Question for anyone using the Looker Studio Linking API: Can I pass a parameter value via the Linking API URL so it gets used in the created copy of the report?
The Linking API has its own parameter types that can be included in the URL in order to accomplish various things (URL parameters, Control parameters, Report parameters) but I'm talking about finding a way to set the value of a parameter that is part of a report's embedded data source.
Yes, you can pass parameter values in the URL.
There is no description of this in the Linking API documentation, which seems to be an oversight since it is possible. A description of how can be found in the Overridable config parameters section of the Developer's Guide for Community Connectors.
In summary, you need to:
Switch the report to Edit mode
Go to "Resource" -> "Manage report URL parameters" in the menu and check the "Allow to be modified in report URL" check box for the parameter you want to pass. Also take note of the parameter name, in the example it's ds0.zipcode
Create a JSON string with the parameter name and value:
{
"ds0.zipcode": "94094"
}
URL-encode the JSON string you created:
%7B%22ds0.zipcode%22%3A%2294094%22%7D
Add a query parameter named params to the report URL with the above URL-encoded JSON as the value:
https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/REPORT_ID/page/PAGE_ID?params=%7B%22ds0.zipcode%22%3A%2294094%22%7D
(Replace REPORT_ID and PAGE_ID with the values for your report)
Note that there is a limitation when using the same parameter for multiple data sources in a report. The parameter will show up with a different name for each data source in the "Manage report URL parameters" page, and you will need to add the same value for each one in the URL (see this issue in Google's bug tracker)
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When you use salesforce data that has being exported through any API, tables you get have column names in their "API_Name" format. This differs a bit from their "Filed Label" format in which they are presented on salesforce's web UI (for example on reports).
You can find what API name corresponds to any of the columns (objects) in the salesforce object manager.
My question is: is there anywhere a dictionary to map API Names back to their Filed Labels? It will be very helpful to have in JSON or anything that can be used programmatically.
It's called "describe" data. It's available for whole object (label, plural label), fields (label, picklist value translations), names of related lists.
In Apex this is a good initial reading: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.200.0.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dynamic_describe_objects_understanding.htm and for fields: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_fields_describe.htm
If you're using REST API - make GET to /services/data/v55.0/sobjects/Account/describe for example.
Have a look at https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_quick_start.htm too. For example if you need to build your own UI for "dependent picklists" it can be painful to read it all from "describe", https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_features_records_dependent_picklist.htm is bit better. And when you fetch records via this API you get fields as object with visible label and raw value (useful when displaying dates, numbers for example)
So, I've been attempting to gather picklist dependencies per Opportunity record type for my lightning components. I have been able to retrieve Standard Field dependencies by RecordType, but it the Tooling API will not return the custom field dependencies. Standard calls and queries will not work either, as they state that the field has no controlling value or dependency.
Given this information I suspected that there was a table that is hidden somewhere that contains the keys for the RecordType and FieldDefinition, hopefully with a nested Metadata object.
I found an Id in one of the parameters in the setup menu for a Record Type and Id.getSObjectType() on it. The table name is CustomFieldDefinition. However, it is not accessible via SOQL or the Tooling API.
Has anyone accessed this table? Or has anyone been able to retrieve the field-record type picklist dependencies on custom fields AND standard fields?Tooling API ResponseDebug Log with SObject Name
I think you're doing it wrong.
"Controlling field" would be another picklist or a checkbox for example, something you change during same edit action. If you have dependency to record type - in that sense it's not a controlling field. Sure, you change record type and picklist changes - but really everything would change, it should be a different page layout (different fields shown, marked readonly/required etc). There's a reason that record type change is not done on normal edit screen, you do it by clicking special link on detail view and then everything "explodes".
Have a look at "User Interface API" - set of tools meant to help your custom app (mobile? desktop?) steal recreate a normal page layout. This one might be especially useful: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_resources_picklist_values_collection.htm
There's even a Trailhead: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/user-interface-api (skim through whole set but especially read last module)
And since you mentioned Lightning Components - are you aware of these ready tools:
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/lwc/lwc.reference_ui_api
getPicklistValuesByRecordType
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/lwc/lwc.reference_generate_record_input_create
or maybe you don't have to code it all and stuff like <lightning-record-edit-form> with recordtypeid passed to it will solve all your problems
Have a look, if I didn't give you a working solution then at least you have some keywords to Google around. If you're still stuck - try to post a code sample as new question?
We can't extract data from the incoming Salesforce Object in the Journey Builder to the Custom Activity we made. We have already followed the syntax that was instructed in your documentation -> https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.noversion.mc-apis.meta/mc-apis/how-data-binding-works.htm (under Event Context section).
We are primarily using Postmonger for our Custom Activity, and in our config.json under the inArguments, we input something like below to fetch the data from the Salesforce Object:
"fieldKey": "{{Event." + [ eventDefinitionKey ] + ".Task:Field_Name__c}}"
The eventDefinitionKey we get from the data loaded by triggering the requestedTriggerEventDefinition exposed by the Postmonger.
The resulting inArguments from above would be something like this:
"fieldKey": "{{Event.SalesforceObjacf28b016bf83c75b4926e0ec292eda5.Task:SMS_Content__c}}"
And based from the documentation mentioned previously, that syntax should be enough, yet we cannot retrieve it on our Custom Activity.
Another thing to note is that we can fetch information using the same syntax if the entry object is a Data Extension like below:
"fieldKey": "Event.DEAudience-e56d43c3-e2cf-60f1-fecd-ecf4d358d7b4.Field_Name"
The syntax above work which uses Data Extension is okay, but the one with the Salesforce Object does not.
What are we doing incorrectly here or is not possible entirely?
NOTE: the journey gets triggered by creating a task in Service Cloud
We put " around the eventDefinitionKey and the field name as well, and it works from Salesforce Data sources.
Something like:
"fieldKey": '{{Event."SalesforceObjacf28b016bf83c75b4926e0ec292eda5"."Task:SMS_Content__c"}}'
Note the switch to single quotes and how we're explicitly wrapping those inner attributes with double quotes
Update Oct 2020
Please see this post here which allows you to see the full merge fields of the entire Data Extension (no matter what type it is)
I have a Dart application that's getting data from a custom Google endpoint. I'm using discoveryapis_generator to generate the client library. I would like to issue a query like the following:
import endpoints_api.dart as EndpointsApi;
api = new EndpointsApi.MyApi();
api.photos.list(api.Photo.post_id == "post1");
endpoints_api.dart is the client library generated by discoveryapis_generator generate.dart. MyApi is my custom endpoints API, and photos is one of its services. I think Photo is an endpoints model class which has an instance property post_id.
Issuing the request results in an error to the effect that Photo has no static getter "post_id". This is close to how to the syntax of a query in the Python API, so it was the only way I could think of to specify it here.
I don't know what else might be helpful in describing my request. Hopefully it is self-evident. There's an active enhancement described here, but it seems to refer to limiting the fields, rather than items, in the response.
Update:
Poking around in the client library, I found the source for the list methods. It certainly looks like query parameters are supported. But it seems to me that it's not entirely correct. The formal parameter list contains the query parameters specified in the API surrounded by braces:
async.Future<PhotoCollection> list({core.String postId, core.String regionId}) {...
But in the method body, there's the following:
if (regionId != null) {
_queryParams["region_id"] = [regionId];
Are the brackets in [regionId] to extract region from the parameter list?
I pulled the braces out of the parameter list. Since I only ever expect to query by postId, that's the only parameter:
async.Future<PhotoCollection> list(core.String postId) {...
Voila. I can now add a parameter to the query by just specifying its value in the call:
api.photos.list("post1");
If you wrap the parameters of a method in curly braces, you make them optional.
So you can still use your method with the given signature. You just have to add the name of the parameter you want to pass:
api.photos.list(postId: "post1");
I have used IBM Watson Retrieve and Rank Web Interface to create a collection of html articles. Via the web interface I was able to upload my html articles. The problem is when I query the collection the data for id and title are not usable. Here is the query I made in the browser:
https://MY-USER-NAME:MY-PASSWORD#gateway.watsonplatform.net/retrieve-and-rank/api/v1/solr_clusters/MY-CLUSTER/solr/MY-COLLECTION/select?q=what is the basic mechanism of the transonic aileron buzz&wt=json&fl=id,title
The response I get is:
{"responseHeader":{"status":0,"QTime":106,"params":{"q":"what is the basic mechanism of the transonic aileron buzz","fl":"id,title","wt":"json"}},"response":{"numFound":12,"start":0,"docs":[{"id":"6a06f47c-cb3f-4791-9914-c84772eb9415","title":"no-title"}.....
The bold section is the problem. When using the web interface is there a way to set the title and id when uploading documents? Or, better yet, is there another way I query my collection to get the file name of the document I uploaded and/or the text from the document?
When using the web interface is there a way to set the title and id when uploading documents?
No, sorry.
However, if you upload the documents yourself from outside of the web interface, you can specify the title and ID (and the documents will be shown in the web interface when you come back to it).
is there another way I query my collection to get the file name of the document I uploaded
Yes
In the query you posted above, the last parameters you have are the fields you want to retrieve
&fl=id,title
You're retrieving the ID and the title.
If you want the name of the file that the content came from, add fileName. For example:
https://MY-USER-NAME:MY-PASSWORD#gateway.watsonplatform.net/retrieve-and-rank/api/v1/solr_clusters/MY-CLUSTER/solr/MY-COLLECTION/select?q=what is the basic mechanism of the transonic aileron buzz&wt=json&fl=id,title,fileName
is there another way I query my collection to get text from the document
Yes.
Similar to above, you just need to update the list of fields that you retrieve. The contents of the doc is put in a field called body.
So to get the ID, title, and the body, you could use:
https://MY-USER-NAME:MY-PASSWORD#gateway.watsonplatform.net/retrieve-and-rank/api/v1/solr_clusters/MY-CLUSTER/solr/MY-COLLECTION/select?q=what is the basic mechanism of the transonic aileron buzz&wt=json&fl=id,title,body
That gets you a plain text version of the contents. If you want the HTML, use contentHtml instead.
https://MY-USER-NAME:MY-PASSWORD#gateway.watsonplatform.net/retrieve-and-rank/api/v1/solr_clusters/MY-CLUSTER/solr/MY-COLLECTION/select?q=what is the basic mechanism of the transonic aileron buzz&wt=json&fl=id,title,contentHtml