Change an Item's Data Source

{ changeDataSource }

Changes the content items' data source (materialized model)

Method

Input Parameters

Output Response

Notes

The API data source changes does not allow for 'fixing' issues. It assumes a clean change.

Examples

Content Operations (JavaScript):

This example demonstrates how to manage content items in Pyramid.

The example uses API authentication driven from JavaScript. See Authentication APIs for alternatives.

// URL of the Pyramid installation and the path to the API 2.0 REST methods
var pyramidURL = "http://mySite.com/api2/";

// step 1: authenticate admin account and get token
// NOTE: callApi method is a generic REST method shown below.
let token = callApi("auth/authenticateUser",{
	"data":{
		"userName":"adminUser",
		"password":"abc123!"
	}
},false);
log("got token "+token);

//step 2: get the default tenant ID
let defaultTenant=callApi("access/getDefaultTenant",{
	"auth": token // admin token generated above
}).data;

//step 3: return the ID of the public root folder for the tenant from step 2
let tenentPublicFolder = callApi("content/getPublicOrGroupFolderByTenantId",{
	"folderTenantObject": {
		"validRootFolderType": 1,//the public folder of the default tenant
		"tenantId": defaultTenant
	},
	"auth": token //admin token generated from step 1 above
}).data;

//step 4: add a new folder to the public folder from step 3
let folderCreation = callApi("content/createNewFolder",{
	"folderTenantObject": {
		"parentFolderId": tenentPublicFolder.id,
		"folderName": "new folder"
	},
	"auth": token
}).data;
let folderId=folderCreation.modifiedList[0].id;

//step 5: find roles
let findRole = callApi("access/getRolesByName",{
	"data": {
		"searchValue": "role1",
		"searchMatchType": 2//SearchMatchType.Equals
	},
	"auth": token
});
let roleId=findRole.data[0].roleId;
log("found role with id= "+ roleId);

//step 6:add the role we found in step 5 to the folder we created (folderId) in step 4
let addRoleToFolder= callApi("content/addRoleToItem",{
	"roleToItemApiData": {
		"itemId": folderId,
		"roleId": roleId//SearchMatchType.Equals
	},
	"auth": token
});

//step 7: read in a Pyramid Import/Export ('PIE') file
let file="http://myOtherSite.com/Sample.pie";
let pieFile=readPieFile(file);

//step 8: import the PIT file into the folder from step 4
let importContent = callApi("content/importContent",{
	"pieApiObject": {
		"rootFolderId": folderId, //from step 4
		"fileZippedData": pieFile, //the file's content from step 7
		"clashDefaultOption":1,//ClashDefaultOption.REPLACE_FILE like default
		"rolesAssignmentType":3//RoleAssignmentType.ForceParentFolderRoles take roles from parent folder
	},
	"auth": token
}).data;
let itemId=Object.keys(importContent.importDscMap)[0];

//step 9: optional, search for the item we just imported, it's id is itemId
let findContentItem = callApi("content/findContentItem",{
	"searchParams":{
		"searchString":"import",
		"filterTypes":[3],//ContentTypeObject.DataDiscoveryv
		"searchMatchType":2,//SearchMatchType.Equals
		"searchRootFolderType":1//SearchRootFolderType.Public
		
	},
	"auth": token
}).data;


//step 10: check if you need to run datasource changer 
// (since the datasource that created this report dosen't exisits on this server)
if(importContent.importDscMap[itemId][0].needsToPerformDsc){

	step 10A: get item's data source connection
	let correntConnectionStringId=importContent.importDscMap[itemId][0].connectionStringProperties.id
	
	//step 10B: run the data source changer on the items
	let changedDatasource = callApi("dataSources/changeDataSource",{
		"dscApiData":{
			"fromConnId":correntConnectionStringId,
			"toConnId":"55ff277a-53ff-4c39-8f15-5651f1026a2d",//retrive this id using 'getAllConnectionStrings'
			"itemId":itemId
		},
		"auth": token
	});
}

//step 11: copying the imported item to the tenant root folder
let copyItems = callApi("content/copyItems",{
	"moveItemsObject":{
		"itemsForMove":[itemId],
		"destinationFolder":tenentPublicFolder.id		
	},
	"auth": token
}).data;

//step 12: remove roles from the folder but not from the item
let removeRoleFromCreatedFolder= callApi("content/removeRolesFromItem",{
	"rolesInItemRemovalObject": {
		"itemId": folderId,
		"roleIds": [roleId]
	},
	"auth": token
});

//step 13: hard delete the folder (permanently)
let folderDeletion = callApi("content/purgeContentItems",{
	"itemIds":[folderCreation.modifiedList[0].id],
	"auth": token
});

//step 14: soft-delete the items
let itemSoftDeletion = callApi("content/softDeleteContentItems",{
	"itemIds":[copyItems.modifiedList[0].id],
	"auth": token
});




function log(msg){
	document.write(msg);
	console.log(msg);
}

function callApi(path,data,parseResult=true){
	var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	xhttp.open("POST", pyramidURL+path, false);
	xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
	if(parseResult){
		return JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
	}else{
		return xhttp.responseText;
	}
}

//example function to read in the contents of a 'PIE' file that contains
//exported Pyramid content.
function readPieFile(file){
	var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
	rawFile.open("GET", file, false);
	rawFile.send(null);
	rawFile.onreadystatechange = function () {
		if (request.readyState === 4 && request.status === 200) {
			return request.responseText;
        }
    }
}