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Get Application Variables

get

/essbase/rest/v1/applications/{applicationName}/variables

Returns all substitution variables from the specified application.

Request

Path Parameters

• applicationName: string

  Application name.

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Response

Supported Media Types

• application/json
• application/xml

200 Response

OK

Variables returned successfully, with links to get, edit, or delete.

Body ()

Root Schema : schema

Type: array

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• Array of: object VariableList

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/definitions/VariableList"
    }
}

Nested Schema : VariableList

Type: object

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• count(optional): integer(int64)
• hasMore(optional): boolean
• items(optional): array items
• limit(optional): integer(int64)
• offset(optional): integer(int64)
• properties(optional): object properties
  Additional Properties Allowed: additionalProperties
• totalResults(optional): integer(int64)

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "items":{
            "type":"array",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/definitions/Variable"
            }
        },
        "totalResults":{
            "type":"integer",
            "format":"int64"
        },
        "hasMore":{
            "type":"boolean"
        },
        "count":{
            "type":"integer",
            "format":"int64"
        },
        "limit":{
            "type":"integer",
            "format":"int64"
        },
        "properties":{
            "type":"object",
            "additionalProperties":{
                "type":"string"
            }
        },
        "offset":{
            "type":"integer",
            "format":"int64"
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : items

Type: array

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• Array of: object Variable

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/definitions/Variable"
    }
}

Nested Schema : properties

Type: object

Additional Properties Allowed

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• string

{
    "type":"object",
    "additionalProperties":{
        "type":"string"
    }
}

Nested Schema : Variable

Type: object

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• appName(optional): string
• dbName(optional): string
• links(optional): array links
• name(optional): string
• value(optional): string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "name":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "value":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "appName":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "dbName":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "links":{
            "type":"array",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/definitions/Link"
            }
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : links

Type: array

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• Array of: object Link

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/definitions/Link"
    }
}

Nested Schema : Link

Type: object

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• href(optional): string
• method(optional): string
• rel(optional): string
• type(optional): string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "rel":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "href":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "method":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "type":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

400 Response

Bad Request

Failed to get the variables. The application name may be incorrect.

500 Response

Internal Server Error.

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Examples

The following example shows how to list the variables defined for an Essbase application.

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/variables?links=none" -H Accept:application/json -H Content-Type:application/json -u %User%:%Password%

Example of Response Body

{
  "items" : [ {
    "name" : "CurrMonth",
    "value" : "Sep"
  }, {
    "name" : "NextMonth",
    "value" : "Oct"
  } ]
}

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