mstr-report-data-service/src/reportDataService.js

A Node function for calling Microstrategy's reportDataService task and returning the payload as JSON.

import request from 'request-promise'
import parseMstrResults from './parseMstrResults'

/** 
 * The reportDataService function.
 * @param {Object} args Request arguments object.
 * @param {String} args.user Username.
 * @param {String} args.pass Password of user.
 * @param {String} args.reportID reportID of the report you want to run.
 * @param {String} args.server Server name. 
 * @param {String} args.project Project name.
 * @param {String} args.url Url of your Microstrategy instance. 
 * @param {String} [args.port] Server port.
 * @returns {Promise} Resolved promise containing report data. 
 */
function reportDataService(args) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        // error handling;        
        let errCount = 1;
        let err = ['url', 'pass', 'project', 'server', 'user', 'reportID'].reduce((acc, prop, idx) => {
            return !args.hasOwnProperty(prop) ? acc.concat(`Error [${errCount++}]: ${prop} is undefined.`) : acc
        }, []).join('\n')

        if (err.length > 0)
            return reject(err)

        request({
                method: 'GET',
                url: args.url,
                qs: {
                    taskId: 'reportDataService',
                    password: args.pass,
                    port: args.port || '0',
                    project: args.project,
                    server: args.server,
                    userid: args.user,
                    reportID: args.reportID, // report id, in MSTR right click on report > properties
                    styleName: 'ReportDataVisualizationXMLStyle',
                    taskContentType: 'xml',
                    taskEnv: 'xml'
                }
            })
            .then(parseMstrResults)
            .then(body => {
                resolve(body)
            })
            .catch(err => {
                reject(err)
            })
    })
}
export default reportDataService
module.exports = reportDataService