Dependencies Resource

The Dependencies resource allows you to view all assets and dataflows that depend on an application (folder). An asset is a dataset, lens, dashboard, or application. The Dependencies resource returns only assets on which you have view access. This resource returns a representation of all assets and dataflows that are built using any of the datasets the application contains.

Resource URL

1/wave/dependencies/<folder ID>

Formats

JSON

Available Version

36.0

HTTP Methods

GET

GET Response Body

Property Name	Type	Description	Filter Group and Version	Available Version
assetSharingUrl	String	The URL for opening this asset in the Analytics builder. This is a form of deep linking. The server examines the link parameters, which might include urlType, assetId, orgId, and loginHost, as well as other optional parameters, and translates as necessary to produce the correct result on the target client. For example, it will open the Analytics dashboard on desktop clients, or mobile if you are on a mobile OS. For example, the shared URL: 1http://{host}/​analytics/​application/​005xx000001SvSwAAK?​urlType=sharing&​orgId=00DT0000000Dpvc&​loginHost=​https%3A%2F%2F​test.my.salesforce.com Might produce the following web Url: 1http://{host}/​insights/​web/​explore.apexp#​application/​005xx000001SvSwAAK Or it might produce the following Url on iOS: 1com.salesforce.kona://​application/​005xx000001SvSwAAK&​orgId=00DT0000000Dpvc&​loginHost=​https%3A%2F%2F​test.my.salesforce.com	Small, 36.0	36.0
dashboards	Dependency​Collection​Representation	The dashboards that depend on the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
datasets	Dependency​Collection​Representation	The datasets that depend on the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
folder	Asset​Reference​Representation	The folder containing the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
id	String	The 18-character asset ID.	Small, 36.0	36.0
lastAccessedDate	Date	The time at which the asset was last accessed.	Small, 36.0	39.0
lastModifiedBy	Wave User	The user who last modified the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
lastModifiedDate	Date	The last time the asset was modified, in ISO8601 date format.	Small, 36.0	36.0
lenses	Dependency​Collection​Representation	The lenses that depend on the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
name	String	The name of the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
type	String	The asset type. Possible values are: dashboard dataset folder lens workflow	Small, 36.0	36.0
url	String	The URL to retrieve the definition of the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
workflows	Dependency​Collection​Representation	The dataflows that depend on the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0

Dependency​Collection​Representation

Property Name	Type	Description	Filter Group and Version	Available Version
dependencies	Dependency[]	The list of dependencies for an asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
totalSize	Integer	The total count of the dependencies.	Small, 36.0	36.0

Asset​Reference​Representation

Property Name	Type	Description	Filter Group and Version	Available Version
id	String	The 18-character ID of the asset.	Small, 36.0	36.0
label	String	The asset label.	Small, 36.0	36.0
name	String	The asset developer name.	Small, 36.0	36.0
namespace	String	The namespace that qualifies the asset name.	Small, 37.0	37.0
url	String	The asset URL.	Small, 36.0	36.0

Example Response Body

1{
2  "assetSharingUrl" : "https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/analytics/wave/application?assetId=00l40&orgId=00D40&loginHost=yourInstance.salesforce.com&urlType=sharing",
3  "id" : "00l40000000M5EiAAK",
4  "lastModifiedBy" : { },
5  "lenses" : {
6    "dependencies" : [ {
7      "assetSharingUrl" : "https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/analytics/wave/lens?assetId=0FK40&loginHost=yourInstance.salesforce.com&urlType=sharing",
8      "datasets" : {
9        "dependencies" : [ {
10          "id" : "0Fb400000004DKRCA2",
11          "lastModifiedBy" : { },
12          "name" : "sales",
13          "type" : "dataset",
14          "url" : "/services/data/v36.0/wave/datasets/0Fb400000004DKRCA2"
15        } ],
16        "totalSize" : 1
17      },
18      "folder" : {
19        "alias" : "Test",
20        "id" : "00l40000000M5EnAAK",
21        "label" : "Test",
22        "url" : "https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/analytics/wave/application?assetId=00l40&loginHost=yourInstance.salesforce.com&urlType=sharing"
23      },
24      "id" : "0FK400000004D8CGAU",
25      "lastModifiedBy" : {
26        "id" : "00540000000Hf6rAAC",
27        "name" : "Admin User",
28        "profilePhotoUrl" : "https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/profilephoto/72940000000003y/T"
29      },
30      "lastModifiedDate" : "2015-06-16T22:36:21.000Z",
31      "name" : "New lens",
32      "type" : "lens",
33      "url" : "/services/data/v36.0/wave/lenses/0FK400000004D8CGAU"
34    } ],
35    "totalSize" : 1
36  },
37  "type" : "folder"
38}