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You need to have a Yellowfin user with rights to perform web services calls. Ensure that this is turned on in the user role:

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You will need the web services admin user's details (login name and password) to perform web service calls.

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titlePerforming SOAP calls

All the code samples under Web Services and Web Services Administration Service and Report Service sections are explained using SOAP calls in Java.

 

To initialize Administration service:

AdministrationServiceService s_adm = new AdministrationServiceServiceLocator(<host>,<port>, <ServicePath>, <ssl>) ;        

AdministrationServiceSoapBindingStub rssbs_admin = (AdministrationServiceSoapBindingStub) s_adm.getAdminService();

 

To initialize Report service:

ReportServiceService s_rpt = new ReportServiceServiceLocator(<host>, <port>, <ServicePath>, <ssl>);

ReportServiceSoapBindingStub rssbs_report = (ReportServiceSoapBindingStub) s_rpt.getReportService();

 

Where

Parameter

Type

Description

host

String

Yellowfin server

port

Integer

http port number to access Yellowfin server

ServicePath

String

Path to the service

Administration service path: "/services/AdministartionService"

Report service path: "/services/ReportService"

ssl

Boolean

If SSL enabled: true

 

The primary objects include:

  • AdministrationServiceRequest: An object that defines the type of call being made to the web service.
  • AdministrationServiceResponse: An object returned by the web service.

 

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There are two groups of web services:

  • Web Services  allows Administration Service allows to manage users and client orgs, and perform Single-Sign-On. These are enabled with any Yellowfin license.
  • Web Services allows Report Service allows to load reports/dashboard definitions, render reports into your interface, etc. This requires a Server license.

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