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Identifying Content

Begin the process of embedding CA Enterprise Log Manager content by deciding what content you want to display. Review the CA Enterprise Log Manager interface to find the report or query that contains the information that meets your needs.

To display CA Enterprise Log Manager queries or reports in a web portal, use the getQueryViewer or getReportViewer calls to display interactive reports and queries with most of the functionality available from within the CA Enterprise Log Manager interface.

You can also use the runQuery report to return XML content, and display it by applying a style sheet. The display is non-interactive, and allows you to display the data without using Flash.

This example calls the System All Events Detail report, using getQueryViewer to show an Event Viewer table of all events. The API call syntax for this report is as follows:

https://ELMSERVER:5250/spin/calmapi/getObject.csp?type=getQueryViewer&objectId=Subscription/panels/System_All_Events_Detail&username=xxx&password=xxx

• To use the call in your environment, replace the "ELMSERVER" portion of the URL with the hostname or IP address of the server where the data you want is stored.
• This example authenticates using a CA Enterprise Log Manager user name and password: "&username=xxx&password=xxx". Using this authentication method is recommended for embedding CA Enterprise Log Manager content. Replace the 'xxx' with an appropriate CA Enterprise Log Manager username and password. If you do not want the username and password to be visible in the URL, you can set them as hidden values, if your web portal allows.

You can test the final syntax by entering the URL you have built in a browser and confirming that the report or query you want appears.

More information:

API Authentication

Query and Report Viewer Calls

getQueryViewer

getReportViewer

runQuery