This service submits an existing report spec. The report spec is identified by its UID, which is a 64 bit integer. The UID is obtained by right clicking on a project report and choosing Advanced | Show report spec UID.
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The report spec must belong to the user or the error code CouldNotFindReportSpec will be returned. Public reports are not supported, they must belong to the person running the report. |
Downloading the Report
When the report is submitted, the report output's UID and URL are returned. The UID can be used Pass in the UID to the GetReportStatus web service to determine the status of the report, using the GetReportStatus web service. Once the report successfully completes, use the returned URL can be used to get the report output in one of two ways:
HTTP GET
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In this case the requestor will be asked to log in to Projector (if not already logged in) before given access to the file.
HTTP POST
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In this case the requestor can supply authentication data, AccountName, EmailAddress and Password in the body of the request
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as shown below.
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<!DOCTYPE html >
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="https://secure.projectorpsa.com/Reports/Output1152921504607426094.xls" >
<input type="text" value="" name="AccountName" placeholder="Account" />
<input type="text" value="" name="EmailAddress" placeholder="Email" />
<input type="text" value="" name="Password" placeholder="Password" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html> |
Request
The service request contains:
Name | Data Type | Required? | Default Value | Discussion |
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ReportSpecUid | long | yes |
| 64 bit integer that uniquely identifies the report spec |
Response
If the report spec exists and belongs to the user, then the following data is returned:
Name | Data Type | Discussion |
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ReportOutputUid | long | Uniquely identifies the report output. |
ReportOutputFileUrl | string(255) | The URL of the report output file. This is deprecated and doesn't return anything useful. Use RESTful web services and UID to get the report data. |