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This example demonstrates how to get model structure create custom furmula and list and use it to create discover.

using System;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Api;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Client;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Model;

Main();
static void Main()
{
    // base configurations
    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
    conf.BasePath = "http://mysite.com";

    //authenticate user - returns the authentication Token
    AuthenticationServiceApi api = new AuthenticationServiceApi(conf);
    string token = api.AuthenticateUser(new UserCredentials(
		username: "adminUser",
		password: "abc123!"
		));
    Console.WriteLine("Api token : " + token);

    // set token for further APIs
    conf.AddApiKey("paToken", token);
    GlobalConfiguration.Instance = conf;

    // find folder to save
    ContentServiceApi contentApi = new ContentServiceApi();
    Guid folderId = getFolder(contentApi, "FolderName");

    //initialize the datasources api
    DataSourcesServiceApi dataSourcesApi = new DataSourcesServiceApi();

    //get the connection string for the model
    ConnectionSearchCriteria cssc = new ConnectionSearchCriteria(
        serverSearchCriteria: new SearchCriteria(
            searchValue: "In-Memory DB",
            searchMatchType: SearchMatchType.Equals
            ),
        databaseSearchCriteria: new SearchCriteria(
            searchValue: "SampleDemo",
            searchMatchType: SearchMatchType.Equals
            ),
        modelSearchCriteria: new SearchCriteria(
            searchValue: "SampleDemo",
            searchMatchType: SearchMatchType.Contains
            )
        );
    Guid connectionStringId = Guid.Parse(dataSourcesApi.FindModelConnection(cssc)[0].Id);
    Console.WriteLine("Connection String Id : " + connectionStringId);

    //find theme
    ThemesServiceApi themesApi = new ThemesServiceApi();
    string themeId = themesApi.FindThemeByName(new SearchCriteria(searchValue: "Pyramid", searchMatchType: SearchMatchType.Contains))[0].ThemeId;
    Console.WriteLine("Theme Id : " + themeId);

    //get the model definition
    ModelingModel mom = dataSourcesApi.GetModelStructure(connectionStringId.ToString());

    // create custom list and formula
    AnalyticsServiceApi analystApi = new AnalyticsServiceApi();
    Guid listId = addList(analystApi, connectionStringId, folderId, mom);
    Guid formulaId = addFormula(analystApi, connectionStringId, folderId, mom);

    // create discovery
    addDiscovery(analystApi, connectionStringId, folderId, formulaId, listId, themeId, mom);
}

// find folder from user private folder with specific name
static Guid getFolder(ContentServiceApi contentApi, string folderName)
{
    ContentSearchParamsObject searchParams = new ContentSearchParamsObject(
        searchString: folderName,
        filterTypes: new List<ContentTypeObject> { ContentTypeObject.Folder },
        searchMatchType: SearchMatchType.Equals,
        searchRootFolderType: SearchRootFolderType.Private
        );

    List<PyramidContentItem> folders = contentApi.FindContentItem(searchParams);
    Guid folderId = Guid.Parse(folders[0].Id);
    Console.WriteLine("Folder id : " + folderId);
    return folderId;
}

// create custom list for the product.color hierarchy to filter 2 values from it's members
static Guid addList(AnalyticsServiceApi analystApi, Guid connectionStringId, Guid folderId, ModelingModel mom)
{
    // get unique name from the model
    String uniqueName = getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "products", "Color");
    // create the formula for exclusion of specific members
    String formulaSyntax = String.Format("{{Except({{AllMembers({0})}},{{{0}.[Multi],{0}.[NA]}})}}", uniqueName);
    ListData customList = new ListData(connectionId: connectionStringId,
                    formulaSyntax: formulaSyntax,
                    itemName: "All Colors without NA and Multi",
                    description: "custom list item descriptions",
                    folderId: folderId,
                    parentDimension: "[products]", // parent table
                    parentHierarchy: uniqueName // parent hierarchy
                    );

    Guid listId = analystApi.SetList(customList);// create list
    Console.WriteLine("List id : " + listId);
    return listId;
}

// create custom measure formula to calculate the price per quantity
static Guid addFormula(AnalyticsServiceApi analystApi, Guid connectionStringId, Guid folderId, ModelingModel mom)
{
    // get unique names from the model
    var price = getMeasureUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "data", "price");
    var quantity = getMeasureUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "data", "quantity");

    FormulaData customFormula = new FormulaData(connectionId: connectionStringId,
                    formulaSyntax: price + "/" + quantity, // formula: "[measures].[data Price]/[measures].[data Quantity]"
                    itemName: "Price By Quantity",
                    folderId: folderId,
                    parentDimension: "[measures]" // global measures
                    );

    Guid formulaId = analystApi.SetFormula(customFormula);// create formula
    Console.WriteLine("Formula id : " + formulaId);
    return formulaId;
}

static void addDiscovery(AnalyticsServiceApi analystApi, Guid connectionStringId, Guid folderId, Guid formulaId, Guid listId, string themeId, ModelingModel mom)
{
    DiscoverData simpleDiscovery = new DiscoverData(connectionId: connectionStringId,
                    itemName: "Prices by categories",
                    description: "Discovery item descriptions",
                    folderId: folderId,
                    themeId: themeId,
                    visuals: new Visuals(cartesian:// create cartesian visual
                        new CartesianVisual(
                            visualType: CartesianVisualType.StackedColumnChart, // Chart type: StackedColumnChart
                            categories: new CartesianCategoriesDropZone(new List<CartesianCategoriesHierarchyChip> // categories dropzone chips
                            {
                                // add 2 chips of "product category" and "product sub category" in that specific order
                                 new CartesianCategoriesHierarchyChip(uniqueName:getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom,"products","product category")),
                                 new CartesianCategoriesHierarchyChip(uniqueName:getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom,"products","product sub category"))
                            }),
                            values: new CartesianValuesDropZone(new List<CartesianValuesMeasureChip> // values dropzone chips
                            {
                                // add the given measure formula created before as the values chip
                                new CartesianValuesMeasureChip(uniqueName:formulaId.ToString())
                            }),
                            filter: new CartesianFilterDropZone(new List<CartesianFilterChip> // filter dropzone chips
                            {
                                // set filter on the customer country
                                new CartesianFilterChip(hierarchy: new CartesianFilterHierarchyChip(
                                        uniqueName:getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "customers", "country"),
                                        filterType:FilterHierarchyType.DropDownMultiSelect // OPTIONAL: set the filter type to multi-select drop down
                                        ))
                            }),
                            color: new CartesianColorDropZone(new List<CartesianColorChip>// color dropzone chips
                            {
                                // set colors by the product color
                                new CartesianColorChip(hierarchy:new CartesianColorHierarchyChip(uniqueName:getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "products", "color")))
                            })
                        )
                        ),
                    elementSelections: new List<HierarchyElementSelection> // set the element selection for this discover
                    {
                        // filter the products.color by the created custom list
                        new HierarchyElementSelection(uniqueName:getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(mom, "products", "Color"),
                        all: false, // deselect the "All Members"
                        selectionsList:new List<ElementSelectionData>
                        { // add the created list as the element selection
                            new ElementSelectionData(selectionType: ElementSelectionDataType.List,
                            uniqueNames:new List<string>{ listId.ToString() }
                            )
                        }
                        )
                    }
                    );

    Guid ret = analystApi.CreateDiscover(simpleDiscovery);// create the discover
    Console.WriteLine("Discovery id : " + ret);
}

// find a measure unique name form a model structure by the give table name and measure name
static string getMeasureUniqueNameFromModel(ModelingModel mom, string tableName, string displayName)
{
    return mom.Tables
        .Where(t => t.DisplayName.Equals(tableName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))// find table by name
        .First().ModelingMeasures // get all table measures
        .Where(mm => mm.DisplayName.Equals(displayName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) // find measure by name
        .First().UniqueName;
}

// find a column/hierarchy unique name form a model structure by the give table name and column name
static string getColumnUniqueNameFromModel(ModelingModel mom, string tableName, string displayName)
{
    ModelingColumn? modelingColumn = mom.Tables
        .Where(t => t.DisplayName.Equals(tableName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))// find table by name
        .First().ModelingColumns // get all table columns
        .Where(mc => mc.DisplayName.Equals(displayName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) // find column by name
        .FirstOrDefault();

    if (modelingColumn != null)// if column found
        return modelingColumn.UniqueName;

    return mom.Tables
        .Where(t => t.DisplayName.Equals(tableName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) // find table by name
        .First().ModelingHierarchies // get all table hierarchies
        .Where(mh => mh.DisplayName.Equals(displayName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) // find hierarchy by name
        .First().UniqueName;
    // can be searched further to hierarchy levels if needed
}