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Get Descendant Count

get

/outline/{app}/{cube}/descendantsCount/{memberUniqueName}

Retrieve descendant count for the requested member.

Request

Path Parameters

• app(required):

  Application name.

• cube(required):

  Database name.

• memberUniqueName(required):

  Unique member name (fully qualified name).

Query Parameters

• applicationNameForConnection:

  Application name for connection.

• connection:

  Essbase connection name.

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Response

200 Response

OK

Descendants count returned successfully.

400 Response

Bad Request

Failed to get descendants count.

500 Response

Internal Server Error.

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Examples

The following example shows how to get the number of descendants a specified Essbase member has.

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/outline/ASOSamp/Basic/descendantsCount/Products?links=none" -H Accept:text/plain -o prodcount.txt -u %User%:%Password%

Example of Response Body

The following information is written to prodcount.txt:

37

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