Reporting Explorer
  • 13 Aug 2024
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Reporting Explorer

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Article summary

A Reporting Explorer for REST API allows users to engage, examine, and analyze reports. It usually has functions like exporting, filtering, sorting, and data visualization, which makes it simpler for users to conclude the data without having to write code or communicate with the API directly.

User Persona: Super Admin

Configure Reporting Explorer

1. Clickicon from the top panel.

2. Navigate to Platform Studio > API Hub > Reporting Explorer.

Figure: Reporting Explorer. 

For more information, refer to the table below. 

FieldDescription
AuthenticationThe authentication will be on the following types.
Logged in User - Based on the login credentials used.
Generated Token - Based on the credentials used in Authentication.
GeneralSelect the General characteristics of the Explorer.
DomainSelect the appropriate Domain as per requirement.
Sub DomainSelect the appropriate Sub Domain as per requirement.
ApplicationSelect the Application from which the records need to be retrieved.
ModuleSelect the appropriate Module as per the Application selected. For example: Incident, Service Request
TenantSelect the appropriate Tenant from which the records are to be retrieved.
View NameSelect the View Name for the API. 
Reporting Explorer
URLThe URL will auto-populate based on the table selected in Form Name.

Note

The URL to GET records will be based on the form name selected and will be auto populated. 

Query Parameters
Default FilterThe Tenant selected in General details will be populated in this field. It can be altered based on requirement.
Add Filters
An additional filters can be applied here. Click Add Filter and the following screen is displayed. Here we can set the conditions based on which the Filters will apply.

Expose Display Name - We can search using values or key
Note
Only two attributes can be grouped as part of the AND/OR functionality.
Limit
The number of items displayed on the list. The minimum is set as 10 by default and the maximum is 1000.
Page Number
We can limit the page numbers or set it as per requirement.
Response Fields
We can select the response fields based on the filter option. Click the Edit icon and the following page is displayed.
Select the column to move the available fields to the selected fields. Use  to move the columns individually forward and backward or to move the columns together.
Time ZoneSelect the preferred Time Zone. The default setting is the UTC format. 
Request Headers
Request FormatSpecify the format for the REST request body.
Response FormatSpecify the format for the REST response body.
AuthorizationSpecifies the authorization and send the request as the current user.

Click Send to update the API


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