mstrio > object_management > library_shortcut

class mstrio.object_management.library_shortcut.LibraryShortcut(connection, id, project_id=None, project_name=None, shortcut_info_flag=ShortcutInfoFlags.DssDashboardShortcutInfoTOC)

Bases: Entity

Representation of a Shortcut referencing an item published to Library It points to another object in the metadata and stores additional details related to browsing the Library.

Parameters:

  • connection (Connection) –

  • id (str) –

  • project_id (str) –

  • project_name (str) –

  • shortcut_info_flag (ShortcutInfoFlags | int) –

connection

Strategy One connection object returned by connection.Connection().

Type:

Connection

id

ID of the shortcut object

Type:

str

name

Name of the shortcut

Type:

str

project_id

ID of the project that the shortcut is in

Type:

str

type

object type (SHORTCUT_TYPE)

Type:

ObjectTypes

date_created

creation time

Type:

DateTime

date_modified

last modification time

Type:

DateTime

version

object version ID

Type:

str

acg

access rights (See EnumDSSXMLAccessRightFlags for possible values)

Type:

Rights

acl

object access control list

Type:

list[ACE]

hidden

Specifies whether the object is hidden

Type:

bool

owned_by_current_user

whether the current user owns the shortcut

Type:

bool

target

metadata of the target object related to viewing in Library

Type:

dict

target_info

general metadata of the target object

Type:

dict

encode_html_content

Flag indicating whether to encode HTML content

Type:

bool

current_page_key

Current page node key

Type:

str

stid

Shortcut State ID

Type:

int

current_bookmark

Name and ID of the current bookmark

Type:

dict

prompted

Flag indicating whether the target object has prompts

Type:

bool

datasets_cache_info_hash

The hash value for the Dashboard dataset cache info

Type:

str

shortcut_info_flag

flag indicating what information about the shortcut should be loaded

Type:

bool

acl_add(rights, trustees, denied=False, inheritable=None, propagate_to_children=None, propagation_behavior=None)

Add Access Control Element (ACE) to the object ACL.

Note

To add rights for the Root Folder and the Freeform Objects, apply the required rights for these folders:

  • Root Folder: D43364C684E34A5F9B2F9AD7108F7828

  • Freeform Objects: 93D8CF3849C1F85DC1A48E8B9E4271F1

Argument propagate_to_children is used only for objects with type ObjectTypes.FOLDER.

Parameters:

  • rights (int | Rights | AggregatedRights) – The degree to which the user or group is granted or denied access to the object. The available permissions are defined in Rights and AggregatedRights Enums

  • trustees (list[UserOrGroup] | UserOrGroup) – list of trustees (User or UserGroup objects or ids) to update the ACE for

  • denied (bool) – flag to indicate granted or denied access to the object

  • inheritable (bool | None) – Applies only to folders. If set, any objects placed in the folder inherit the folder’s entry in the ACL.

  • propagate_to_children (bool | None) – used for folder objects only, default value is None, if set to True/False adds propagateACLToChildren keyword to the request body and sets its value accordingly

  • propagation_behavior (PropagationBehavior | str | None) – Behavior of ACL propagation to children.

  • self (Entity) –

Return type:

None

Examples

>>> obj.acl_add(rights=Rights.BROWSE | Rights.EXECUTE,
>>>             trustees=user_obj, denied=True)
acl_alter(rights, trustees, denied=False, inheritable=None, propagate_to_children=None, propagation_behavior=None)

Alter an existing Access Control Element (ACE) of the object ACL.

Note

To alter rights for the Root Folder and the Freeform Objects, change the required rights for these folders:

  • Root Folder: D43364C684E34A5F9B2F9AD7108F7828

  • Freeform Objects: 93D8CF3849C1F85DC1A48E8B9E4271F1

Argument propagate_to_children is used only for objects with type ObjectTypes.FOLDER.

Parameters:

  • rights (int | Rights | AggregatedRights) – The degree to which the user or group is granted or denied access to the object. The available permissions are defined in Rights and AggregatedRights Enums

  • trustees (list[UserOrGroup] | UserOrGroup) – list of trustees (User or UserGroup objects or ids) to update the ACE for

  • denied (bool) – flag to indicate granted or denied access to the object

  • inheritable (bool | None) – Applies only to folders. If set, any objects placed in the folder inherit the folder’s entry in the ACL.

  • propagate_to_children (bool | None) – used for folder objects only, default value is None, if set to True/False adds propagateACLToChildren keyword to the request body and sets its value accordingly

  • propagation_behavior (PropagationBehavior | str | None) – Behavior of ACL propagation to children.

  • self (Entity) –

Return type:

None

Examples

>>> obj.acl_alter(rights=Rights.BROWSE | Rights.EXECUTE,
>>>               trustees=user_obj, denied=True)
acl_remove(rights, trustees, denied=False, inheritable=None, propagate_to_children=None, propagation_behavior=None)

Remove Access Control Element (ACE) from the object ACL.

Note

To remove rights from the Root Folder and the Freeform Objects, remove them from these folders:

  • Root Folder: D43364C684E34A5F9B2F9AD7108F7828

  • Freeform Objects: 93D8CF3849C1F85DC1A48E8B9E4271F1

Argument propagate_to_children is used only for objects with type ObjectTypes.FOLDER.

Parameters:

  • rights (int | Rights | AggregatedRights) – The degree to which the user or group is granted or denied access to the object. The available permissions are defined in Rights and AggregatedRights Enums

  • trustees (list[UserOrGroup] | UserOrGroup) – list of trustees (User or UserGroup objects or ids) to update the ACE for

  • denied (bool) – flag to indicate granted or denied access to the object

  • inheritable (bool | None) – Applies only to folders. If set, any objects placed in the folder inherit the folder’s entry in the ACL.

  • propagate_to_children (bool | None) – used for folder objects only, default value is None, if set to True/False adds propagateACLToChildren keyword to the request body and sets its value accordingly

  • propagation_behavior (PropagationBehavior | str | None) – Behavior of ACL propagation to children.

  • self (Entity) –

Return type:

None

Examples

>>> obj.acl_remove(rights=Rights.BROWSE | Rights.EXECUTE,
>>>                trustees=user_obj, denied=True)
add_translation(translations)

Adds translations to the Object.

Parameters:

  • translations (list[OperationData]) – list of translations to be added to the Object

  • self (Entity) –

Returns:

A list of translations for the Object.

Return type:

list[’Translation’]

alter(name=None, description=None, abbreviation=None, hidden=None, comments=None, owner=None)

Alter the properties of a Library Shortcut.

Parameters:

  • name (str, optional) – name of the shortcut object

  • description (str, optional) – description of the shortcut object

  • abbreviation (str, optional) – abbreviation of the shortcut object

  • hidden (bool, optional) – specifies whether the shortcut is hidden

  • comments (str, optional) – long description of the shortcut

  • owner (str | User | None) – (str, User, optional): owner ID of the shortcut object

alter_translation(translations)

Alters translations of the Object.

Parameters:

  • translations (list[OperationData]) – list of translations to be added to the Object

  • self (Entity) –

Return type:

None

classmethod bulk_from_dict(source_list, connection=None, to_snake_case=True, with_missing_value=False)

Creates multiple objects from a list of dictionaries. For each dictionary provided the keys in camel case are changed to object’s attribute names (by default in snake case) and dict values are composed to their proper data types such as Enums, list of Enums etc. as specified in the object’s _FROM_DICT_MAP.

Parameters:

  • cls (T) – Class (type) of the objects that should be created.

  • source_list (List[Dict[str, Any]]) – A list of dictionaries from which the objects will be constructed.

  • connection (Connection, optional) – A MSTR Connection object. Defaults to None.

  • to_snake_case (bool, optional) – Set to True if attribute names should be converted from camel case to snake case. Defaults to True.

  • with_missing_value (bool) – (bool, optional): If True, class attributes possible to fetch and missing in source will be set as MissingValue objects.

Returns:

A list of objects of type T.

Return type:

T

create_shortcut(target_folder_id=None, target_folder_path=None, target_folder=None, project_id=None, project_name=None, project=None, to_dictionary=False)

Create a shortcut to the object.

Parameters:

  • target_folder_id (str, optional) – ID of the target folder. Target folder must be specified, but target_folder_id may be substituted with target_folder_path or target_folder.

  • target_folder_path (str, optional) – Path to the target folder, e.g. ‘/MicroStrategy Tutorial/Public Objects’. May be used instead of target_folder_id.

  • target_folder (Folder, optional) – Target folder object. May be used instead of target_folder_id.

  • project_id (str, optional) – ID of the target project of the new shortcut. The project may be specified by either project_id, project_name or project. If the project is not specified in either way, the project from the connection object is used.

  • project_name (str, optional) – Name of the target project. May be used instead of project_id.

  • project (Project, optional) – Project object specifying the target project. May be used instead of project_id.

  • to_dictionary (bool, optional) – If True, the method will return a dictionary with the shortcut’s properties instead of a Shortcut object. Defaults to False.

Return type:

Shortcut

fetch(attr=None)

Fetch the latest object’s state from the I-Server.

Note

This method can overwrite local changes made to the object.

Parameters:

  • attr (Optional[str]) – Attribute name to be fetched. If not specified

  • dictionary. (it will use all getters specified in _API_GETTERS) –

  • None. (Defaults to) –

Raises:

ValueError – If attr cannot be fetched.

Return type:

None

classmethod from_dict(source, connection, to_snake_case=True, with_missing_value=False)

Instantiate a Shortcut from a dict source.

Parameters:

  • source (dict[str, Any]) –

  • connection (Connection) –

  • to_snake_case (bool) –

  • with_missing_value (bool) –

Return type:

T

get(name)

Get object’s attribute by its name.

list_acl(to_dataframe=False, to_dictionary=False, **filters)

Get Access Control List (ACL) for this object. Optionally filter ACLs by specifying filters.

Parameters:

  • to_dataframe (bool, optional) – if True, return datasets as pandas DataFrame

  • to_dictionary (bool, optional) – if True, return datasets as dicts

  • **filters – Available filter parameters: [deny, type, rights, trustee_id, trustee_name, trustee_type, trustee_subtype, inheritable]

Return type:

DataFrame | list[dict | mstrio.utils.acl.ACE]

Examples

>>> list_acl(deny=True, trustee_name="John")
list_dependencies(project=None, name=None, pattern=4, domain=2, object_types=None, used_by_recursive=False, root=None, root_path=None, limit=None, offset=None, results_format='LIST', to_dictionary=True, **filters)

List list_dependencies of an object.

Parameters:

  • project (string) – Project object or ID

  • name (string) – Value the search pattern is set to, which will be applied to the names of object types being searched. For example, search for all report objects (type) whose name begins with (pattern) B (name).

  • pattern (integer or enum class object) – Pattern to search for, such as Begin With or Exactly. Possible values are available in ENUM mstrio.object_management.SearchPattern. Default value is CONTAINS (4).

  • domain (integer or enum class object) – Domain where the search will be performed, such as Local or Project. Possible values are available in ENUM mstrio.object_management.SearchDomain. Default value is PROJECT (2).

  • root (string, optional) – Folder ID of the root folder where the search will be performed.

  • root_path (str, optional) –

    Path of the root folder in which the search will be performed. Can be provided as an alternative to root parameter. If both are provided, root is used.

    the path has to be provided in the following format:
    if it’s inside of a project, example:

    /MicroStrategy Tutorial/Public Objects/Metrics

    if it’s a root folder, example:

    /CASTOR_SERVER_CONFIGURATION/Users

  • class (object_types(enum class object or integer or list of enum) – objects or integers): Type(s) of object(s) to be searched, such as Folder, Attribute or User. Possible values available in ENUMs mstrio.types.ObjectTypes and mstrio.types.ObjectSubTypes

  • used_by_recursive (boolean, optional) – Control the Intelligence server to also find objects that are used by the given objects indirectly. Default value is false.

  • results_format (SearchResultsFormat) – either a list or a tree format

  • to_dictionary (bool) – If False returns objects, by default (True) returns dictionaries.

  • limit (int) – limit the number of elements returned. If None (default), all objects are returned.

  • offset (int) – Starting point within the collection of returned results. Used to control paging behavior. Default is 0.

  • **filters – Available filter parameters: [‘id’, ‘name’, ‘description’ ,’date_created’, ‘date_modified’, ‘acg’]

  • self (Entity) –

  • object_types (TypeOrSubtype | None) –

Returns:

list of objects or list of dictionaries

list_dependents(project=None, name=None, pattern=4, domain=2, object_types=None, uses_recursive=False, root=None, root_path=None, limit=None, offset=None, results_format='LIST', to_dictionary=True, **filters)

List dependents of an object.

Parameters:

  • project (string) – Project object or ID

  • name (string) – Value the search pattern is set to, which will be applied to the names of object types being searched. For example, search for all report objects (type) whose name begins with (pattern) B (name).

  • pattern (integer or enum class object) – Pattern to search for, such as Begin With or Exactly. Possible values are available in ENUM mstrio.object_management.SearchPattern. Default value is CONTAINS (4).

  • domain (integer or enum class object) – Domain where the search will be performed, such as Local or Project. Possible values are available in ENUM mstrio.object_management.SearchDomain. Default value is PROJECT (2).

  • root (string, optional) – Folder ID of the root folder where the search will be performed.

  • root_path (str, optional) –

    Path of the root folder in which the search will be performed. Can be provided as an alternative to root parameter. If both are provided, root is used.

    the path has to be provided in the following format:
    if it’s inside of a project, example:

    /MicroStrategy Tutorial/Public Objects/Metrics

    if it’s a root folder, example:

    /CASTOR_SERVER_CONFIGURATION/Users

  • class (object_types(enum class object or integer or list of enum) – objects or integers): Type(s) of object(s) to be searched, such as Folder, Attribute or User. Possible values available in ENUMs mstrio.types.ObjectTypes and mstrio.types.ObjectSubTypes

  • uses_recursive (boolean) – Control the Intelligence server to also find objects that use the given objects indirectly. Default value is false.

  • results_format (SearchResultsFormat) – either a list or a tree format

  • to_dictionary (bool) – If False returns objects, by default (True) returns dictionaries.

  • limit (int) – limit the number of elements returned. If None (default), all objects are returned.

  • offset (int) – Starting point within the collection of returned results. Used to control paging behavior. Default is 0.

  • **filters – Available filter parameters: [‘id’, ‘name’, ‘description’ ,’date_created’, ‘date_modified’, ‘acg’]

  • self (Entity) –

  • object_types (TypeOrSubtype | None) –

Returns:

list of objects or list of dictionaries

list_properties(excluded_properties=None)

Fetches all attributes from the server and converts all properties of the object to a dictionary.

Parameters:

excluded_properties (list[str], optional) – A list of object properties that should be excluded from the dict. Defaults to None.

Returns:

A dictionary which keys are object’s attribute names, and

which values are object’s attribute values.

Return type:

dict

list_translations(languages=None, to_dictionary=False)

Lists translations for the Object.

Parameters:

  • languages (list, optional) –

    list of languages to list the translations for, only translations from these languages will be listed. Languages in the list should be one of the following:

    • lcid attribute of the language

    • ID of the language

    • Language class object

  • to_dictionary (bool, optional) – If True returns dict, by default (False) returns Translation objects

  • self (Entity) –

Returns:

A list of dictionaries representing translations for the Object or a list of Translation Objects.

Return type:

list[’Translation’] | list[dict]

print()

Pretty Print all properties of the object.

Return type:

None

remove_translation(translations)

Removes translations from the Object.

Parameters:

  • translations (list[OperationData]) – list of translations to be added to the Object

  • self (Entity) –

Return type:

None

classmethod to_csv(objects, name, path=None, properties=None)

Exports MSTR objects to a csv file.

Optionally, saves only the object properties specified in the properties parameter.

Parameters:

  • objects (T | list[T]) – List of objects of the same type that

  • exported. (will be) –

  • name (str) – The name of the csv file ending with ‘.csv’

  • path (Optional[str], optional) – A path to the directory where the file will be saved. Defaults to None.

  • properties (Optional[list[str]], optional) – A list of object’s attribute names that should be included in the exported file. Defaults to None.

Raises:

  • TypeError – If objects is not of type T or list of type T

  • objects. –

Return type:

None

to_dataframe()

Converts all properties of the object to a dataframe.

Returns:

A DataFrame object containing object properties.

Return type:

DataFrame

to_dict(camel_case=True)

Converts an object to a dictionary excluding object’s private properties. When converting the object to a dictionary, the object’s attributes become the dictionary’s keys and are in camel case by default Attribute values stored as objects are automatically converted to non-/ primitive data structures.

Parameters:

camel_case (bool, optional) – Set to True if attribute names should be converted from snake case to camel case. Defaults to True.

Returns:

A dictionary representation of object’s attributes and values.

By default, the dictionary keys are in camel case.

Return type:

dict

update_properties()

Save compatible local changes of the object attributes to the I-Server. Changes are retrieved from the self._altered_properties dictionary. After the process of update has finished, self._altered_properties is cleared. For this method to work properly, you must override the _alter_properties() method in a subclass.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError – If I-Server raises exception

Return type:

None

T = ~T
flag mstrio.object_management.library_shortcut.ShortcutInfoFlags(value)

Bases: IntFlag

Enumeration constants used to specify combination of additional data to retrieve with Library Shortcut info.

Member Type:

int

Valid values are as follows:

DssDashboardShortcutInfoBookmark = <ShortcutInfoFlags.DssDashboardShortcutInfoBookmark: 2>
DssDashboardShortcutInfoTOC = <ShortcutInfoFlags.DssDashboardShortcutInfoTOC: 1>
DssDashboardShortcutInfoDefault = <ShortcutInfoFlags.DssDashboardShortcutInfoDefault: 0>
mstrio.object_management.library_shortcut.get_shortcuts(connection, shortcut_ids, project_id=None, project_name=None, shortcut_info_flag=ShortcutInfoFlags.DssDashboardShortcutInfoDefault, to_dictionary=False, limit=None, **filters)

Retrieve information about specific Library shortcuts in specific project.

Specify either project_id or project_name. When project_id is provided (not None), project_name is omitted.

Note: When project_id is None and project_name is None, its value is

overwritten by project_id from connection object.

Parameters:

  • shortcut_ids (list[str]) – ids of target shortcuts

  • project_id (str) – id of project that the shortcuts are in

  • project_name (str) – Project name

  • shortcut_info_flag (ShortcutInfoFlags | int) – a single ShortcutInfoFlags that describes what

  • fetched (exact info are to be) –

  • to_dictionary (bool) – parameter describing output format

  • limit (int) – limit the number of elements returned. If None (default), all objects are returned.

  • connection (Connection) –

Returns:

list of dictionaries or Shortcut objects, depending on to_dictionary parameter

Return type:

list[dict] | list[LibraryShortcut]