Configuring Postman Settings

Configuring NTLM Authentication

You must configure the user credentials for NTLM authentication. After authentication, you can post queries to and retrieve the response from Postman.

To configure NTLM authentication:

1. Open Postman.

2. Create a new request or open an existing request.

3. Click the Authorization tab.

   The screen appears as follows.

   

4. In the Type drop-down list on the left pane, select NTLM Authentication [Beta].

5. In the Username box, type the name of the user who will post queries. Ensure that this user is part of the aaIntelligenceEventAPIUsers group.

6. In the Password box, type the password for the user.

7. In the Domain box, type the domain to which the user belongs.

8. Click Save.

   The user details are saved successfully.

Posting Queries

You can post queries and receive responses.

To post queries:

9. Open Postman.

   The Postman screen appears.

   

10. Click New and then create a new request.

11. Add a name for the request.

12. In the drop-down list, select the required method. For example, POST or GET

13. In the adjacent box, type the link as follows:

    http://<machine name:port number>/BIGateway/Event/<Event>

    with the following details:

    • Machine name where the Event API is running

    • The default port number is 9000.

    For example, http://BIGateway1:9000/BIGateway/Event/AddDimensionDateRangeEvent

14. Click Body.

15. Click raw.

16. From the drop-down list, click JSON.

17. In the Body field, type the required query.

    For example, {"object name":"Dimension_001","StartDate":"2021-01-02 08:00:00Z","EndDate":"2021-01-03 23:59:59Z"}

18. Click Send.

    A relevant GUID is displayed as a response.