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Title: Understanding How to Retrieve Structured Data
Post by: Cognos_Jan2017 on 07 Nov 2019 10:31:29 AM
We have a new Vendor App which includes Structured Data in its Package.

I have 23-months experience thru CA 11.0.11.  In that Vendor's App (at another
Client), they did NOT include Structured Data in any of their Packages.

We will be having a conference call next week with the Vendor to seek instructions
how to retrieve Query Items from the Structured Data.

So far, Searches have not found any videos on retrieving Query Items from
Structured Data.  There has a be a fairly simple way to do that?

Can anyone suggest videos, or documents, describing how to do that?

TIA, Bob
Title: Re: Understanding How to Retrieve Structured Data
Post by: Andrei I on 07 Nov 2019 11:18:19 AM
What do you mean by "Structured data"? Dimensions?
Can you publish a screenshot of the package ?
Title: Re: Understanding How to Retrieve Structured Data
Post by: bus_pass_man on 07 Nov 2019 11:41:25 AM
By 'structured data' do you mean metadata from a data base i.e. tables, columns, and RI?
Title: Re: Understanding How to Retrieve Structured Data
Post by: Cognos_Jan2017 on 07 Nov 2019 12:43:31 PM
Thank you both.

I have attached an example from "Structured Data" in the Vendor's Package.

There are many of these Structured Data Fields that wind up in a List.

It looks like values being sourced for radio buttons (or multi-select) on an Input form,

However, we have no idea how the answers to those Structured Data entries
wind up being Query Items for a List.

A simple Prompt page we use is Beginning and Ending Dates to retrieve the
"Structured Data".

HTH.  TIA, Bob
Title: Re: Understanding How to Retrieve Structured Data
Post by: Cognos_Jan2017 on 07 Nov 2019 04:06:22 PM
We have found the S O L U T I O N 111

Apparently "Structured Data" is a term the App's Vendor uses.

The vendor has several Folders utilizing the "Structured Data".

To see those Field values in a List, we include a Filter on the
"Structured Data Name".

Thank you for the Help.