Configure Postman settings

Install Postman

You can post queries to and retrieve responses from Postman. Ensure that you download and install Postman. Alternatively, you can also access Postman from the web by signing in with your account. For more information about installing Postman or using Postman on the web, see the Postman documentation.

Configure bearer token authentication

You must configure the bearer token authentication. After authentication, you can post queries to and retrieve the response from Postman.

Configure bearer token authentication:

1. Open AVEVA BI Gateway Model Builder.

2. Open Developer Tools by pressing the Ctrl+Shift+I or F12 keys.

3. Click the Network tab.

4. In the Name column, filter the name based on the "measure" or "dimension" keywords.

   Note: If the right pane appears blank, then refresh the browser page.

   The section appears as follows.

   

5. Under Request Headers, note down the value mentioned in the Authorization Bearer field. You have to enter this value in Postman.

6. Open Postman.

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

8. Click the Authorization tab.

   A screen appears.

9. In the Type drop-down list on the left pane, select Bearer Token.

10. In the Token box, type the bearer authorization token.

11. Click Send.

    The bearer token details are saved successfully.

Post queries

You can post queries and receive responses.

Post queries:

12. Open Postman.

    The Postman screen appears.

13. Click New and then create a new request.

14. Add a name for the request.

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

16. In the adjacent box, type the link with the AVEVA BI Gateway URL and the Tenant ID details as follows:

    http://<BIGateway URL>/modelapi/<Tenant ID>/odata/Event/<Event>

    For example, https://bigateway.connect.aveva.com/modelapi/<Tenant ID>/odata/Event/AddDimensionDateRangeEvent

17. Click Body.

18. Click raw.

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

20. 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"}

21. Click Send.

    A relevant GUID is displayed as a response.