APIs - Data Center Expert Web services

[SYEDKAUST]

Hello experts,

I am a data analytics person looking to extract the data center equipment operational data through the provided API (SOAP APIs) such as those mentioned here.

Data Center Expert Web Services API – DCIM Support (ecostruxureit.com)

Unfortunately, there are no examples in the documentation (only syntax).

The APIs are looking for unique ids of devices, sensors etc  as parameters and I don't know where to find them. I have the following questions.

1. Where can I find the unique IDs of devices, sensors etc? I couldn't find anything in the Struxureware Datacenter Expert application.

2. What should be the date format for date parameters?

3. Is there any other official support available for Webservices/API related support?

I'll appreciate any help you extend in this.

Best Regards,

Syed

[Jef]

Hi Syed,
soapUI can be downloaded from soapUI website if needed (https://www.soapui.org/)

add the DCE server's interface to the soapUI client, ex.:
http://<DCE_SERVER_IP>/integration/services/ISXCentralDeviceService_v2_0?wsdl
outcome should look like this (attached image),

Now prepare the 'Request 1' for 'getAllDevices'

Double click the 'Request 1'
Enter user/password for DCE server in bottom left corner 'Request Properties'
Run the request by clicking the small green play button 
The request should give a list of all devices discovered in the DCE server.
Click in the output window and use the search or look for your device.

Then note the device ISXCElement 'Id' .

I believe the date format for date parameters (like StartDateTime and/or EndDataTime) is in xsd:datetime format ( ex.: 2009-04-10T09:20:05-04:00 )

hope this helps,
Kind regards,

Jef