AnswerService

Class representing the answer service provided with the custom action payload. This service could be used to run graphql queries in the context of the answer on which the custom action was triggered.

Version : SDK: 1.25.0| ThoughtSpot: 9.10.0.cl

 embed.on(EmbedEvent.CustomAction, e => {
    const underlying = await e.answerService.getUnderlyingDataForPoint([
      'col name 1'
    ]);
    const data = await underlying.fetchData(0, 100);
 })

embed.on(EmbedEvent.Data, async (e) => {
    const service = await embed.getAnswerService();
    await service.addColumns([
        "<column guid>"
    ]);
    console.log(await service.fetchData());
});

Constructors🔗

Should not need to be called directly.

new AnswerService(session: SessionInterface , answer: any , thoughtSpotHost: string , selectedPoints?: VizPoint[] ) : AnswerService

Should not need to be called directly.

Function Parameters

session

session: SessionInterface

answer

answer: any

thoughtSpotHost

thoughtSpotHost: string

selectedPoints

Optional

selectedPoints: VizPoint[]

Returns

AnswerService

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

Methods🔗

addColumns🔗

addColumns(columnIds: string[] ) : Promise< any >

Add columnIds and return updated answer session.

Function Parameters

columnIds

columnIds: string[]

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

addColumnsByName🔗

addColumnsByName(columnNames: string[] ) : Promise< any >

Add columns by names and return updated answer session.

Function Parameters

columnNames

columnNames: string[]

Returns

Promise< any >

embed.on(EmbedEvent.Data, async (e) => {
   const service = await embed.getAnswerService();
   await service.addColumnsByName([
     "col name 1",
     "col name 2"
   ]);
   console.log(await service.fetchData());
});





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addDisplayedVizToLiveboard🔗

addDisplayedVizToLiveboard(liveboardId: string ) : Promise< any >

Function Parameters

liveboardId

liveboardId: string

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

addFilter🔗

addFilter(columnName: string , operator: RuntimeFilterOp , values: string | number | bigint | boolean[] ) : Promise< any >

Add a filter to the answer.

Function Parameters

columnName

columnName: string

operator

operator: RuntimeFilterOp

values

values: string | number | bigint | boolean[]

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

executeQuery🔗

executeQuery(query: string , variables: any ) : Promise< any >

Execute a custom graphql query in the context of the answer.

Function Parameters

query

query: string

graphql query

variables

variables: any

graphql variables

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

fetchCSVBlob🔗

fetchCSVBlob(userLocale?: string = 'en-us', includeInfo?: boolean = false) : Promise< Response >

Fetch the data for the answer as a CSV blob. This might be quicker for larger data.

Function Parameters

userLocale

userLocale: string = 'en-us'

includeInfo

includeInfo: boolean = false

Include the CSV header in the output

Returns

Promise< Response >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

fetchData🔗

fetchData(offset?: number = 0, size?: number = 1000) : Promise< {columns: any , data: any } >

Fetch data from the answer.

Function Parameters

offset

offset: number = 0

size

size: number = 1000

Returns

Promise< {columns: any , data: any } >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

fetchPNGBlob🔗

fetchPNGBlob(userLocale?: string = 'en-us', omitBackground?: boolean = false, deviceScaleFactor?: number = 2) : Promise< Response >

Fetch the data for the answer as a PNG blob. This might be quicker for larger data.

Function Parameters

userLocale

userLocale: string = 'en-us'

omitBackground

omitBackground: boolean = false

Omit the background in the PNG

deviceScaleFactor

deviceScaleFactor: number = 2

The scale factor for the PNG

Returns

Promise< Response >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getAnswer🔗

getAnswer() : Promise< any >

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getFetchCSVBlobUrl🔗

getFetchCSVBlobUrl(userLocale?: string = 'en-us', includeInfo?: boolean = false) : string

Just get the internal URL for this answer’s data as a CSV blob.

Function Parameters

userLocale

userLocale: string = 'en-us'

includeInfo

includeInfo: boolean = false

Returns

string

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getFetchPNGBlobUrl🔗

getFetchPNGBlobUrl(userLocale?: string = 'en-us', omitBackground?: boolean = false, deviceScaleFactor?: number = 2) : string

Just get the internal URL for this answer’s data as a PNG blob.

Function Parameters

userLocale

userLocale: string = 'en-us'

omitBackground

omitBackground: boolean = false

deviceScaleFactor

deviceScaleFactor: number = 2

Returns

string

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getSQLQuery🔗

getSQLQuery() : Promise< string >

Returns

Promise< string >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getSession🔗

getSession() : SessionInterface

Get the internal session details for the answer.

Returns

SessionInterface

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getSourceDetail🔗

getSourceDetail() : Promise< any >

Get the details about the source used in the answer. This can be used to get the list of all columns in the data source for example.

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getTML🔗

getTML() : Promise< any >

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

getUnderlyingDataForPoint🔗

getUnderlyingDataForPoint(outputColumnNames: string[] , selectedPoints?: UnderlyingDataPoint[] ) : Promise< AnswerService >

Get underlying data given a point and the output column names. In case of a context menu action, the selectedPoints are automatically passed.

Function Parameters

outputColumnNames

outputColumnNames: string[]

selectedPoints

Optional

selectedPoints: UnderlyingDataPoint[]

Returns

Promise< AnswerService >

Version : SDK: 1.25.0| ThoughtSpot: 9.10.0.cl

 embed.on(EmbedEvent.CustomAction, e => {
    const underlying = await e.answerService.getUnderlyingDataForPoint([
      'col name 1' // The column should exist in the data source.
    ]);
    const data = await underlying.fetchData(0, 100);
 })

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

removeColumns🔗

removeColumns(columnIds: string[] ) : Promise< any >

Remove columnIds and return updated answer session.

Function Parameters

columnIds

columnIds: string[]

Returns

Promise< any >

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

setTMLOverride🔗

setTMLOverride(override: any ) : void

Function Parameters

override

override: any

Returns

void

Defined in : utils/graphql/answerService/answerService.ts

AnswerService

Index🔗

Constructors🔗

Methods🔗

addColumns🔗

addColumnsByName🔗

addDisplayedVizToLiveboard🔗

addFilter🔗

executeQuery🔗

fetchCSVBlob🔗

fetchData🔗

fetchPNGBlob🔗

getAnswer🔗

getFetchCSVBlobUrl🔗

getFetchPNGBlobUrl🔗

getSQLQuery🔗

getSession🔗

getSourceDetail🔗

getTML🔗

getUnderlyingDataForPoint🔗

removeColumns🔗

setTMLOverride🔗