Introducing Longview Integration Guide
Introducing Longview Integration GuideLongview provides corporate performance management (CPM) software that leading companies use to drive performance with speed, visibility, and financial integrity. Since 1994, many of the world's most respected companies have been using our technology platform to create a single repository of financial truth from which statutory consolidation, management rep...
Longview Application Framework
Longview Application FrameworkLongview offers integration with other software products through Longview Application Framework or Longview Web Services. Longview Application Framework runs as a component of the Longview Server platform. Longview Application Framework can be run directly from a command prompt in batch mode and can be scheduled via third-party software. Longview Application Framew...
Consuming Other Data Sources
Consuming Other Data SourcesIn this section, you can find information on the following topics:Consuming other data sources via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) queriesConsuming other data sources by calling REST APIs Consuming other data sources via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) queriesFor importing data from a third-party application to a Longview DataArea or DataTable, you may use an ODB...
Providing REST APIs
Providing REST APIsIn addition to calling REST APIs, Longview Application Framework also serves as the framework to provide REST APIs. Rather than providing a fixed set of APIs, Longview provides a framework for Solution Developers to design their own Solution-level APIs. This framework uses Longview Application Framework to expose Apps, that conform to a prescribed format, as REST APIs. In thi...
Extracting Longview Data to ODS
Extracting Longview Data to ODS When Longview data is required by a third-party application, such as a Business Integration reporting package, it is sometimes necessary for that application to not only require the data for the requested data area but to also be able to retrieve the symbols that relate to that data area. For example, if a third-party application requests data for North American ...
Web Services
Web ServicesWeb services allow organizations to communicate data with each other and with clients, without deep knowledge of each other's IT systems behind the firewall. The web service provider defines a format for requests for its service and the response that the service generates. A computer then makes a request for the web services across the network. The web service performs an action, an...
Common Web Service Elements
Common Web Service ElementsWeb services have the following common elements:“Connection Information”“Result Information”Connection InformationConnection information is specified in each Data Server web service request. Each of the web service functions performs its own connection to Longview. Therefore, each function contains a common section to define the parameters required to establish this c...
Symbol Web Services
Symbol Web ServicesThe following web service functions related to symbols are available in Longview:Assign ParentCreateDeleteRemove ParentRetrieveUpdateAssign ParentThe Assign Parent function sends a request to assign existing symbols to existing parents in the Longview system. The request to assign parent-child relationships is similar to the following example:V7 Request<sym:assignParentReques...
Data Web Services
Data Web ServicesThe following web service functions related to data are available in Longview:LockRetrieveRetrieve to FileSubmitSubmit from FileUnlockLockThe Lock function sends a request to lock certain data areas in the Longview system. The request to create a lock on a certain data area is similar to the following example:V7 Request<data:lockRequest doJECheck="false"> <web:comment>Dallas...
REST APIs
REST APIsThe solutions framework provides standard APIs via REST. The base URI for these REST APIs is:<HTTP protocol>://<web server>/<web bridge>/<Longview identifier>/api/app/solutions
The following services are provided:PathMethodsAuthorizations Requiredapp/solutionsGET / HEADConnect to Application Frameworkapp/solutions/attributevalueGET / HEADConnect to Application Frameworkapp/solu...