 2.5.0. |
|
POST report/loadJoinQuerySourceByRelationship |
Get join query source by relationship New in version 2.6.0. |
To be updated |
POST report/loadRelationships | Returns an updated list of relationships from an existing report together with an updated list of data sources. | Report Designer for an existing report |
POST report/validateRelationshipSyntax | Validates relationship syntax. | Report Designer > Data Source > Validate Syntax |
POST report/validateCycleRelationships |
Validates cycle relationships New in version 2.6.0. |
In Report Designer, switch from Data Source tab to the others. Report Designer > Data Source > Validate Syntax |
POST report/detectRelationshipsChange | Detects if any relationship should be removed because of changes in data sources. | Not used |
POST report/availableQuerySourceFields | Returns a list of data source fields in selected query sources of a report. | Report Designer > Data Source > select a data source |
GET report/availableReportMappingFields/{report_id} | Returns a list of data source fields, alias fields, and calculated fields in selected query sources of a report. | To be updated |
GET report/fieldProperties/{query_source_field_id} | Returns the properties of query source field specified by query_source_field_id. | |
POST report/loadDataSourceFields |
Returns the list fields of selected query source. New in version 2.5.0. |
To be updated |
POST report/calculatedField | Saves a calculated field after validating name duplication (does not validate the expression). | Report Designer > Fields > Add Calculated Field > OK |
GET report/calculatedField/{calculated_field_id} | Returns the calculated field specified by calculated_field_id. | To be updated |
GET report/hasReportUseCalculatedField/{calculated_field_id} | Returns true if the calculated field is being used in any report part or report filter. | To be updated |
GET report/hasReportUseRelationship/{relationship_id} | Returns true if the relationship is being used in report. | To be updated |
POST report/deleteReportCalculatedField | Removes a calculated field from report. | Report Designer > Fields > Delete icon on a calculated field |
POST report/loadDynamicDataSourceCategory |
Returns list of dynamic report data source category. New in version 2.5.0. |
To be updated |
POST report/loadPartialDataSourceCategory |
Returns list of report data source category with paging. New in version 2.5.0. |
In Report Designer when switching from the others to Data Source tab. |
GET report/dataSourceCategory/(tenant_id)
Returns data sources and data source fields grouped by data source categories (filtered by tenant_id if provided).
See also: POST advancedSetting/category and POST dataModel for APIs that create these data source categories.
Request
No payload
Response
An array of ReportDataSourceCategory objects
Samples
POST/api/report/dataSourceCategoryHTTP/1.1Sample response:
[{"id":"f28d7175-4cef-478e-b914-ae075c3c33b8","name":"Data Source Category 1","querySource":[{"id":"ffd40590-aa27-4a14-8ebf-f32a0567bc08","name":"Department","type":"Table","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"HumanResources","connectionName":"AdventureWorks2008R2","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"5da4090d-9b31-433c-b9bb-e9e82fcc92a8","name":"DepartmentID","alias":null,"dataType":"smallint","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"{\"PrimaryKey\":true}","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false},{"id":"2636eeb4-cb65-48f4-9da6-2bfe5cd0659a","name":"Name","alias":null,"dataType":"nvarchar","unitDataType":"Text","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false}]}]},{"id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","name":null,"querySource":[{"id":"06cc2448-5a09-44db-99b5-5fb7c8863be6","name":"vEmployee","type":"View","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"HumanResources","connectionName":"AdventureWorks2008R2","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"c8840bd0-572f-4243-a840-2d1d20402a43","name":"BusinessEntityID","alias":null,"dataType":"int","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false},{"id":"0284b8a5-f97e-4496-9f2e-dd2a6766153a","name":"EmailAddress","alias":null,"dataType":"nvarchar","unitDataType":"Text","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false}]}]}]
POST report/loadDataSourceCategory
For a report, returns both selected, visible data sources and other available data sources, all grouped by data source categories.
Compared with GET report/dataSourceCategory/(tenant_id), this API sets the “selected” and “visible” flags.
Request
Payload: a ReportDataSourceParameter object
Response
An array of ReportDataSourceCategory objects
Samples
POST/api/report/loadDataSourceCategoryHTTP/1.1Request payload:
{"tenantId":null,"reportKey":{"key":"f53b65ba-4d27-45c9-930e-156538f30531","tenantId":null}}Response:
[{"id":"f28d7175-4cef-478e-b914-ae075c3c33b8","name":"Data Source Category 1","querySource":[{"id":"ffd40590-aa27-4a14-8ebf-f32a0567bc08","name":"Department","type":"Table","selected":true,"visible":false,"querySourceCategoryName":"HumanResources","connectionName":"AdventureWorks2008R2","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"5da4090d-9b31-433c-b9bb-e9e82fcc92a8","name":"DepartmentID","alias":null,"dataType":"smallint","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"{\"PrimaryKey\":true}","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false},{"id":"2636eeb4-cb65-48f4-9da6-2bfe5cd0659a","name":"Name","alias":null,"dataType":"nvarchar","unitDataType":"Text","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false}]}]},{"id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","name":null,"querySource":[{"id":"06cc2448-5a09-44db-99b5-5fb7c8863be6","name":"vEmployee","type":"View","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"HumanResources","connectionName":"AdventureWorks2008R2","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"c8840bd0-572f-4243-a840-2d1d20402a43","name":"BusinessEntityID","alias":null,"dataType":"int","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false},{"id":"0284b8a5-f97e-4496-9f2e-dd2a6766153a","name":"EmailAddress","alias":null,"dataType":"nvarchar","unitDataType":"Text","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":"","isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false}]}]}]
POST report/loadQuerySources
Returns details for a list of query sources and a list of related query sources.
Request
Payload: a ReportSelectedPagedRequest object
Note
The keys for SearchCriteria that this API support:
- All
- Category
- DatabaseName
- DataSourceName
- DataSourceAlias
- ColumnName
- DataType
- ColumnAlias
- SchemaName
- DataObject
- DataObjectType
Response
A ReportSelectedQuerySourceResult object
Samples
POST/api/report/loadQuerySourcesHTTP/1.1Request payload:
{"querySources":[{"querySourceId":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c","selected":true,"physicalChange":0,"state":2}],"tenantId":"b5b3a5cc-9e55-424c-ae85-ba92ec3b934e","criteria":[{"key":"All","value":"","operation":1}],"pageIndex":1,"pageSize":10,"sortOrders":[{"key":"Category","descending":true}]}Sample response:
{"relatedQuerySources":[{"querySourceId":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c","selected":false,"physicalChange":0,"isNew":false},{"querySourceId":"735f70b1-8e33-4b02-bf62-53d2c57b9498","selected":false,"physicalChange":0,"isNew":false}],"relatedDataSourceCategories":null,"result":[{"id":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c","category":"MySQL-Northwind","databaseName":"northwind","schemaName":"northwind","dataObject":"order details","dataObjectType":"Table"}],"pageIndex":1,"pageSize":10,"total":1,"skipItems":0,"isLastPage":false}
POST report/loadJoinQuerySourceByRelationship
Return a list of join query source.
Request
Payload: a ReportParameter object
Response
An array of RelationshipQuerySource objects
Samples
POST/api/report/loadJoinQuerySourceByRelationshipHTTP/1.1Sample Request Payload:
{"reportKey":{"key":"c0091e01-22f9-44a5-99e3-eb656a1fcebd"},"relationshipIds":["f03fcf35-5994-4cc4-ac5f-c4ae5f4bd26a"]}Sample Response:
[{"relationshipId":"f03fcf35-5994-4cc4-ac5f-c4ae5f4bd26a","querySourceId":"7f9cd714-9b06-4aaf-9a8b-5475ea0cdefc","querySourceName":"Order Details","dataSourceCategoryId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","dataSourceCategoryName":""}]
POST report/loadRelationships
Returns an updated list of relationships from an existing report together with an updated list of data sources.
Request
Payload: a RelationshipPagedRequest object
Response
A ReportRelationshipResult object
Samples
POST/api/report/loadRelationshipsHTTP/1.1Request payload (query source id = “65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455” has been selected by user):
{"objectId":null,"criteria":[{"key":"All","value":"","operation":1}],"pageIndex":1,"pageSize":10,"querySources":[{"querySourceId":"65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455","selected":true,"physicalChange":2,"state":1},{"querySourceId":"7d4d81a0-4813-4e77-912d-934333c607e1","selected":false,"physicalChange":0,"state":1}]}Response:
{"hasRemovedRelationship":false,"result":[{"joinConnectionId":"11d2c31c-e726-4f80-8621-2b4856fae1a5","foreignConnectionId":"11d2c31c-e726-4f80-8621-2b4856fae1a5","joinQuerySourceId":"65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455","joinQuerySourceName":"Employees","joinDataSourceCategoryName":null,"joinDataSourceCategoryId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":null,"foreignDataSourceCategoryId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","foreignQuerySourceId":"65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455","foreignQuerySourceName":"Employees","joinFieldId":"d198eb03-6dee-4e3d-bc08-4ab11f08d3bd","joinFieldName":"ReportsTo","foreignFieldId":"f661a585-b463-426c-8849-dc6921139f7c","foreignFieldName":"EmployeeID","alias":null,"systemRelationship":true,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","deleted":false,"position":null,"relationshipPosition":0,"relationshipKeyJoins":null,"reportId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","foreignAlias":null,"selectedForeignAlias":"65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455_Employees","id":"65fe4ced-577c-4da5-97a0-5e2903a0a7ab","state":0,"modified":"2016-04-28T03:33:48.4200000+07:00","dateTimeNow":"2016-04-28T04:04:09.0399962Z"}],"total":1,"pageIndex":1,"pageSize":10}The response says that: There is one relationship involving query source id = “65d587e2-71f9-4565-8ad8-e6f532398455” (Employees). That is a system relationship (foreign key) with Employees.ReportsTo self-references Employees.EmployeeID.
POST report/validateRelationshipSyntax
Validates relationship syntax, as following:
In Report Simple mode, validates that selected data sources have relationships.
In Report Advanced mode, validates that specified relationships correctly joins selected data sources. Also validates:
- Alias is required for the same selected object
- Aliases in relationships are not duplicated
- Aliases between relationships and data sources are not duplicated
- Relationship key joins have correct syntax
- Data types between join fields and foreign fields are compatible (same Izenda data type)
- Relationships are not duplicated
- Relationship key joins are not duplicated
Note: Ignores data sources, relationships and relationship key joins with state = 2 (deleted)
Request
Payload: a ReportSavingParameter object, with reportKey, report.reportDataSource and report.reportRelationship fields populated.
Required fields for report.reportDataSource:
- querySourceId
- state
Required fields for report.reportRelationship in Report Advanced mode:
- state
- joinType
- joinQuerySourceId
- foreignQuerySourceId
- joinFieldId (nullable when joinType is “Cross”)
- foreignFieldId (nullable when joinType is “Cross”)
- alias (nullable)
- relationshipKeyJoins
report.reportRelationship should be empty in Report Simple mode.
Response
An OperationResult object, with success field true if syntax is valid
Samples
POST/api/report/validateRelationshipSyntaxHTTP/1.1Request payload:
{"reportKey":{"key":null,"modified":null},"section":0,"saveAs":false,"ignoreCheckChange":false,"report":{"name":"","type":"Templates","previewRecord":10,"advancedMode":true,"allowNulls":false,"isDistinct":false,"reportDataSource":[{"aliasId":"479be129-338d-45f1-b216-1d95957fe2c8_Order Details","querySourceId":"479be129-338d-45f1-b216-1d95957fe2c8","querySourceName":"Order Details","selected":true,"state":1},{"aliasId":"54852be4-5584-4c23-ae5d-4197724059e1_Orders","querySourceId":"54852be4-5584-4c23-ae5d-4197724059e1","querySourceName":"Orders","selected":true,"state":1}],"reportRelationship":[{"tempId":"16d3b9bf-86cb-45fa-b33d-53e3e2a8a042","joinConnectionId":"db19bb46-ffa3-45fd-b205-0dad305fdf98","foreignConnectionId":"db19bb46-ffa3-45fd-b205-0dad305fdf98","joinQuerySourceId":"479be129-338d-45f1-b216-1d95957fe2c8","joinQuerySourceName":"Order Details","joinDataSourceCategoryName":"","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":"","foreignQuerySourceId":"54852be4-5584-4c23-ae5d-4197724059e1","foreignQuerySourceName":"Orders","joinFieldId":"a0011b48-ef08-45fe-b044-abc68442cd17","joinFieldName":"OrderID","foreignFieldId":"3caf9c17-abd7-4119-809d-2c3debb8eb37","foreignFieldName":"OrderID","alias":"","systemRelationship":true,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":"c55d696b-f25d-4a6f-a951-7a4e6e532c98","position":null,"relationshipKeyJoins":[],"selectedForeignAlias":"54852be4-5584-4c23-ae5d-4197724059e1_Orders","id":"16d3b9bf-86cb-45fa-b33d-53e3e2a8a052","state":1,"validationKey":"c55d696b-f25d-4a6f-a951-7a4e6e532c98","relationshipPosition":0,"invalidAlias":null,"hidden":false,"level":1}],"reportPart":[]},"expandedLevel":0,"filters":[]}Successful response:
{"success":true,"messages":[{"key":"","messages":["A valid SQL statement can be constructed from the given relationships."]}]}
POST report/validateCycleRelationships
Validate if cycle relationships error occurs.
Request
Payload: a Relationship object
Response
A OperationResult object
- success = true when there is no cycle relationship
- success = false and error message when cycle relationship occurs
Samples
POST/api/report/validateCycleRelationshipsHTTP/1.1Request payload do not contain cycle relationship:
[{"previousAlias":"","tempId":"relationship_65","joinConnectionId":null,"foreignConnectionId":null,"joinQuerySourceId":"5eec76ff-4de9-403a-a7dd-66a9db4e6eba","joinQuerySourceName":"orders","joinDataSourceCategoryName":"MySQL-Northwind","joinDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":"","foreignDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignQuerySourceId":null,"foreignQuerySourceName":"order details","joinFieldId":"b5ea4297-8fe1-47d2-bfde-13b2eef6c36d","joinFieldName":"OrderID","foreignFieldId":"368088ba-5e24-4bf8-b709-1c44fe3e80e5","foreignFieldName":"OrderID","alias":"","aliasTempId":"alias_66","systemRelationship":false,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":null,"position":null,"relationshipKeyJoins":[],"reportId":null,"selectedForeignAlias":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c_order details","isForeignDataObjectAlias":false,"id":null,"state":1,"validationKey":"relationship_65","relationshipPosition":0,"needAlias":false,"level":1,"comparisonOperator":"= (Field)","comparisonValue":null,"hidden":false,"isDirty":true}]Success Response:
{"success":true,"message":null,"data":null}Sample Payload contains cycle relationship:[{"previousAlias":"","tempId":"d9260bf3-c979-4969-9f9f-55d42c76bd64","joinConnectionId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","foreignConnectionId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","joinQuerySourceId":"5eec76ff-4de9-403a-a7dd-66a9db4e6eba","joinQuerySourceName":"orders","joinDataSourceCategoryName":"MySQL-Northwind","joinDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":"","foreignDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignQuerySourceId":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c","foreignQuerySourceName":"order details","joinFieldId":"b5ea4297-8fe1-47d2-bfde-13b2eef6c36d","joinFieldName":"OrderID","foreignFieldId":"368088ba-5e24-4bf8-b709-1c44fe3e80e5","foreignFieldName":"OrderID","alias":"","aliasTempId":"alias_93","systemRelationship":false,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":null,"position":null,"relationshipKeyJoins":[],"reportId":"85df9d52-f992-4be4-a58f-bd6c6c6b79fa","selectedForeignAlias":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c_order details","isForeignDataObjectAlias":false,"id":"d9260bf3-c979-4969-9f9f-55d42c76bd64","state":1,"validationKey":"d9260bf3-c979-4969-9f9f-55d42c76bd64","relationshipPosition":0,"needAlias":false,"level":1,"comparisonOperator":"= (Field)","comparisonValue":null,"hidden":false,"isDirty":false},{"previousAlias":"","tempId":"54c64a53-1c91-4415-b812-dae4a5062cdf","joinConnectionId":"6cc06e5b-0627-432c-bc33-708b0843c7c7","foreignConnectionId":"6cc06e5b-0627-432c-bc33-708b0843c7c7","joinQuerySourceId":"126c58e7-e061-4f27-83c8-47c9135dde2c","joinQuerySourceName":"order details","joinDataSourceCategoryName":"MySQL-Northwind","joinDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":"MySQL-Northwind","foreignDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignQuerySourceId":"735f70b1-8e33-4b02-bf62-53d2c57b9498","foreignQuerySourceName":"products","joinFieldId":"61066219-3ab6-405a-ba80-770cb1aad8b0","joinFieldName":"ProductID","foreignFieldId":"989242ea-6671-419d-b6f4-6bfb450b9500","foreignFieldName":"ProductID","alias":"","aliasTempId":"alias_144","systemRelationship":true,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":null,"position":null,"relationshipKeyJoins":[],"reportId":null,"selectedForeignAlias":"735f70b1-8e33-4b02-bf62-53d2c57b9498_products","isForeignDataObjectAlias":false,"id":"54c64a53-1c91-4415-b812-dae4a5062cdf","state":0,"validationKey":"54c64a53-1c91-4415-b812-dae4a5062cdf","relationshipPosition":1,"needAlias":false,"level":2,"comparisonOperator":"= (Field)","comparisonValue":null,"hidden":false,"isDirty":false},{"previousAlias":"","tempId":"relationship_146","joinConnectionId":null,"foreignConnectionId":null,"joinQuerySourceId":"735f70b1-8e33-4b02-bf62-53d2c57b9498","joinQuerySourceName":"products","joinDataSourceCategoryName":"MySQL-Northwind","joinDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignDataSourceCategoryName":"","foreignDataSourceCategoryId":"42d34867-a67c-4423-a846-08f2d7e49f8f","foreignQuerySourceId":null,"foreignQuerySourceName":"orders","joinFieldId":"989242ea-6671-419d-b6f4-6bfb450b9500","joinFieldName":"ProductID","foreignFieldId":"b5ea4297-8fe1-47d2-bfde-13b2eef6c36d","foreignFieldName":"OrderID","alias":"","aliasTempId":"alias_147","systemRelationship":false,"joinType":"Inner","parentRelationshipId":null,"position":null,"relationshipKeyJoins":[],"reportId":null,"selectedForeignAlias":"5eec76ff-4de9-403a-a7dd-66a9db4e6eba_orders","isForeignDataObjectAlias":false,"id":null,"state":1,"validationKey":"relationship_146","relationshipPosition":2,"needAlias":false,"level":3,"comparisonOperator":"= (Field)","comparisonValue":null,"hidden":false,"isDirty":true}]Sample Response:
{"success":false,"messages":[{"key":"","detail":null,"messages":["Relationships are invalid. Please update the relationships before navigating to another screen in Report Designer."]}],"data":null}
POST report/detectRelationshipsChange
Detects if any relationship should be removed because of changes in data sources.
Request
Payload: a RelationshipPagedRequest object
Response
- true if any relationship needs to be removed
- false if none
Samples
POST/api/report/detectRelationshipsChangeHTTP/1.1Request payload:
{"objectId":"9197f210-766a-45d3-a1f9-5c4f4a4aa8ba","criteria":[{"key":"All","value":"","operation":1}],"pageIndex":1,"pageSize":1000,"querySources":[{"querySourceId":"d38e8059-6b7e-49a7-be68-ec02d2b42168","selected":true,"physicalChange":0,"state":1},{"querySourceId":"205c0e5f-fff8-409b-a54a-b6687619486d","selected":true,"physicalChange":0,"state":1},{"querySourceId":"ec580d6d-709a-41fd-b71e-489795e7428f","selected":true,"physicalChange":2,"state":1}],"relationshipOrders":[],"tenantId":null,"selectedDataSourceChanged":true}Response:
false
POST report/availableQuerySourceFields
Returns a list of data source fields in selected query sources of a report.
Request
Payload: a ReportSavingParameter object, with either:
- reportKey field populated - for an existing/draft report.
- reportKey empty and reportDataSource.querySourceId populated - for a new report.
Response
An array containing exactly one ReportDataSourceCategory object
Samples
POST/api/report/availableQuerySourceFieldsHTTP/1.1Request payload for a draft report:
{"reportKey":{"key":"024b91d3-4896-4191-8d8e-384997746178","tenantId":null}}Sample response:
[{"id":null,"name":"Selected Data Source","querySource":[{"id":"58ea6138-2980-46d7-b19a-4b102c359865","name":"Employees","type":"Table","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"Category_1","connectionName":"Northwind","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"343945c3-fbb9-43bb-8d57-f548b5566c35","name":"EmployeeID","alias":null,"dataType":"int","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":null,"isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":true}]},{"id":"5f39b800-47c9-4fca-970b-20e81cb2dbd9","name":"Products","type":"Table","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"Category_2","connectionName":"Northwind","isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"bc8c7b39-53c2-49fc-8a4a-20782ad3369d","name":"ProductID","alias":null,"dataType":"int","unitDataType":"Number","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":null,"isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":true}]}]}]Request payload for a new report:
{"reportKey":{"key":null,"modified":null,"tenantId":null},"report":{"reportDataSource":[{"querySourceId":"ab5b596a-6d35-45a0-ad9b-d3188326bafb","querySourceName":"Orders",}],"reportRelationship":[],"dynamicQuerySourceFields":[],"calculatedFields":[]}}Sample response is similar to above.
GET report/availableReportMappingFields/{report_id}
Returns a list of data source fields, alias fields, and calculated fields in selected query sources of a report.
Request
No payload
Response
An array of ReportField objects
Samples
GET/api/report/availableReportMappingFields/45f17b8a-3708-4f36-80ef-9178b7124841HTTP/1.1Response:
[{"fieldId":"1524ea5e-2111-4fd9-b749-f0f9150691a1","originalName":null,"fieldName":"CalendarYear","fieldNameAlias":"","dataFieldType":"Numeric","querySourceId":"f56e717c-d45b-4af9-9e98-968c259ee858","querySourceType":"Table","sourceAlias":"DueDate","relationshipId":"78fb49b8-de6f-491b-aab2-fc01a509093e","visible":true,"filterable":false,"reportId":null,"fieldFunctionExpression":"[DueDate].[CalendarYear]","expression":null,"grandTotalExpression":null,"subTotalExpression":null,"sort":"Unsorted","function":null,"format":null,"functionDataType":null,"calculatedTree":null,"grandTotalTree":null,"isCalculated":false}]
GET report/fieldProperties/{query_source_field_id}
Returns the properties of query source field specified by query_source_field_id.
Request
No payload
Response
A ReportQuerySource object
Samples
GET/api/report/fieldProperties/bd207050-e2a4-4128-9b5a-89409bee0377HTTP/1.1Sample response:
{"id":"d9728d5f-b6f6-462b-b988-8180bc733972","name":"HumanResources.Employee","type":"Table","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":null,"connectionName":null,"isAlias":false,"fields":[{"id":"bd207050-e2a4-4128-9b5a-89409bee0377","name":"Gender","alias":"","dataType":"nchar","izendaDataType":"Text","visible":true,"filterable":true,"extendedProperties":null,"isParameter":false,"allowDistinct":false}]}
POST report/loadDataSourceFields
Returns the list fields of selected query source.
Request
Payload: a ReportDataSourceParameter object
Response
An array of QuerySourceField objects
Samples
POST/api/report/loadDataSourceFieldsHTTP/1.1
POST report/calculatedField
Saves a calculated field after validating name duplication (does not validate the expression).
Request
Payload: a ReportCalculatedFieldParameter object
Response
An array containing exactly one ReportDataSourceCategory object
Samples
POST/api/report/calculatedFieldHTTP/1.1Request payload to add a calculated field [MoneyInStock] from [UnitPrice] * [UnitsInStock]:
{"reportKey":{"key":"681dc08e-4355-441f-a438-370d5c1a7a99"},"calculatedField":{"id":null,"name":"MoneyInStock","functionName":"[None]","expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice] * [Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","izendaDataType":"Money"}}Sample response:
{"id":null,"name":"Calculated Fields","querySource":[{"id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","name":"Calculated Fields","originalName":null,"type":null,"selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":null,"connectionName":null,"isAlias":false,"fields":[{"name":"MoneyInStock","alias":"","dataType":"","izendaDataType":"Money","allowDistinct":true,"visible":true,"filterable":true,"deleted":false,"querySourceId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","parentId":null,"expressionFields":[{"fieldId":"3f79de74-1152-4896-b966-ea82849efece","fieldName":"UnitPrice","fieldNameAlias":"","dataFieldType":"Money","querySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","querySourceType":"Table","sourceAlias":"Products","relationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","visible":true,"reportId":null,"fieldFunctionExpression":null,"expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice]","grandTotalExpression":null,"subTotalExpression":null,"sort":"Unsorted","function":null,"calculatedTree":null,"grandTotalTree":null},{"fieldId":"54c13d3b-d8fe-4e78-a710-230d3d794039","fieldName":"UnitsInStock","fieldNameAlias":"","dataFieldType":"Numeric","querySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","querySourceType":"Table","sourceAlias":"Products","relationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","visible":true,"reportId":null,"fieldFunctionExpression":null,"expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","grandTotalExpression":null,"subTotalExpression":null,"sort":"Unsorted","function":null,"calculatedTree":null,"grandTotalTree":null}],"filteredValue":"","type":0,"groupPosition":0,"position":0,"extendedProperties":"[{"FieldId":"3f79de74-1152-4896-b966-ea82849efece","FieldName":"UnitPrice","FieldNameAlias":"","DataFieldType":"Money","QuerySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","QuerySourceType":"Table","SourceAlias":"Products","RelationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","Visible":true,"ReportId":null,"FieldFunctionExpression":null,"Expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice]","GrandTotalExpression":null,"SubTotalExpression":null,"Sort":"Unsorted","Function":null,"CalculatedTree":null,"GrandTotalTree":null},{"FieldId":"54c13d3b-d8fe-4e78-a710-230d3d794039","FieldName":"UnitsInStock","FieldNameAlias":"","DataFieldType":"Numeric","QuerySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","QuerySourceType":"Table","SourceAlias":"Products","RelationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","Visible":true,"ReportId":null,"FieldFunctionExpression":null,"Expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","GrandTotalExpression":null,"SubTotalExpression":null,"Sort":"Unsorted","Function":null,"CalculatedTree":null,"GrandTotalTree":null}]","physicalChange":0,"approval":0,"existed":false,"matchedTenant":false,"functionName":"[None]","expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice] * [Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","fullName":null,"calculatedTree":null,"reportId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","originalName":null,"isParameter":false,"isCalculated":true,"querySource":null,"id":"fc6ea2e3-8a30-4f2a-b2ba-6f33dd2fdb07","state":0,"modified":"2016-06-24T00:46:25.63744"}]}]}
GET report/calculatedField/{calculated_field_id}
Returns the calculated field specified by calculated_field_id.
Request
No payload
Response
A QuerySourceField object
Samples
GET/api/report/calculatedField/52c55f01-b347-4a23-b089-32f8e1db05feHTTP/1.1Sample response:
{"name":"MoneyInStock","alias":"","dataType":"","izendaDataType":"Money","allowDistinct":true,"visible":true,"filterable":true,"deleted":false,"querySourceId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","parentId":null,"expressionFields":[{"fieldId":"3f79de74-1152-4896-b966-ea82849efece","fieldName":"UnitPrice","fieldNameAlias":"","dataFieldType":"Money","querySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","querySourceType":"Table","sourceAlias":"Products","relationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","visible":true,"reportId":null,"fieldFunctionExpression":null,"expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice]","grandTotalExpression":null,"subTotalExpression":null,"sort":"Unsorted","function":null,"calculatedTree":null,"grandTotalTree":null},{"fieldId":"54c13d3b-d8fe-4e78-a710-230d3d794039","fieldName":"UnitsInStock","fieldNameAlias":"","dataFieldType":"Numeric","querySourceId":"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a","querySourceType":"Table","sourceAlias":"Products","relationshipId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","visible":true,"reportId":null,"fieldFunctionExpression":null,"expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","grandTotalExpression":null,"subTotalExpression":null,"sort":"Unsorted","function":null,"calculatedTree":null,"grandTotalTree":null}],"filteredValue":"","type":0,"groupPosition":0,"position":0,"extendedProperties":"[{\"FieldId\":\"3f79de74-1152-4896-b966-ea82849efece\",\"FieldName\":\"UnitPrice\",\"FieldNameAlias\":\"\",\"DataFieldType\":\"Money\",\"QuerySourceId\":\"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a\",\"QuerySourceType\":\"Table\",\"SourceAlias\":\"Products\",\"RelationshipId\":\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\",\"Visible\":true,\"ReportId\":null,\"FieldFunctionExpression\":null,\"Expression\":\"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice]\",\"GrandTotalExpression\":null,\"SubTotalExpression\":null,\"Sort\":\"Unsorted\",\"Function\":null,\"CalculatedTree\":null,\"GrandTotalTree\":null},{\"FieldId\":\"54c13d3b-d8fe-4e78-a710-230d3d794039\",\"FieldName\":\"UnitsInStock\",\"FieldNameAlias\":\"\",\"DataFieldType\":\"Numeric\",\"QuerySourceId\":\"e1bc2021-3874-4e5a-b51e-d799cef5e29a\",\"QuerySourceType\":\"Table\",\"SourceAlias\":\"Products\",\"RelationshipId\":\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\",\"Visible\":true,\"ReportId\":null,\"FieldFunctionExpression\":null,\"Expression\":\"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]\",\"GrandTotalExpression\":null,\"SubTotalExpression\":null,\"Sort\":\"Unsorted\",\"Function\":null,\"CalculatedTree\":null,\"GrandTotalTree\":null}]","physicalChange":0,"approval":0,"existed":false,"matchedTenant":false,"functionName":"[None]","expression":"[Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitPrice] * [Northwind].[dbo].[Products].[UnitsInStock]","fullName":null,"calculatedTree":null,"reportId":"ba7cc132-689c-43fd-8fc8-272c5162d263","originalName":null,"isParameter":false,"isCalculated":true,"querySource":null,"id":"52c55f01-b347-4a23-b089-32f8e1db05fe","state":0,"modified":"2016-06-24T08:38:51.367"}
GET report/hasReportUseCalculatedField/{calculated_field_id}
Returns true if the calculated field is being used in any report part or report filter.
Request
No payload
Response
- true if the calculated field is being used in any report part or report filter
- false if none
Samples
GET/api/report/hasReportUseCalculatedField/BC0E2AA2-8310-429E-8212-00FC4863A559HTTP/1.1Response:
false
GET report/hasReportUseRelationship/{relationship_id}
Returns true if the relationship is being used in report.
Request
No payload
Response
- true if the relationship is being used in report
- false if none
Samples
GET/api/report/hasReportUseRelationship/f7ee0950-f203-4c56-b2db-c04728edae36HTTP/1.1Response:
true
POST report/deleteReportCalculatedField
Removes a calculated field from report.
Request
Payload: a ReportCalculatedFieldParameter object
Response
- true if the calculated field was removed successfully
- an OperationResult object with messages field populated if not
Samples
POST/api/report/deleteReportCalculatedFieldHTTP/1.1Request payload:
{"reportKey":{"key":"aef4b8eb-1b4c-41e3-b1c5-d227970007c3"},"calculatedField":{"id":"fe94ab0d-2063-4d2d-8931-0d2a9185658b"}}Response if success:
true
Response in case of error:
{"success":false,"messages":[{"key":"","messages":["There is an error while process request. Please contact administrator."]}]}
POST report/loadDynamicDataSourceCategory
Returns list of dynamic report data source category.
Request
Payload: a ReportDataSourceParameter object
Response
An array of ReportDataSourceCategory objects
Samples
POST/api/report/loadDynamicDataSourceCategoryHTTP/1.1Sample Request Payload
{"tenantId":"0fc6bbfe-7066-4e1d-92f5-9c6d75558ead","reportKey":{"key":null},"criteria":[{"key":"Name","value":""}],"skipItems":0,"pageSize":50,"parentIds":[]}Sample Response
{"data":[],"totalItems":0,"numOfChilds":0,"numOfCheckedChilds":0,"indeterminate":false,"isLastPage":true}
POST report/loadPartialDataSourceCategory
Returns list of report data source category with paging.
Request
Payload: a ReportDataSourceParameter object
Response
The following object:
Field Description Note data
an array of ReportDataSourceCategoryThe list of report data source category totalItems
integerThe number of all items numOfChilds
integerThe number of children numOfCheckedChilds
integerThe number of selected children indeterminate
boolean
- true if 0 < numOfCheckedChilds < numOfChilds
- false if not
isLastPage
booleanWhether this is the last page
Samples
POST/api/report/loadPartialDataSourceCategoryHTTP/1.1Sample Request Payload
{"tenantId":"0fc6bbfe-7066-4e1d-92f5-9c6d75558ead","reportKey":{"key":null},"criteria":[{"key":"Name","value":""}],"skipItems":0,"pageSize":50,"parentIds":[]}Sample Response
{"data":[{"id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","name":null,"querySource":[{"id":"45a16d82-18be-4871-a530-783e09a6bac6","name":"actor","originalName":"actor","type":"Table","selected":false,"visible":true,"querySourceCategoryName":"public","dataSourceCategoryName":null,"dataSourceCategoryId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","connectionName":"PG-DVDRental","isAlias":false,"isDynamic":false,"fields":[{"name":"actor_id","alias":"","dataType":"integer","izendaDataType":"Numeric","allowDistinct":false,"visible":true,"filterable":true,"querySourceId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","parentId":null,"expressionFields":[],"filteredValue":"","type":0,"groupPosition":0,"position":0,"extendedProperties":"{\"PrimaryKey\":true}","physicalChange":0,"approval":0,"existed":false,"matchedTenant":false,"functionName":null,"expression":null,"isRunningField":false,"supportDefaultTotal":null,"fullName":null,"calculatedTree":null,"reportId":null,"originalName":"actor_id","originalId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","isParameter":false,"isCalculated":false,"hasAggregatedFunction":false,"hasSupportDefaultTotal":true,"querySource":null,"querySourceName":null,"categoryName":null,"inaccessible":false,"originalAlias":null,"allowToSave":false,"fullPath":null,"isCheck":false,"id":"f95febd6-6a9e-4f43-afa9-cffba7435a3e","state":0,"deleted":false,"inserted":true,"version":null,"created":null,"createdBy":"System5 Admin5","modified":"0001-01-01T00:00:00","modifiedBy":null},{"name":"first_name","alias":"","dataType":"character varying","izendaDataType":"Text","allowDistinct":false,"visible":true,"filterable":true,"querySourceId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","parentId":null,"expressionFields":[],"filteredValue":"","type":0,"groupPosition":0,"position":0,"extendedProperties":"","physicalChange":0,"approval":0,"existed":false,"matchedTenant":false,"functionName":null,"expression":null,"isRunningField":false,"supportDefaultTotal":null,"fullName":null,"calculatedTree":null,"reportId":null,"originalName":"first_name","originalId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","isParameter":false,"isCalculated":false,"hasAggregatedFunction":false,"hasSupportDefaultTotal":true,"querySource":null,"querySourceName":null,"categoryName":null,"inaccessible":false,"originalAlias":null,"allowToSave":false,"fullPath":null,"isCheck":false,"id":"b661eedd-f00c-45c8-a117-063ec3bf7ab4","state":0,"deleted":false,"inserted":true,"version":null,"created":null,"createdBy":"System5 Admin5","modified":"0001-01-01T00:00:00","modifiedBy":null},"numOfChilds":2,"numOfCheckedChilds":0,"indeterminate":false,"fullPath":null,"computeNameSettings":null,"isCheck":false}],"numOfChilds":1,"numOfCheckedChilds":0,"indeterminate":false,"fullPath":null,"computeNameSettings":null,"isCheck":false}],"totalItems":10,"numOfChilds":1,"numOfCheckedChilds":0,"indeterminate":false,"isLastPage":true}