getAllCategoryDescendents

Description
This inquiry transaction returns all descendents for a given category. A descendent is a category that is lower in the category hierarchy tree than the given category (a subcategory).
Web Services
Operation name: getAllCategoryDescendents
Service name: DWLBusinessServices
Example
Retrieve all descendents, including category relationship details, of the "Insurance" category in the product hierarchy of a financial services organization.
Usage information
This transaction can also return localized content. The request header (DWLControl element) contains the localization parameter, InquiryLanguage. The values for InquiryLanguage must correspond to either LanguageType or Locale, as defined in the CDLANGTP code table. Each request can include one or more InquiryLanguage elements, enabling you to retrieve localized content for all desired locales.

This transaction does not support the Pagination feature.

Preconditions
Not applicable
Mandatory input
  • CategoryId
  • Filter
Inquiry levels
Not applicable
Filter values
Filter values are mandatory for this transaction. Valid values are:
  • ACTIVE - returns only active descendents and, for each active descendent, returns only active category relationships associated with the descendent.
    Note: If the given category has a descendent that is active but has an inactive relationship along the category path, the descendent will still be returned, but the inactive relationship will not.
  • INACTIVE - returns only inactive descendents and, for each inactive descendent, returns only inactive category relationships associated with the descendent.
  • ALL - returns all descendents and their category relationships, both active and inactive.

Filter values are not case sensitive for this transaction.

Transaction behavior
Category relationships associated with the given category's descendents are also returned.
Request message
<InquiryType> getAllCategoryDescendents

<InquiryParam>

     <tcrmParam name = "CategoryId">

     <tcrmParam name = "filter">

Response objects
CategoryBObj and CategoryRelationshipBObj
If the optional InquiryLanguage element is provided in the request header, the business objects for localized content are also returned:
Special note
Not applicable