Explain Plan Web Services
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Overview
The Registry has the User Interface feature "Test Mapping" which can be used to test an input file against a Mapping. This feature is very useful when debugging why a mapping did not occur. This page details how to directly call the Web Services that perform the explanation of a mapping
Note: This UI feature and the Web Services require authentication into the Registry
The Web Services
There are 2 Web Services. The firsts "explains" what series dimensions of an input file would be mapped and which would be unmapped with regards to a specifc Map, the second goes into detail abot a Series Key.
'Explain Map' Web Service
For the supplied file and the URN of the mapping structure, returns a JSON obejct stating which series were mapped and which were unmapped from the input.
| Entry Point | ws/secure/structuremap/explainmap |
| Access | Secure |
| Authentication | HTTP Basic Authentication |
| Http Method | POST |
| Accepts | SDMX-ML, SDMX-JSON or SDMX-EDI structure message |
| Content-Type | 1. multipart/form-data (if attaching file) – the attached file must be in field name of uploadFile 2. application/text or application/xml (if submitting data in the body of the POST) |
| Response Format | application/json (array of objects) |
| Response Statuses | 200 - Query Ok
401 - Unauthorized (if access has been restricted) |
'Explain Plan' Web Service
Given the supplied Key and Map, returns a JSON obejct stating the input, mappings and output for that series key
- Takes the parameters "dsd", "map", "key"
| Entry Point | ws/secure/structuremap/explainplan |
| Access | Public |
| Authentication | Secure |
| Http Method | GET |
| Response Format | JSON |
| Response Statuses | 200 - Success 401 - Unauthorized |
