How to retrieve attribute elements

[thomasjoscht]

Hey,

I‘m searching for REST API method for retrieving all attribute elements of an attribute. It seems there is no method. Thx

Regards
Thomas

[xdumstr]

To get the elements for an attribute, you need to get the data from the data source, not only the metadata. Take a look at GET /api/reports/{reportId}/attributes/{attributeId}/elements](https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api-docs/index.html#/Reports/getAttributeElementFromReport) and GET /api/cubes/{cubeId}/attributes/{attributeId}/elements. You can also take a look at the workflow example in REST API Playground

[thomasjoscht]

Hey @xdumstr, thanks for your reply. Your recommendation requires to create a report or cube. This is very uncomfortable. It will be better to simply get a list of all attribute elements like in MicroStrategy Web and Developer, e.g. hierarchy browsing or in attribute filter selection.

[xdumstr]

@thomasjoscht, thank you for your feedback. We will pass it to the SDK team.

[thomasjoscht]

Hey @elinmstr, that's it! Using GET /api/attributes/{id}/elements does work for MicroStrategy 2021 Update 7 in addition to /api/attributes/{id} for extraction of attribute forms.

PS: your hint with visibility=all was a "good to know" thing. Thx

[xiakunhou]

Note that, visibility to all includes some private APIs which not been public yet. Glade that it works though.