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getCalculationId

The getCalculationId method calculates a report in the background and returns an id for the calculation result. The id can then be used by the other API to get data from that calculation result.

Syntax

getCalculationId (reportName, queryString, isPrivate, publisher)

Arguments

reportName : string (required)

The name of the report to be calculated.

queryString : string

Any additional query string arguments to be passed to the report for calculation.

Default value: ""

isPrivate : boolean

Specify if the report is private.

Default value: false

publisher : string

If the report is private, specify the login id of the user that published it.

Default value: ""

Return

The result of this function is numeric value representing the calculation id.

Example

The following code will call back to the server and calculate the named report and then retrieve data from it, without ever rendering that report.

//
// Example 1 - Calculate the named public report.
//
var calcId1 = report.api.getCalculationId("MyTestReport");

//
// Example 2 - Calculate the named private report
//
var calcId2 = report.api.getCalculationId("MyTestReport", "", true, "sgibbs");

//
// Example 3 - Calculate a public report with additional parameters
//
var queryString = "[Date].[Date].%26[2]&R1C3=Yesterday"
var calcId3 = report.api.getCalculationId("MyTestReport", queryString);
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