Summary Reports Geoprocessing Tool vs createReport REST API operation

RobStauder — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:58:52 GMT

Hi all. Looking for some guidance here.

I'm prototyping a workflow that uses ArcGIS Business Analyst and a custom infographic.

The ArcGIS REST API operation, createReport, allows me to pass text strings to the infographic through the reportFields parameter. I set address and areadesc2 in the reportFields parameter and the text appears in the output PDF.

If I try the same thing using the ArcGIS Business Analyst Desktop gp tool Summary Reports, I can only set the Area Description Field parameter, which seems to equate to the address field in REST.

How do I pass custom text to my infographic through the Summary Reports tool?

Here's what I've tried:

Summary Reports output to PDF - Set the Area Description Field parameter. This works, but I also want to set areadesc2.
Summary Reports output to HTML - Set the Area Description Field parameter. This does not display in the output HTML. However, I can edit the HTML's reportJson data to populate areadesc2 (it's in there under areaData - Headers - data - AREA_DESC2. Once I edit the HTML and refresh the page, the areadesc2 content will display.

 "areaData": [
{
"headers": {
"data": {
"STORE_ID": "0",
"AREA_ID": "16",
"StdGeographyName": "",
"StdGeographyID": "",
"StdGeographyLevel": "",
"AREA_DESC": "This is a test",
"STORE_NAME": "",
"STORE_ADDR": "",
"AREA_DESC2": "Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest",
"STORE_LAT": "",
"STORE_LONG": "",
"SITE_NAME": "",
"ORIGINAL_OID": {
"name": "ORIGINAL_OID",
"alias": "ORIGINAL_OID",
"type": "esriFieldTypeDouble",
"value": 16
}
},
"comparisonLevels": []
},

Thanks!

Re: Summary Reports Geoprocessing Tool vs createReport REST API operation

esritony — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:44:38 GMT

Hello @RobStauder ,

Thank you for posting your inquiry with all of that helpful detail. We are following up with the team and will get back to you.

Tony

Re: Summary Reports Geoprocessing Tool vs createReport REST API operation

RobStauder — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:51:35 GMT

A bit of a doh moment on my part. The answer to this was given to me by the BA team at the User Conference:

Import the template into BA desktop. This creates a template folder with several files, including report.xml
Parse report.xml looking for the content in question
Change the text, save the file
Run Summary Reports

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