Parameterized URLs for Retrieving Burst Outputs

Many of you must be aware of using URLs for inserting Cognos content in external applications. How do you frame the URL for retrieving bursted report outputs?

To retrieve burst output of the report view TEST stored in the folder TEST under Public Folders with burst key 123:

http://< cognos environment>?b_action=cognosViewer&ui.action=view&ui.object=/content/folder[@name='TEST']/reportView[@name='TEST REPORT']/reportVersion[starts-with(@name,'20')]/output[contains(@burstKey,'123')]

Note that the above URL will look through all burst outputs generated in the year starting with "20" i.e. 2000 - 2999.

You can use starts-with or contains for the reportVersion and output options.

Example: We have a report Burst PoC with Burst outputs.





The URL to retrieve the burst output for Americas would be:



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