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Get Report Data without Saving Changes to or Creating a Report

Run a report without creating a report or changing an existing one by making a POST request to the query resource. Get report data without filling up your org with unnecessary reports.

Example

Get report data using the query resource.
1/services/data/v37.0/analytics/reports/query

Include report criteria as reportMetadata in the POST request body. This POST request gets data about Opportunities:

1{
2"reportMetadata" : {
3    "aggregates" : [ "RowCount" ],
4    "chart" : null,
5    "crossFilters" : [ ],
6    "currency" : null,
7    "description" : null,
8    "detailColumns" : [ "OPPORTUNITY_NAME", "TYPE", "LEAD_SOURCE", "AMOUNT", "CLOSE_DATE", "NEXT_STEP", "STAGE_NAME", "PROBABILITY", "FISCAL_QUARTER", "AGE", "CREATED_DATE", "FULL_NAME", "ROLLUP_DESCRIPTION", "ACCOUNT_NAME" ],
9    "developerName" : "OpportunityReport",
10    "division" : null,
11    "folderId" : "00DD000000086ujMAA",
12    "groupingsAcross" : [ ],
13    "groupingsDown" : [ ],
14    "hasDetailRows" : true,
15    "hasRecordCount" : true,
16    "historicalSnapshotDates" : [ ],
17    "id" : "00OD0000001leVCMAY",
18    "name" : "Matrix",
19    "reportBooleanFilter" : null,
20    "reportFilters" : [ ],
21    "reportFormat" : "MATRIX",
22    "reportType" : {
23      "label" : "Opportunities",
24      "type" : "Opportunity"
25    },
26    "scope" : "organization",
27    "showGrandTotal" : true,
28    "showSubtotals" : true,
29    "sortBy" : [ ],
30    "standardDateFilter" : {
31      "column" : "CLOSE_DATE",
32      "durationValue" : "CUSTOM",
33      "endDate" : null,
34      "startDate" : null
35    },
36    "standardFilters" : [ {
37      "name" : "open",
38      "value" : "all"
39    }, {
40      "name" : "probability",
41      "value" : ">0"
42    } ]
43  }
44}

The response to the POST request returns report data, but doesn’t create or save a report.

1{
2  "attributes" : {
3    "describeUrl" : "/services/data/v37.0/analytics/reports/null/describe",
4    "instancesUrl" : "/services/data/v37.0/analytics/reports/null/instances",
5    "reportId" : null,
6    "reportName" : "Matrix",
7    "type" : "Report"
8  },
9  "allData" : true,
10  "factMap" : {
11    "T!T" : {
12      "aggregates" : [ {
13        "label" : "9",
14        "value" : 9
15      } ],
16      "rows" : [ {
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18          "label" : "salesforce.com - 5000 Widgets",
19          "value" : "006D000000CzmqYIAR"
20        }, {
21          "label" : "New Business",
22          "value" : "New Business"
23        }, {
24          "label" : "Advertisement",
25          "value" : "Advertisement"
26        }, {
27          "label" : "$500,000.00",
28          "value" : {
29            "amount" : 500000,
30            "currency" : null
31          }
32        }, {
33          "label" : "9/19/2013",
34          "value" : "2013-09-19"
35        }, {
36          "label" : "Closed!",
37          "value" : "Closed!"
38        }, {
39          "label" : "Closed Won",
40          "value" : "Closed Won"
41        }, {
42          "label" : "100%",
43          "value" : 100
44        }, {
45          "label" : "Q2-2007",
46          "value" : "Q2-2007"
47        }, {
48          "label" : "0",
49          "value" : 0
50        }, {
51          "label" : "1/4/2016",
52          "value" : "2016-01-04"
53        }, {
54          "label" : "Fred Williamson",
55          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
56        }, {
57          "label" : "-",
58          "value" : null
59        }, {
60          "label" : "Global Media",
61          "value" : "001D000000KtTTqIAN"
62        } ]
63      }, {
64        "dataCells" : [ {
65          "label" : "salesforce.com - 500 Widgets",
66          "value" : "006D000000CzmqZIAR"
67        }, {
68          "label" : "Existing Business",
69          "value" : "Existing Business"
70        }, {
71          "label" : "Advertisement",
72          "value" : "Advertisement"
73        }, {
74          "label" : "$50,000.00",
75          "value" : {
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77            "currency" : null
78          }
79        }, {
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81          "value" : "2013-09-19"
82        }, {
83          "label" : "Closed!",
84          "value" : "Closed!"
85        }, {
86          "label" : "Closed Won",
87          "value" : "Closed Won"
88        }, {
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90          "value" : 100
91        }, {
92          "label" : "Q2-2007",
93          "value" : "Q2-2007"
94        }, {
95          "label" : "0",
96          "value" : 0
97        }, {
98          "label" : "1/4/2016",
99          "value" : "2016-01-04"
100        }, {
101          "label" : "Fred Williamson",
102          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
103        }, {
104          "label" : "-",
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106        }, {
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110      }, {
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113          "value" : "006D000000CzmqbIAB"
114        }, {
115          "label" : "Existing Business",
116          "value" : "Existing Business"
117        }, {
118          "label" : "Trade Show",
119          "value" : "Trade Show"
120        }, {
121          "label" : "$140,000.00",
122          "value" : {
123            "amount" : 140000,
124            "currency" : null
125          }
126        }, {
127          "label" : "10/22/2013",
128          "value" : "2013-10-22"
129        }, {
130          "label" : "Need estimate",
131          "value" : "Need estimate"
132        }, {
133          "label" : "Value Proposition",
134          "value" : "Value Proposition"
135        }, {
136          "label" : "50%",
137          "value" : 50
138        }, {
139          "label" : "Q2-2007",
140          "value" : "Q2-2007"
141        }, {
142          "label" : "134",
143          "value" : 134
144        }, {
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146          "value" : "2016-01-04"
147        }, {
148          "label" : "Fred Williamson",
149          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
150        }, {
151          "label" : "-",
152          "value" : null
153        }, {
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155          "value" : "001D000000KtTTrIAN"
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164        }, {
165          "label" : "Advertisement",
166          "value" : "Advertisement"
167        }, {
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169          "value" : {
170            "amount" : 100000,
171            "currency" : null
172          }
173        }, {
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175          "value" : "2013-10-22"
176        }, {
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178          "value" : "Close the deal!"
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180          "label" : "Negotiation/Review",
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187          "value" : "Q2-2007"
188        }, {
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194        }, {
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196          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
197        }, {
198          "label" : "-",
199          "value" : null
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202          "value" : "001D000000KtTTsIAN"
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208        }, {
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211        }, {
212          "label" : "Partner",
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214        }, {
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216          "value" : {
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218            "currency" : null
219          }
220        }, {
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222          "value" : "2013-11-20"
223        }, {
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225          "value" : null
226        }, {
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229        }, {
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231          "value" : 60
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243          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
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258        }, {
259          "label" : "Trade Show",
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265            "currency" : null
266          }
267        }, {
268          "label" : "12/18/2013",
269          "value" : "2013-12-18"
270        }, {
271          "label" : "Need estimate",
272          "value" : "Need estimate"
273        }, {
274          "label" : "Needs Analysis",
275          "value" : "Needs Analysis"
276        }, {
277          "label" : "20%",
278          "value" : 20
279        }, {
280          "label" : "Q3-2007",
281          "value" : "Q3-2007"
282        }, {
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284          "value" : 134
285        }, {
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287          "value" : "2016-01-04"
288        }, {
289          "label" : "Fred Williamson",
290          "value" : "005D0000001bV42IAE"
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296          "value" : "001D000000KtTTrIAN"
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304          "value" : "Existing Business"
305        }, {
306          "label" : "Partner",
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310          "value" : {
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313          }
314        }, {
315          "label" : "12/20/2013",
316          "value" : "2013-12-20"
317        }, {
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319          "value" : "Meet at Widget Conference"
320        }, {
321          "label" : "Value Proposition",
322          "value" : "Value Proposition"
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360          }
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451      }
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555}