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Get applicable properties for a datasource

Available since 2021 Update 8

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This workflow sample demonstrates how to retrieve the applicable properties of a datasource through Modeling Service.

You want to get the applicable properties of the Amazon Athena datasource object. The object ID is 31B4EC39D7F94875AB4E2785C8BBA26E.

info

Get the authorization token needed to execute the request with POST /api/auth/login.

Get the project ID from GET /api/projects.

Retrieve the applicable properties using GET /api/model/datasources/{datasourceId}/applicableAdvancedProperties.

Sample Request Header:

"accept": "application/json"
"X-MSTR-AuthToken": "cs0intmf1fgij7ao0v2v0j48e5"
"X-MSTR-ProjectID": "B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754"

Sample Request Body: Empty

Sample Curl:

curl -X GET "https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api/model/datasources/31B4EC39D7F94875AB4E2785C8BBA26E/applicableAdvancedProperties" \
-H "accept: application/json" \
-H "X-MSTR-AuthToken: cs0intmf1fgij7ao0v2v0j48e5" \
-H "X-MSTR-ProjectID: B7CA92F04B9FAE8D941C3E9B7E0CD754"

Sample Response Body:

You can view the applicable properties in the body of the response.

{
"propertyCount": 2,
"applicableProperties": {
"[VLDB Select].[Allow Cartesian Join]": {
"name": "Allow Cartesian Join",
"groupId": 1,
"groupName": "Joins",
"maxValue": 2,
"displayType": "options",
"displayName": "Cartesian Join Governing",
"showSqlPreview": true,
"options": [
{
"value": "Choosing this option keeps the backward compatibility with MicroStrategy 2019 where SQL queries are governed by \"Cartesian Join Warning\" VLDB setting.",
"sqlPreview": "OBSOLETE - Keep backward compatibility with MicroStrategy 2019."
},
{
"value": "Cancel execution of cartesian join for SQL, MDX, In-Memory queries.",
"sqlPreview": "This VLDB setting only works for Data Engine Version 2020 or above. Choosing this option disallows cross join execution for SQL, MDX and In-Memory queries."
},
{
"value": "Execute cartesian join for SQL, MDX, In-Memory queries.",
"sqlPreview": "This VLDB setting only works for Data Engine Version 2020 or above. Choosing this option allows cross join execution for SQL, MDX and In-Memory queries."
}
],
"type": "int32",
"defaultValue": 0
},
"[VLDB Select].[Join Across Datasets]": {
"name": "Join Across Datasets",
"groupId": 2,
"groupName": "Metrics",
"maxValue": 1,
"displayType": "options",
"displayName": "Join Across Datasets",
"showSqlPreview": false,
"options": [
{
"value": "Disallow joins based on unrelated common attributes",
"sqlPreview": "Metrics"
},
{
"value": "Allow joins based on unrelated common attributes",
"sqlPreview": "Metrics"
}
],
"type": "int32",
"defaultValue": 0
},
"sqlDynamicPreview": "[VLDB Report].[Report PreStatement 1]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PreStatement 2]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PreStatement 3]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PreStatement 4]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PreStatement 5]\n\n[VLDB Create].[Table PreStatement 1]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PreStatement 2]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PreStatement 3]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PreStatement 4]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PreStatement 5]\n\ncreate [VLDB Create].[Table Qualifier] table [VLDB Create].[Table Descriptor] [VLDB Create].[Table Prefix] TABLENAME [VLDB Create].[Table\nOption] (ATTRIBUTE_COL1 VARCHAR(20) [VLDB Create].[Attribute ID Constraint] , FORM_COL2 CHAR(20), [Attribute non-ID Constraint] FACT_COL3\nFLOAT) [VLDB Create].[Table Space]\nprimary index (ATTRIBUTE_COL1, FORM_COL2) [VLDB Create].[Create PostString]\n\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PreStatement 1]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PreStatement 2]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PreStatement 3]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PreStatement 4]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PreStatement 5]\n\n[VLDB Insert].[Bulk Insert String] insert into TABLENAME [VLDB Insert].[Insert Table Option] select [VLDB Select].[SQL Hint] A1.COL1 [VLDB\nSyntax].[Mid Name Alias Pattern] COLUMN1ALIAS, A2.COL2 [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name Alias Pattern] COLUMN2ALIAS, A3.COL3 [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name\nAlias Pattern] COLUMN3ALIAS from TABLE1 A1, TABLE2 A2, TABLE3 A3 where A1.COL1 = A2.COL1 and A2.COL4=A3.COL5 [VLDB Insert].[Post Insert\nString]\n\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert MidStatement 1]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert MidStatement 2]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert MidStatement 3]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert MidStatement 4]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert MidStatement 5]\n\n[VLDB Insert].[Bulk Insert String] insert into TABLENAME [VLDB Insert].[Insert Table Option] select [VLDB Select].[SQL Hint] A1.COL1 [VLDB\nSyntax].[Mid Name Alias Pattern] COLUMN1ALIAS, A2.COL2 [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name Alias Pattern] COLUMN2ALIAS, A3.COL3 [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name\nAlias Pattern] COLUMN3ALIAS from TABLE4 A1, TABLE5 A2, TABLE6 A3 where A1.COL1 = A2.COL1 and A2.COL4=A3.COL5 [VLDB Insert].[Post Insert\nString]\n\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PostStatement 1]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PostStatement 2]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PostStatement 3]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PostStatement 4]\n[VLDB Insert].[Insert PostStatement 5]\n\ncreate [VLDB Create].[Index Qualifier] index [VLDB Create].[Index Prefix] IDX_TEMP1(STORE_ID, STORE_DESC) [VLDB Create].[Index PostString]\n\n[VLDB Create].[Table PostStatement 1]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PostStatement 2]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PostStatement 3]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PostStatement 4]\n[VLDB Create].[Table PostStatement 5]\n\nselect [VLDB Select].[SQL Hint] A1.STORE_NBR [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name Alias Pattern] STORE_NBR, max(A1.STORE_DESC) [VLDB Syntax].[Mid Name\nAlias Pattern] METRICALIAS from LOOKUP_STORE A1 A1.STORE_NBR = 1 group by A1.STORE_NBR [VLDB Select].[SELECT PostString]\n\n[VLDB Report].[Report PostStatement 1]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PostStatement 2]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PostStatement 3]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PostStatement 4]\n[VLDB Report].[Report PostStatement 5]\n[Drop Table PreStatement 1]\n\ndrop table TABLENAME\n\n[Drop Table PostStatement 1]\n[VLDB Drop].[Post Cleanup Statement 1]\n[VLDB Drop].[Post Cleanup Statement 2]\n[VLDB Drop].[Post Cleanup Statement 3]\n[VLDB Drop].[Post Cleanup Statement 4]\n[VLDB Drop].[Post Cleanup Statement 5]"
}
}

Response Code: 200 (The applicable properties of a datasource were returned successfully.)