Q. What is the difference between a JWT token and an API token ?A JWT - JSON Web Token is used to SSO into the Sisense web portal to establish a cookie based web session. An API token is used to make calls to the Sisense REST API for administrative a...
NY Times Top Stories OverviewThe New York Times provides an API to retrieve a list of Top Stories and associated images by section (such Home, World, National, Politics, etc.).Sisense provides the New York Times connector as a standalone connector th...
Introduction The present post explains how to connect to twitter using their API to download the list of followers of a twitter account. The solution is based on a script in nodejs that uses this npm module and mongodb. This solution is based on the...
Advanced Configuration Control via API Calls Frequently, there are situations when a user is required to change some Sisense parameters when access is not available due to a wrong configuration, or it is required to automate switching of some config...
Analytical Need In this article, we can find a suggested approach on how to better maintain our Sisense environment. The current tools and methodologies take us to an encumbering and challenging work. By creating a dedicated dashboard to show our env...
There is an option to get an activation key using an API GET call to the Sisense licensing server rather than needing to log into the Sisense site to obtain this information. Use case: This method helps generating license keys in a batch when yo...
Introduction: By using the re-branding API you can replace the default homepage with a specific dashboard. (For further explanation of the branding functionality please read this article.) Keep in mind you need to leave only what you change ("string...
Question How to change the connection strings in an easy way? Answer Using the REST API you can update the data connection strings directly. Returns a list of all your connections: GET http://localhost:8081/api/v1/connection Updates a connection: ...
Question Is there a way to add pre-processing (python script) to the data that will be uploaded from a custom API connector? Or should I run the script locally on a fixed schedule and use the Sisense API to upload after the data is processed? Answ...
