Does the updateACL method on the OAC REST API support "execute" permissions

Question

According to documentation REST API for Oracle Analytics Cloud - Update a catalog item ACL and REST API for Oracle Analytics Cloud - Get catalog item ACL,

The permissions structure should support specifying "execute" permission type, however it does seem to actually work. Nor does the the "execute" permission type get returned from a call to getACL, which does return the other permissions listed in documentation.

Just for sake of testing I specified a non-existent permission name, and got an error back stating my request was invalid as I would expect. However if i put "execute":true, the request is successful, but when going in through GUI the permission "Run Publisher Report" is not added. In fact, for sake of testing I went through GUI to add "Run Publisher Report", and when rerunning the API request that specified "execute":true, the "Run Publisher Report" gets removed, So does the API actually support "execute" and if so, hoping some can help identify the cause of the behavior.

I will note that even though "execute" is listed as a permission type, the example responses in the documentation does not list "execute" either.

Thank you.

Mike Durran-Oracle · Answer

To @Gianni Ceresa 's point about the SOAP API doc, we are indeed working on an update that will appear in the Developer's Guide soon, and he is correct that you can use an OAuth2 access token as a header to the logon endpoint to get a session ID.

Mike

Mike Durran-Oracle · Answer

Thanks for your query, I've sent you a DM to clarify a few points and try and assist.

Mike

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

I mean the SOAP API that is being in the product for 10+ years. It was there already in OBIEE 11g, 12c and it is still there in OAS and OAC. It isn't a Publisher API.

It does cover various service in the product, including the catalog.

The link I posted above is for the data structure, and

https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/biee/BIEIT/methods.htm#BIEIT180

is the list of services and methods. There isn't an OAC doc for now, they "forgot" to copy it over (but should be work in progress), but that SOAP API didn't really change for a number of years (I believe one of the changes is that you can now bypass login by using a token).

Oracle then did started writing a new REST API included in OAC and OAS, and that's the one you are trying to use.