Longview Application Framework
Longview Application Framework
Longview 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 Fr...
Consuming Other Data Sources
Consuming Other Data Sources
Consuming other data sources via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) queries
For importing data from a third-party application to a Longview DataArea or DataTable, you may use an ODBC connection. This is accomplished by using a Longview Data Import and specifying ODBC as the DataSource, along with an appropriate connection string and SQL statement to execute.
The f...
Providing REST APIs
Providing REST APIs
In 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 ...
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 Americ...
Web Services
Web Services
Web 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,...
Common Web Service Elements
Common Web Service Elements
Web services have the following common elements:
Connection Information
Result Information
Connection Information
Connection 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 ...
Symbol Web Services
Symbol Web Services
The following web service functions related to symbols are available in Longview:
Assign Parent
Create
Delete
Remove Parent
Retrieve
Update
Assign Parent
The 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:a...
Data Web Services
Data Web Services
The following web service functions related to data are available in Longview:
Lock
Retrieve
Retrieve to File
Submit
Submit from File
Unlock
Lock
The 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">
<...
REST APIs
REST APIs
The 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
Example:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/Longview/lvweb.cgi/Longview/api/app
The following services are provided:
/solutions
/solutions/attributevalue
/solutions/attributevalue/{class}
/solutions/attributevalue/{class}/{na...