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Schedule and Poll the BI Inbox

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Schedule and Poll the BI Inbox

with SAP BI Tools · Analytics & BI Management

Schedule a document and poll the BI Inbox until output is delivered.

  1. Authenticate and capture the logon token.
  2. Schedule the document for immediate execution.
  3. Poll the BI Inbox for delivered items. While the inbox is still empty, loop back and poll again; once items are present, finish.
What you'll need to have ready
  • userName: The BI Platform username to authenticate with.
  • password: The password for the supplied user.
  • auth: The authentication type (secEnterprise, secLDAP, secWinAD).
  • documentId: The CMS id of the document to schedule for immediate execution.
  • format: The output format for the scheduled instance (e.g. pdf, xlsx).
For your developer

Arazzo workflow sap-bi-tools:schedule-and-poll-inbox, 3 operations: logon → scheduleDocumentNow → listInboxItems. Specs on APIs.io.