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Get Date Formats

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/essbase/rest/v1/applications/{applicationName}/databases/{databaseName}/settings/outline/dateformats

Returns date formats of the outline from the specified database.

Request

Path Parameters

• applicationName: string

  Application name.

• databaseName: string

  Database name.

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Response

Supported Media Types

• application/json
• application/xml

200 Response

OK

Date formats retrieved successfully.

Body ()

Root Schema : dateformats

Type: object

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• name(optional): string
• value(optional): string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "name":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "value":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    },
    "xml":{
        "name":"dateformats"
    }
}

400 Response

Bad Request

Failed to get the date formats. The application or database name may be incorrect.

500 Response

Internal Server Error.

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Examples

The following example shows how to get possible date formats for a cube.

This example uses cURL to access the REST API from a Windows shell script. The calling user's ID and password are variables whose values are set in properties.bat.

Script with cURL Command

call properties.bat
curl -X GET "https://myserver.example.com:9001/essbase/rest/v1/applications/Sample_Dynamic/databases/Basic/settings/outline/dateformats" -H "accept: application/json"-u %User%:%Password%

Example of Response Body

[
  {
    "name": "mon dd yyyy",
    "value": "Apr 07 2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "Month dd yyyy",
    "value": "April 07 2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "Month dd, yy",
    "value": "April 07, 20"
  },
  {
    "name": "Mon dd, yy",
    "value": "Apr 07, 20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd Month yy",
    "value": "07 April 20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd mm yy",
    "value": "07 04 20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd Month yyyy",
    "value": "07 April 2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd mon yyyy",
    "value": "07 Apr 2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "yymmdd",
    "value": "200407"
  },
  {
    "name": "mm/dd/yy",
    "value": "04/07/20"
  },
  {
    "name": "mm/dd/yyyy",
    "value": "04/07/2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd/mm/yy",
    "value": "07/04/20"
  },
  {
    "name": "yy/mm/dd",
    "value": "20/04/07"
  },
  {
    "name": "yyyy/mm/dd",
    "value": "2020/04/07"
  },
  {
    "name": "mm-dd-yy",
    "value": "04-07-20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd.mm.yy",
    "value": "07.04.20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd-mm-yy",
    "value": "07-04-20"
  },
  {
    "name": "dd-mon-yy ",
    "value": "07-Apr-20 "
  },
  {
    "name": "yyyy-mm-dd",
    "value": "2020-04-07"
  },
  {
    "name": "yy.mm.dd",
    "value": "20.04.07"
  },
  {
    "name": "Long format",
    "value": "Tuesday, April 07, 2020"
  },
  {
    "name": "Short format",
    "value": "4/7/20"
  }
]

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