KB8579: How to Determine What Server Definition Objects are Available From the Configuration Object's Root Folder Using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9.4.1

The following sample code explains the necessary steps to retrieve all administration Server Definition Objects available through the Configuration Object. This sample code is applicable to the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server Application Programming Interface (API) in MicroStrategy Software Development Kit (SDK):

 

1. Create and initialize an IDSSDataSource Object as follows:MyDataSource.Location = "MY_SERVER" 'Specify Server name
   MyDataSource.Port = 0
   MyDataSource.AuthMode = DssAuthStandard
   MyDataSource.login = "Administrator" 'Specify Administrator login
   MyDataSource.Passwd = "MY_PWD" 'Specify Administrator password
   MyDataSource.ProjectName = "MicroStrategy Tutorial" 'Specify Project name
   MyDataSource.Init
2. Initialize an IDSSSession off of this DssDataSourceSet oSession = MyDataSource.CreateSession
3. Initialize an IDSSSource of type DssRoleObjectSourceSet MySource = oSession.Component(DssRoleObjectSource)
4. Retrieve the Configuration Root Folder. This folder contains the administration Objects as IDSSFolder ObjectsSet RootFolder = MySource.Configuration.Root
5. The following Objects can be retrieved from the Configuration Object within the Server Definition object:

 

 

The example provided in this document is provided “as-is” and user has read the following customization warning:

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