getFormatSamples(name)

Use this method to retrieve sample format specifications.

Possible choices are based on the user's locale preferences. If no format specifications are listed in the user's content locale, the method retrieves the specifications listed in the user's product locale.

Signatures

Java and Apache Axis
 
public  com.cognos.developer.schemas.bibus._3.XmlEncodedXML[] 
getFormatSamples(java.lang.String  name) 
C# .NET
 
public  xmlEncodedXML[]  getFormatSamples(string  name) 

References

Part of the following method sets:
Implemented by the following services:

The services that implement the getFormatSamples method, along with the associated SOAP actions, are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Services implementing the getFormatSamples method.

Service

SOAP Action
systemService

http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/cognos/systemService/201404/

Input parameters

Use the following parameters when calling this method.

name

Specifies the name used to identify a particular set of sample format specifications.

This argument

  • is of type string

    is encoded as type xs:string

Return values

This method returns the following values.

result

Returns the sample format specifications.

This result