Opening a Snapshot Book That Has the Same Name as Other Financial Reporting Objects

Use a URL to open a Snapshot Book that has the same name as other Financial Reporting objects:

http://servername:portNumber/workspace/browse/get/Smartcut%20Folder/report_name?mimetype
=application/hyperion-reports-snapshot_book

Use Latest=true along with the mimetype variable to get latest object:

http://servername:portNumber/workspace/browse/get/Smartcut%20Folder/report_name?mimetype
=application/hyperion-reports-snapshot_book&Latest=true

Use Version=1 along with the mimetype variable to get latest object, or the specific version of the object output:

http://servername:portNumber/workspace/browse/get/Smartcut%20Folder/report_name?mimetype
=application/hyperion-reports-snapshot_book%version=1

Below are possible values for the mimetype variable for Financial Reporting objects. These values are retrieved from the NAME field in the V8_METATYPE table in the Financial Reporting repository. Look for DESCRIPTION fields containing Financial Reporting related objects, and then retrieve the corresponding NAME field to use in the MIME type variable.

From V8_METATYPE:

  • application/hyperion-reports-report

  • application/hyperion-reports-snapshot_report

  • application/hyperion-reports-book

  • application/hyperion-reports-snapshot_book