Run report

post

/services/rest/v1/reports/{reportPath}/run

Send a request to the Oracle BI Publisher server to run a specific report. It is a syncronized request and response contains the report output

• Request
• Response
• Examples

Request

Supported Media Types

• multipart/form-data

Path Parameters

reportPath

Type: string

Required: true

URL encoded report path. e.g. If your report path is "/Sample Lite/Published Reporting/Reports/Balance Letter" then your encoded report path will be "%2FSample%20Lite%2FPublished%20Reporting%2FReports%2FBalance%20Letter"

Form Parameters

ReportData

Type: file

Report data . "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"

ReportRequest

Required: true

Report request . "Content-Type: application/json" . Check ReportRequest of Get report parameters (/services/rest/v1/reports/{reportPath}/parameters) for JSON structure

Response

Supported Media Types

• multipart/form-data

200 Response

Returns report output as multipart/form-data having two parts . 1) ReportResponse having "Content-Type: application/json" 2) ReportOutput having "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"

Body

Root Schema : ReportResponse

Type: object

Properties

ReportOutput

Type: string (binary)

Report output.

ReportResponse

Type: object ReportResponseMetaData

Nested Schema : ReportResponseMetaData

Type: object

Properties

metaDataList

Type: object MetaDataList

reportContentType

Type: string

The report content type. Possible values include: "text/html;charset=UTF-8""text/plain;charset=UTF-8" "application/pdf" "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" "application/vnd.ms-excel" "application/msword" "application/x-shockwave-flash" "text/xml" "message/rfc822"

reportLocale

Type: string

The locale selected for the report (for example, fr_FR) .

Nested Schema : MetaDataList

Type: object

Properties

metaDataName

Type: string

The name of the metadata.

metaDataValue

Type: string

The metadata content.

Examples

Simple run report request and response

This example shows the request structure to run a simple report:

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Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ReportRequest"

{"byPassCache":true,"flattenXML":false}
--Boundary_1_1153447573_1465550731355--

This example represents the response:

--Boundary_4_543972006_1465550732053
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ReportResponse"

{"reportContentType":"application/pdf"}
--Boundary_4_543972006_1465550732053
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: form-data; filename="xmlp3001677868600512506tmp"; modification-date="Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:25:32 GMT"; size=7638; name="ReportOutput"

<Report output . For example PDF,HTML,EXCEL content>
--Boundary_4_543972006_1465550732053--

Run a report with custom report data

This example shows the request structure to run a report with custom report data:

--Boundary_3_384617262_1465550732541
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ReportRequest"

{"byPassCache":true,"flattenXML":false}
--Boundary_3_384617262_1465550732541
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Disposition: form-data; filename="Balance Letter.xml"; modification-date="Tue, 01 Jan 2000 07:35:28 GMT"; size=24700; name="ReportData"

<Report XML Data Content>
--Boundary_3_384617262_1465550732541--

This example represents the response:

--Boundary_6_656616533_1465550732888
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ReportResponse"

{"reportContentType":"application/pdf"}
--Boundary_6_656616533_1465550732888
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: form-data; filename="xmlp2661880851808387788tmp"; modification-date="Fri, 01 Jan 2000 09:25:32 GMT"; size=7647; name="ReportOutput"

<Report output . For example PDF,HTML,EXCEL content>
--Boundary_6_656616533_1465550732888--