Listing WebFOCUS Reporting Server Nodes

This RESTful web service request can be used to list the Reporting Server nodes that are available to WebFOCUS.

HTTP Method: GET

REST URL Format:

http://host:port/ibi_apps/rs/ibfs?IBIRS_action=get

where:

host

Is the name of the system where WebFOCUS is installed.

port

Is the port number used by WebFOCUS.

Example:

In the following example, Reporting Server nodes are listed.

Request:

http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/rs/ibfs/EDA?IBIRS_action=get

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<ibfsrpc _jt="IBFSResponseObject" language="EN" name="IBIRS_action" returncode="10000"
   returndesc="SUCCESS" subreturncode="0" subsystem="SSYS" type="simple">
 <ibfsparams size="0"/>
 <rootObject _jt="IBFSObject" container="true" description="EDA" dummy="false"
   fullPath="IBFS:/EDA" name="EDA" policy="///+f///////9/////////////+AAAAA" type="WebFOCUSComponent">
  <children _jt="ArrayList" size="1">
   <item _jt="IBFSEDANodeObject" container="true" defaultNode="true" description="" dummy="false"
      fullPath="IBFS:/EDA/EDASERVE" host="MyComputer" index="0" name="EDASERVE" nodeClass="CLIENT"
      parent="EDA" policy="///+f///////9/////////////+AAAAA" port="8120"
 type="EDANode"/>
  </children>
 </rootObject>
</ibfsrpc>

Each Reporting Server node definition is defined within the opening and closing item tag. The name attribute defines the name of the Reporting Server node. The port attribute defines the TCP/IP port used to communicate with the Reporting Server.


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