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4.9 Comparison Report
Below API is used for consuming “Comparison” report.
API usage:
POST <BASE_URL>/compareReport
Sample Request:
Used
Body
Description
"aggPeriodType": -1,
Aggregation period could be enabled.
"aggPeriodValue": -1,
Aggregation period could be enabled.
"attributes": [],
Use default of customize attributes
"startDateTime": "2016-05-
01T00:00:00.000Z",
Start date time should be earlier than end
date time and current date time
"endDateTime": "2016-05-
02T00:00:00.000Z",
End date time should fall between start
date time and current date time
"maxResults": -1,
Max result record count allowed, -1 for
returning all records
"entityList": [{"hostName": "idrac1-
dell.com",
"ipAddress":
"","serviceTagOrSerialNum": ""},
{"hostName": "idrac2-
dell.com","ipAddress": "",
"serviceTagOrSerialNum": ""}],
Must provide non-empty entity group list
and/or entity list. Providing empty list or
invalid group / entity will result in error.
Total number of entities / groups should be
no less than 2 and to a max of 3.
"entityGroupList": [{"groupPath":
"/DC1"}, {"groupPath": "/DC2"}],
Must provide non-empty entity group list
and/or entity list. Providing empty list or
invalid group / entity will result in error.
Total number of entities / groups should be
no less than 2 and to a max of 3.
"percentPower": 1,
not applicable
"severity": [],
not applicable
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selectAllDevices: false,
not applicable, do not use or set value to
false

selectAllGroups: false,
not applicable, do not use or set value to
false