KPI Categories

KPIs are organized into categories to make it easier for the admins to manage and assign KPIs.

KPI Category Object

The object has the following properties:

Name	Type	Read Only	Mandatory	Max Len.	Notes
id	integer	yes	no		Automatically generated for the KPI category
name	string	no	yes	50	The name of the KPI category
sort_order	integer (16 bit)	no	yes		The display order of the KPI category
created_at	datetime	yes	no		The UTC date and time the category was created
updated_at	datetime	yes	no		The UTC date and time the category was updated

JSON Example

{
  "id":         1234,
  "name":       "Sales Category",
  "sort_order": 1,
  "created_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00"
}

XML Example

<KPICategory xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SimpleKPI.Application.Areas.Api.Models" 
             xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <id>1234</id>
  <name>Sales Category</name>
  <sort_order>1</sort_order>
  <created_at>2013-02-21T10:12:00</created_at>
  <updated_at>2013-02-21T10:12:00</updated_at>
</KPICategory>

 

Get all KPI Categories

GET /api/kpicategories

Using curl

curl https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories
  -v -u {email_address}:{token}

Example Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id":         1234,
    "name":       "Sales Category",
    "sort_order": 1,
    "created_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00",
    "updated_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00"
  },
  {
    "id":         1235,
    "name":       "Financial KPIs",
    "sort_order": 2,
    "created_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00",
    "updated_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00"
  }
]

 

Get a KPI Category

GET /api/kpicategories/{id}

Using curl

curl https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories/{id}
  -v -u {email_address}:{token}

Example Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id":         1234,
  "name":       "Sales Category",
  "sort_order": 1,
  "created_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00"
}

 

Add a KPI Category

POST /api/kpicategories

Using curl

curl https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
  -d '{"name": "Sales Category", "sort_order": 1}'
  -v -u {email_address}:{token} -X POST

Example Response

Status: 201 Created
Location: https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories/{id}
{
  "id":         1234,
  "name":       "Sales Category",
  "sort_order": 1,
  "created_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-21T10:12:00"
}

 

Update a KPI Category

PUT /api/kpicategories/{id}

Using curl

curl https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories/{id}
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
  -d '{"name": "Sales Category", "sort_order": 1}'
  -v -u {email_address}:{token} -X PUT

Example Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id":1,
  "name":"Offices",
  "sort_order":1,
  "created_at":"2012-11-30T10:40:00",
  "updated_at":"2012-11-30T10:40:00"
}

 

Delete a KPI Category

DELETE /api/kpicategories/{id}

Using curl

curl https://{subdomain}.simplekpi.com/api/kpicategories/{id}
  -v -u {email_address}:{token}

Example Response

Status: 200 OK