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If you want to retrieve information about usage user history at a particular point in time, we recommend that you use the following URL request template.

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- the possible parameters are as follows:

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
${featureId}Yesinteger

Specifies feature-specific parameters.

${returnType}YesstringSpecifies the format in which license usage data should be returned. The format can be one of the following: json, csv, xls or pdf.
sdtYesstringSpecifies point in time for which you want to generate the report. The date and time format is as follows: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM; for example, 2015-01-20 11:00.
fieldsVisibility Nojson/string

Specifies field visibility settings, for example:

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{"un": "1", "hn": "1", "sst": "1", "set": "1"}

where number "1" indicates that a specific field is visible.
Note that the order of the settings you make is important – when exported, the fields will be visible in exactly the same order you specify here.

rnNostringSpecifies the name of the report that will be displayed once the report has been exported to PDF or Excel.
filterNojson/string

Applies filtering license usage data on all fields. To filter your data, use the following format:

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[{"value": intOrString, "field": "${fid | fns | fv | ftype | lsid | lsn | vn | gtn}"}]
limitNointegerDetermines the maximum number of data records that can be returned. The value must be greater than zero.
offsetNointegerSpecifies the offset of the first row to return.
orderByNostring

Specifies the field by which you want to order your data records. The field name can be one of the following: uid, un, hn, sst, set.

orderDirectionNostringDetermines whether the sorting results will be displayed in ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order.

If your request is successful, you should see a response similar to the following:

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where the response fields can be explained as follows:

FieldTypeDescription
uidintegerUser Id.
unstringUsername.
hnstringHostname.
sststringDate returned in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format; for example, 2016-01-20 11:00.
setstringDate returned in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format (for example, 2016-01-20 11:00), "Unknown", or "Still in use".
ilbooleanThis field indicates whether user details have been imported from LDAP directory. Note that you cannot filter and order data by this field.
msgstringError message returned on failure.
successbooleanThis field indicates that the API request was successfully processed.


Example 1

For example, say you would like to view all sessions for feature 3 at a specific time point. To generate such data, enter a command that is similar to the following:

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- the possible parameters are as follows:

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
${featureId}YesintegerSpecifies feature-specific parameters.
${returnType}YesstringSpecifies the format in which license usage data should be returned. The format can be one of the following: json, csv, xls or pdf.
ssdYesstring

Specifies the start date for which the report will be generated in YYYY-MM-DD format; for example, 2016-01-20.

sedYesstring

Specifies the end date for which the report will be generated in YYYY-MM-DD format; for example, 2016-01-27.

fieldsVisibility  

Specifies field visibility settings, for example:

Code Block
languagejs
firstline1
linenumberstrue
{"un": "1", "hn": "1", "sst": "1", "set": "1"}

where number "1" indicates that a specific field is visible.
Note that the order of the settings you make is important – when exported, the fields will be visible in exactly the same order you specify here.

rnNostringSpecifies the name of the report that will be displayed once the report has been exported to PDF or Excel.
filterNojson/string

Applies filtering license usage data on all fields. To filter your data, use the following format:

Code Block
languagejs
firstline1
linenumberstrue
[{"value": intOrString, "field": "${un | hn | sst | set}"}]
limitNointegerDetermines the maximum number of data records that can be returned. The value must be greater than zero.
offsetNointegerSpecifies the offset of the first row to return.
orderByNostringSpecifies the field by which you want to order your data records. The field name can be one of the following: uid, un, hn, sst, set.
orderDirectionNostringDetermines whether the sorting results will be displayed in ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order.

If your request is successful, you should see a response similar to the following:

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where the response fields can be explained as follows:

FieldTypeDescription
uidintegerUser Id.
unstringUsername.
hnstringHostname.
sststringDate returned in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format; for example, 2016-01-20 11:00.
setstringDate returned in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format (for example, 2016-01-20 11:00), "Unknown", or "Still in use".
ilbooleanThis field indicates whether user details have been imported from LDAP directory. Note that you cannot filter and order data by this field.
msgstringError message returned on failure. 


Example 1

For example, say you would like to view all sessions for feature 3 over some period of time. To generate such data, enter a command that is similar to the following:

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