Report Details

Request information about a report, including the parameters the report requires to be executed.

Only available to hosted SaaS clients

HTTP Request

GET /icweb.dll/report/{key}

URI Parameters

Name

In

Required

Type

Description

Default

key

Path

Yes

Integer

Key associated with report.

Responses

Name

Type

Description

200 OK

Report

OK

404 Not Found

String

Dashboard identified by key was not found.

Report

Contains the information associated with a report.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

name

string

Name of the report

No

parameters

Parameter []

List of parameters that the report requires.

No

excludable

Excludable

Defines the elements in the report that can be excluded from being generated

Yes

Parameter

Specifies a parameter for a report, a report may have 0 or more parameters, these parameters contain information on allowing the user to select or enter an appropriate value.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

Default

parameterName

string

Name of the parameter.

No

displayName

string

Display caption used when displaying the parameter to the user for them to enter/select a value.

No

order

integer

Display order of the parameter.

No

columns

integer

The number of display columns that this column consumes, report parameters should be displayed in a 2 column form.

No

1

blankText

string

Text that can be used, in a greyed-out embedded in the control for the parameter.

Yes

fieldType

Integer

Field Type of the parameter, determines what data can be entered by the user.

No

editorType

Integer

Editor that should be used for the parameter.

No

foreignTable

Integer

If this is a foreign key, then this specifies the table that should be used to provide a selection dialog.

Yes

multiSelect

Boolean

Does this parameter allow multiple values to be selected.

No

No

lookupList

Integer

Specifies the key of the lookup list to use, if fieldType is a lookup list.

No

No

required

Boolean

Is a value required to be provided for this report parameter.

No

True

previousValue

Any

Contains the previously selected value from the last time this report was executed.

Yes

Null

Excludable

Specifies a report element that may be excluded and defines children that may also be excluded.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

Default

name

string

Name of the report element.

No

description

string

Description of the report element.

No

canExclude

bool

True if the element can be excluded from the report

No

key

integer

Key associated with the element, when excluding elements from a report job, this key should be specified.

No

elements

Excludable []

List of child elements that may be excluded.

Yes

Example

Retrieve the name and parameters for the report identified by the key of 3

Request

GET /icweb.dll/report/3

Response

{
        "name": "Test Report",
        "parameters": [{
                        "parameterName": "Component_ID",
                        "displayName": "Asset",
                        "order": 0,
                        "columns": 1,
                        "fieldType": 3,
                        "editorType": 13,
                        "foreignTable": "Component",
                        "multiSelect": true,
                        "previousValue": 2
                }, {
                        "parameterName": "Workpack_ID",
                        "displayName": "Workpack",
                        "order": 0,
                        "columns": 1,
                        "fieldType": 3,
                        "editorType": 13,
                        "foreignTable": "Workpack",
                }
        ],
        "excludable": {
                "name": "Test Report",
                "canExclude": false,
                "key": 9,
                "elements": [{
                                "name": "Repeat Assets",
                                "canExclude": false,
                                "key": 10,
                                "elements": [{
                                                "name": "Tasks",
                                                "canExclude": true,
                                                "key": 11,
                                                "elements": []
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                ]
        }
}

Report

Submit a job to generate a report template.

Only available to hosted SaaS clients

HTTP Request

POST /icweb.dll/report/

URI Parameters

Name

In

Required

Type

Description

Default

reportTemplate

Body

Yes

Integer

Key associated with report.

outputType

Body

No

String

Format that the report should be generated in, JSON, html, xlsx, rtf are accepted types.

JSON

excludedGroups []

Body

No

Integer

Contains a list of groups (obtained from Excludable) to exclude from report generation.

recipients

Body

No

String

List of comma separated email address to send the report to, if omitted then the report isn’t emailed and is available for download.

embedHtml

Body

No

Boolean

If outputType is ‘html’ and recipients contains a valid email address, then this determines whether the html report is sent as the body of the email (true) or as an attachment (false).

False

subject

Body

No

String

Subject used in the email generated if the report is sent to recipients.

parameters

Body

No

JSON

A JSON object of all the parameter values used in the report.

Responses

Name

Type

Description

200 OK

Server Job

Report job created, response contains information on the job.

400

Validation Error

Configuration provided for report is invalid, further information on what part was invalid is provided.

404

Not found

The specified reportTemplate was not found.

Example

Ask the server to generate the report identified by the key of 3, using the values of the passed parameters

Request

POST /icweb.dll/report
{
        "reportTemplate": 3,
        "outputType": "html"
        "parameters": [{
                        "parameterName": "Component_ID",
                        "value": [4, 3]
                }, {
                        "parameterName": "Workpack_ID",
                        "value": 35
                }
        ]
}

Response

{
        "id": "{7945AE0D-BB7D-4D7C-AF68-175C74CF02D5}",
        "percentComplete": 0
}