Create Dashboard Element Render Task

Version 4.0.25.2 (latest)

Create a new task to render a dashboard element to an image.

Returns a render task object. To check the status of a render task, pass the render_task.id to Get Render Task. Once the render task is complete, you can download the resulting document or image using Get Render Task Results.

Request

POST /render_tasks/dashboard_elements/{dashboard_element_id}/{result_format}
Datatype
Description
Request
HTTP Request
path
HTTP Path
dashboard_element_id
string
Id of dashboard element to render: UDD dashboard element would be numeric and LookML dashboard element would be model_name::dashboard_title::lookml_link_id
result_format
string
Output type: png or jpg
query
HTTP Query
width
integer
Output width in pixels
height
integer
Output height in pixels
fields
string
Requested fields.

Response

200: Render Task400: Bad Request404: Not Found409: Resource Already Exists422: Validation Error429: Too Many Requests
Datatype
Description
(object)
can
object
Operations the current user is able to perform on this object
created_at
string
Date/Time render task was created
dashboard_filters
string
Filter values to apply to the dashboard queries, in URL query format
dashboard_id
string
Id of dashboard to render
dashboard_style
string
Dashboard layout style: single_column or tiled
finalized_at
string
Date/Time render task was completed
height
integer
Output height in pixels. Flowed layouts may ignore this value.
id
string
Id of this render task
look_id
string
Id of look to render
lookml_dashboard_id
string
Id of lookml dashboard to render
query_id
string
Id of query to render
dashboard_element_id
string
Id of dashboard element to render: UDD dashboard element would be numeric and LookML dashboard element would be model_name::dashboard_title::lookml_link_id
query_runtime
number
Number of seconds elapsed running queries
render_runtime
number
Number of seconds elapsed rendering data
result_format
string
Output format: pdf, png, or jpg
runtime
number
Total seconds elapsed for render task
status
string
Render task status: enqueued_for_query, querying, enqueued_for_render, rendering, success, failure
status_detail
string
Additional information about the current status
user_id
string
The user account permissions in which the render task will execute
width
integer
Output width in pixels
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
field
string
Field with error
code
string
Error code
message
string
Error info message
documentation_url
string
Documentation link
documentation_url
string
Documentation link
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link