Add an alert

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apiAlert

Method
POST

Request URL

/plugin/datafor/api/alert/add

Authorization
Use of this API requires authentication. For details about the authentication method, see
Authorization(Open in new window).

Content Type
application/json

Preconditions

The current user’s type cannot be SYS_Reader.

Note

For table or cross table components, remove the following properties in queryModel if they appear:
- datafor.query.paging.size
- datafor.query.paging.start
- datafor.query.paging.subset.start
- datafor.query.paging.subset.size

Request Example

{
  "pagePath": "/public/test.datafor",
  "componentId": "C739239F-4B54-6C90-8389-BF77F713AA98",
  "componentTitle": "Business Overview",
  "enabled": "1",
  "name": "Test Alert",
  "title": "",
  "rule": {
    "logical": "and",
    "conditions": [
      {
        "id": "sales_fact.store_sales.1717310261398",
        "uniqueName": "[Measures].[store_sales]",
        "comparator": ">=",
        "value": [1],
        "match": "any"
      }
    ]
  },
  "qm": {
    "queryModel": {
      "axes": {
        "FILTER": {
          "mdx": null,
          "filters": [],
          "sortOrder": null,
          "sortEvaluationLiteral": null,
          "hierarchizeMode": null,
          "location": "FILTER",
          "hierarchies": [
            {
              "name": "[time_by_day].[AGG_the_date]",
              "levels": {
                "the_date@@MONTHS": {
                  "name": "the_date@@MONTHS",
                  "caption": "the_date(Month)",
                  "mdx": null,
                  "selection": {
                    "type": "INCLUSION",
                    "members": "[Object]",
                    "parameterName": null
                  },
                  "aggregators": [],
                  "filters": []
                }
              },
              "cmembers": {},
              "schema": "workshop-model",
              "cube": "workshop-model",
              "id": "UUID-344F5E34-451E-BB1A-B991-2D4192646E1B"
            }
          ],
          "nonEmpty": false
        },
        "COLUMNS": {
          "mdx": null,
          "filters": [],
          "sortOrder": null,
          "filterAxis": false,
          "sortEvaluationLiteral": null,
          "hierarchizeMode": null,
          "location": "COLUMNS",
          "hierarchies": [],
          "nonEmpty": true
        },
        "ROWS": {
          "mdx": null,
          "filters": [],
          "sortOrder": null,
          "sortEvaluationLiteral": null,
          "hierarchizeMode": null,
          "location": "ROWS",
          "hierarchies": [
            {
              "name": "[product_class].[hierarchy_product_family1]",
              "levels": {
                "product_family": {
                  "name": "product_family",
                  "caption": "product_family",
                  "mdx": null,
                  "selection": {},
                  "aggregators": [],
                  "filters": [],
                  "sort": 1
                }
              },
              "cmembers": {},
              "filters": []
            }
          ],
          "nonEmpty": true
        }
      },
      "visualTotals": false,
      "visualTotalsPattern": null,
      "lowestLevelsOnly": false,
      "details": {
        "axis": "COLUMNS",
        "location": "BOTTOM",
        "measures": [
          {
            "caption": "store_sales",
            "name": "sales_fact.store_sales",
            "uniqueName": "[Measures].[sales_fact.store_sales]",
            "id": "sales_fact.store_sales.1717310261398",
            "type": "EXACT",
            "sort": 2
          }
        ]
      },
      "calculatedMeasures": [],
      "calculatedMembers": []
    },
    "queryType": "OLAP",
    "properties": {
      "datafor.query.pick.row": "0,5000",
      "datafor.secret.appKey": "",
      "datafor.olap.result.formatter": "mix",
      "datafor.client.timezone": "Australia/Melbourne",
      "datafor.client.locale": "en",
      "datafor.source.format": "true"
    },
    "parameters": {},
    "plugins": {},
    "mdx": null,
    "name": "C739239F-4B54-6C90-8389-BF77F713AA98",
    "metadata": {},
    "type": "QUERYMODEL",
    "cube": {
      "uniqueName": "[workshop-model].[workshop-model].[workshop-model].[workshop-model]",
      "name": "workshop-model",
      "connection": "workshop-model",
      "catalog": "workshop-model",
      "schema": "workshop-model",
      "caption": "workshop-model",
      "visible": true
    }
  },
  "cron": {
    "complexJobTrigger": {
      "endTime": null,
      "startTime": "2024-08-07T12:00:00.000+08:00",
      "uiPassParam": "WEEKLY",
      "daysOfWeek": ["0"]
    }
  },
  "channels": ["email"],
  "emailConfig": {
    "toUsers": ["admin", "peter"],
    "ccUsers": ["sally"],
    "bccUsers": ["linda"],
    "subject": "Subject",
    "content": "Rich text content or plain text content ${value}"
  }
}

Body Parameters Schema

Name	Location	Type	Required	Description
body	body	object	No	Overall JSON payload
├── pagePath	body	string	Yes	The full page path (e.g., `/public/test.datafor`)
├── componentId	body	string	Yes	The component ID
├── componentTitle	body	string	Yes	The component title
├── enabled	body	string	Yes	Whether the alert is enabled: `1` (true) or `0` (false)
├── name	body	string	Yes	The alert name
├── title	body	string	Yes	The alert title (can be empty)
├── rule	body	object	Yes	Rule configuration object
│ ├── logical	body	string	Yes	Logical operator combining conditions (`and`, `or`)
│ └── conditions	body	[object]	Yes	Array of condition objects
│ ├── id	body	string	Yes	The measure/metric ID
│ ├── uniqueName	body	string	Yes	The unique measure identifier
│ ├── comparator	body	string	Yes	Comparison operator (`>`, `<`, `<=`, `>=`, `==`, `!=`, `between`, `in`, etc.)
│ ├── value	body	[integer]	No	Numeric array for comparators that require values
│ ├── inclusiveLeft	body	boolean	No	For `between`/`not between` – whether the left boundary is inclusive
│ ├── inclusiveRight	body	boolean	No	For `between`/`not between` – whether the right boundary is inclusive
│ └── match	body	string	No	Specifies whether to match `any` or `all` values (default: `any`)
├── qm	body	object	Yes	Query configuration wrapper
│ ├── queryModel	body	object	Yes	Defines axes, measures, and other OLAP settings
│ │ ├── axes	body	object	Yes	Axes definition (`FILTER`, `COLUMNS`, `ROWS`)
│ │ │ ├── FILTER	body	object	Yes	Filter-axis definition
│ │ │ │ ├── mdx	body	null	Yes	Not applicable (set to `null`)
│ │ │ │ ├── filters	body	[string]	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── sortOrder	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── sortEvaluationLiteral	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchizeMode	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── location	body	string	Yes	Must be `FILTER`
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchies	body	[object]	Yes	Hierarchy objects
│ │ │ │ │ ├── name	body	string	No	Hierarchy name
│ │ │ │ │ ├── levels	body	object	No	Contains level objects
│ │ │ │ │ ├── cmembers	body	object	No	Calculated members (if any)
│ │ │ │ │ ├── schema	body	string	No	Schema name (e.g., `workshop-model`)
│ │ │ │ │ ├── cube	body	string	No	Cube name (e.g., `workshop-model`)
│ │ │ │ │ └── id	body	string	No	Hierarchy ID
│ │ │ │ └── nonEmpty	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to exclude empty cells
│ │ │ ├── COLUMNS	body	object	Yes	Columns-axis configuration
│ │ │ │ ├── mdx	body	null	Yes	Not applicable (set to `null`)
│ │ │ │ ├── filters	body	[string]	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── sortOrder	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── filterAxis	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to treat this as a filter axis
│ │ │ │ ├── sortEvaluationLiteral	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchizeMode	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── location	body	string	Yes	Must be `COLUMNS`
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchies	body	[string]	Yes	Array of hierarchies (empty in this example)
│ │ │ │ └── nonEmpty	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to exclude empty cells
│ │ │ ├── ROWS	body	object	Yes	Rows-axis configuration
│ │ │ │ ├── mdx	body	null	Yes	Not applicable (set to `null`)
│ │ │ │ ├── filters	body	[string]	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── sortOrder	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── sortEvaluationLiteral	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchizeMode	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ │ │ ├── location	body	string	Yes	Must be `ROWS`
│ │ │ │ ├── hierarchies	body	[object]	Yes	Row hierarchy definitions
│ │ │ │ └── nonEmpty	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to exclude empty cells
│ │ ├── visualTotals	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to enable visual totals
│ │ ├── visualTotalsPattern	body	null	Yes	Not used in this example
│ │ ├── lowestLevelsOnly	body	boolean	Yes	Whether to show only the lowest hierarchy levels
│ │ ├── details	body	object	Yes	Detail settings
│ │ │ ├── axis	body	string	Yes	Axis for details (e.g., `COLUMNS`)
│ │ │ ├── location	body	string	Yes	Location for details (e.g., `BOTTOM`)
│ │ │ └── measures	body	[object]	Yes	A list of measure definitions
│ │ │ ├── caption	body	string	No	Measure caption (e.g., `store_sales`)
│ │ │ ├── name	body	string	No	Internal measure name (e.g., `sales_fact.store_sales`)
│ │ │ ├── uniqueName	body	string	No	Unique measure identifier (e.g., `[Measures].[sales_fact.store_sales]`)
│ │ │ ├── id	body	string	No	Unique measure ID
│ │ │ ├── type	body	string	No	Type of measure match (e.g., `EXACT`)
│ │ │ └── sort	body	integer	No	Sorting priority
│ │ ├── calculatedMeasures	body	[string]	Yes	Array of calculated measures (empty if none)
│ │ ├── calculatedMembers	body	[string]	Yes	Array of calculated members (empty if none)
│ │ ├── queryType	body	string	Yes	Type of query (e.g., `OLAP`)
│ │ ├── properties	body	object	Yes	Misc. query properties
│ │ │ ├── datafor.query.pick.row	body	string	No	Row picking range (e.g., `0,5000`)
│ │ │ ├── datafor.secret.appKey	body	string	No	App key
│ │ │ ├── datafor.olap.result.formatter	body	string	No	OLAP result format (e.g., `mix`)
│ │ │ ├── datafor.client.timezone	body	string	No	Timezone (e.g., `Australia/Melbourne`)
│ │ │ ├── datafor.client.locale	body	string	No	Locale (e.g., `en`)
│ │ │ └── datafor.source.format	body	string	No	Whether to format the source (e.g., `true`)
│ │ ├── parameters	body	object	Yes	Query parameters (empty if none)
│ │ ├── plugins	body	object	Yes	Plugin-related configuration (empty if none)
│ │ ├── mdx	body	null	Yes	Not applicable (set to `null`)
│ │ ├── name	body	string	Yes	Matches the component ID
│ │ ├── metadata	body	object	Yes	Metadata object
│ │ ├── type	body	string	Yes	Query model type (e.g., `QUERYMODEL`)
│ │ └── cube	body	object	Yes	Cube definition
│ │ ├── uniqueName	body	string	Yes	Full unique name, e.g., `[workshop-model].[workshop-model]...`
│ │ ├── name	body	string	Yes	Cube name (e.g., `workshop-model`)
│ │ ├── connection	body	string	Yes	Connection name (e.g., `workshop-model`)
│ │ ├── catalog	body	string	Yes	Catalog name (often the same as the cube name)
│ │ ├── schema	body	string	Yes	Schema name (e.g., `workshop-model`)
│ │ ├── caption	body	string	Yes	Cube caption
│ │ └── visible	body	boolean	Yes	Whether the cube is visible
├── cron	body	object	Yes	Scheduling configuration
│ └── complexJobTrigger	body	object	Yes	Detailed scheduling settings
│ ├── endTime	body	null	Yes	Not used if no end time is set
│ ├── startTime	body	string	Yes	Start time (e.g., `2024-08-07T12:00:00.000+08:00`)
│ ├── uiPassParam	body	string	Yes	Scheduling frequency (e.g., `WEEKLY`)
│ └── daysOfWeek	body	[string]	Yes	Days of week for `WEEKLY` (e.g., `["0"]` = Sunday)
├── channels	body	[string]	Yes	Alert channels (e.g., `["email"]`)
├── emailConfig	body	object	Yes	Email alert configuration
│ ├── toUsers	body	[string]	Yes	Recipient usernames (e.g., `["admin", "peter"]`)
│ ├── ccUsers	body	[string]	Yes	CC recipients (e.g., `["sally"]`)
│ ├── bccUsers	body	[string]	Yes	BCC recipients (e.g., `["linda"]`)
│ ├── subject	body	string	Yes	Email subject (e.g., `Subject`)
│ └── content	body	string	Yes	Email body (plain or rich text, e.g., `Rich text content ...`)
└── componentTitle	body	string	Yes	The component title

Enum Values

Name	Value
`rule.logical`	`and`, `or`
`comparator`	`<`, `>`, `<=`, `>=`, `==`, `!=`, `between`, `not between`, `in`, `not in`, `is empty`, `is not empty`

Response Examples

{
  "msg": "success",
  "success": true
}

HTTP Responses

HTTP Status Code	Meaning	Description	Data schema
200	OK	none	Inline

Response Data Schema (HTTP 200)

Name	Type	Required	Description
`msg`	string	No	Message string
`success`	boolean	Yes	Request status

Rows

Objects

White Label

Backup

LDAP

SAML2