Generic methods

Use these methods when developing a generic C# or Java™ application.

getCognosURL
Retrieves the URL of a report to display in IBM® Cognos® Viewer.
getOutput
Polls the IBM Cognos Analytics server until an asynchronous method completes. This method is then used to retrieve the report output.
getOutputFormat
Retrieves a URL that can be used to retrieve a report in an IBM Cognos Viewer format.
getOutputFormats
Retrieves the list of supported provider output formats for the specified report.
getPagedReportData
Retrieves the first page of the output of a content store object, such as a report. You can then use secondary requests to retrieve additional pages of the output.
getPromptAnswers
Retrieves the prompt answers chosen by a user in a prompt page.
getPromptDescription
Gets the prompts associated with a prompt page.
getPromptPage
Collects prompt answers using the IBM Cognos prompt user interface.
getReportData
Retrieves the content of a report.
getReportPrompts
Retrieves a prompt page in LDX format.
Secondary methods
The secondary methods available for generic methods are described here.

Parent topic: SOAP methods reference