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Category	Metadata retrieval
Description	Returns metadata for the complete list of all organization levels in the system.
Permissions Required To Invoke	None (must be valid credentials for the instance)
Parameters Required On Request	Credentials

This method's request contains a credentials tag to identify and authorize the calling user and an optional include tag to indicate which levels to include in the response. Once the user credentials are verified, the method returns an XML document describing the set of organization levels in the system corresponding to the request. Levels are returned in a nested tree fashion, with one level tag enclosing another if the level represented by the enclosing tag is the parent of the enclosed level.

Level Filtering

Unavailable level/version filtering always applies when a version is specified.
If a user specifies a user-assigned sheet in the request:
- Levels return if the user does have access to that sheet. For admin users, if inaccessibleValues is true, then levels will return for the sheet.
- All levels on the sheet return if the user has access to the sheet, regardless of the user's level access.
If a user specifies a level-assigned sheet in the request:
- User-access filtering applies when required by inaccessibleValues, which determines if the response should include levels the user has no access to.
- Then, sheet filtering gets applied.

Request Format

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<call method="exportLevels" callerName="a string that identifies your client application">
    <credentials login="sampleuser@company.com" password="my_pwd"/>
    <include versionID="3" inaccessibleValues="false"/>
    <sheet id="3" />
</call>

credentials element
Tag Name		credentials
Description		All API calls must contain a single credentials element to identify the user invoking the API. The API call is then performed as this user (any audit trail or his- tory of actions in the system will show that this user performed the action), and therefore the user must have the required permissions to perform the action in order for the API call to succeed.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
login	Y	The login name of the user invoking the API method. This user must have a role containing the permissions required for the method being invoked.	sampleuser@company.com
password	Y	The password of the user invoking the API method.	my_password
locale	N	Specify the locale to be used to interpret incoming numbers and dates, and to format outgoing numbers and dates (using the proper thousands separator, month names, and date formatting). The locale is also used to specify the language in which any system messages in the response should appear. If not specified, en_US (American English) is used.	fr_FR
instanceCode	N	If the user specified in the credentials has access to more than one instance of Adaptive Insights, this attribute can be used to specify that the user is intending to access an instance other than their default instance. If not specified, the user's default instance will be used. To determine the available instance codes, use the exportInstances API.	MYINSTANCE1
Contents of the Element
(none)

include element
Tag Name		include
Description		Represents a set of flags indicating what aspects of the levels' information should be included or excluded from the response. This element is optional: if not present, the default value is false for inaccessibleValues, and blank (or all versions) for versionName/versionID.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
inaccessibleValues Available in API v18+.	N	Whether the response should include levels to which the user has no access. Either true or false. The default, if the element or its attribute is not present, is false. If set to false, the response will only include levels to which the user has data access, either direct or implied. Note that this means the response may no longer be a single rooted tree of levels, but may be a series of disjoint subtrees of the overall tree. Only users with the "Organization Structure: All Levels" or "Import to all levels" permissions may set this option to true.	false
inaccessibleLevels Available in API v17 and earlier. Not available in API v18+.	N	Either true or false. Whether the response should include levels to which the user has no access. The default, if the element or its attribute is not present, is true. If set to false, the response will only include levels to which the user has data access, either direct or implied. Note that this means the response may no longer be a single rooted tree of levels, but may be a series of disjoint subtrees of the overall tree.	true
versionName Updated in API v18	N	Indicates whether the response should only include levels which are available for the requested version name. The default, if the element or its attribute is not present, is to return all levels. If a version name is specified, only levels which are available for the specified version will be returned. If present, the inaccessibleValues attribute will also be applied, and only levels which are available in the specified version and accessible by the requesting user will be returned. If the specified version name is not found, this API returns an error. If both versionName and versionID attributes are passed, the versionID is ignored. When specifying a version, the call will succeed only if the user has access to the version.	Engineering
versionID Updated in API v18	N	Same as versionName (above) except taking a version ID number as a parameter. Indicates whether the response should only include levels which are available for the requested version. The default, if the element or its attribute is not present, is to return all levels. If a version ID is specified, only levels which are available for the specified version will be returned. If present, the inaccessibleValues attribute will also be applied, and only levels which are available in the specified version and accessible by the requesting user will be returned. If the specified version ID is not found, this API returns an error. If both versionName and versionID attributes are passed, the versionID is ignored. When specifying a version, the call will succeed only if the user has access to the version.	3
Contents of the Element
(none)

sheet element
Tag Name		sheet
Description		Represents a sheet, where only levels available for that sheet will be included in the response. This element is optional: if not present, the API will return level information independent of a particular sheet. If the given sheet is a level-assigned sheet, this filtering would be applied on top of the version and user access filtering, if present. If the given sheet is a user-assigned sheet to which the current user has access, then all levels on that sheet after any version filtering will be returned.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
id	Y	The internal system ID number for the sheet.	234
Contents of the Element
(none)

Response Format

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<response success="true">
<output>
  <levels seqNo="21">
    <level id="1" name="Corporate Rollup" currency="USD" isImportable="1" workflowStatus="I">
      <level id="2" name="Engineering" currency="USD" shortName="Engr" isImportable="1" workflowStatus="I">
        <level id="7" name="Development" currency="USD" shortName="Dev" isImportable="1" workflowStatus="I"/>
        <level id="8" name="QA" currency="INR" isImportable="0" workflowStatus="L"/>
        <level id="9" name="Documentation" currency="PKR" shortName="Doc" isImportable="1" workflowStatus=R"/>
      </level>
      <level id="3" name="Professional Services" currency="USD" shortName="Prof.Srv" isImportable="0" workflowStatus="A">
        <attributes>
          <attribute name="Corporate Discount" value="Available" attributeId="20" valueId="188" />
          <attribute name="Transfers Restricted" value="Yes" attributeId="21" valueId="194" />
        </attributes>
      </level>
    </level>
  </levels>
</output>
</response>

response element
Tag Name		response
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
success	Y	Either true or false, indicating whether the API call was successful or not. Even successful calls may contain warning messages in their response.	true
obsolete	N	If present on the response tag and set to true, this attribute indicates that the version of the method or API which is being invoked has become obsolete and is officially deprecated. While it continues to function at this time, it may cease functioning in a short while. Typically, this attribute is not present.	false
Contents of the Element
A single optional messages element, and exactly one required output element.

output element
Tag Name	output
Attributes of the Element
(none)
Contents of the Element
A single accounts element. This output wrapper is standard on all API responses and encloses the valid output of any successful API call.

levels element
Tag Name		levels
Description		Container for the level element.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
seqNo Added in API v17 but reserved for future use.
Contents of the Element
One or more level elements. If the request includes inaccessible levels, there will be only one level element, which represents the top level of the organization.

level element
Tag Name		level
Description		Represents a single organization level being returned in the response to an exportLevels API call.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
id	Y	The internal system ID number for the level.	7
name	Y	The name of the level, as it appears on reports and sheets.	Development
currency	Y	The currency code for the currency assigned to this level of the organization. The currency will be one of the configured currencies for the instance, found in the exportActiveCurrencies call.	INR
shortName	N	The abbreviation for the level, if any, as entered in Organization Administration.	Dev
availableStart	N	The start time period for the availability of level for actuals version, applicable only when ACTUALS version is specified in the request. The value can be either a time period code, such as "01/2012" or the special value "START" indicating the start of the version.	01/2013
availableEnd	N	The end time period for the availability of level for actuals version, applicable only when ACTUALS version is specified in the request. The value can be either a time period code, such as "12/2013", or the special value "END" indicating the end of the version.	12/2013
isImportable	N	Indicates if the associated level is importable in the specified version. '0' means it is not importable and '1' means it is importable. A level is importable if at least one timeslot in the specified version is importable. isImportable attribute is only emitted if versionName or versionID is specified in the request. Note: isImportable only indicates that a level is available for import in the specified version, not that the user making the API call has the permission to import into the version or level. Use exportVersions to see which versions are available to the user for import.	1
workflowStatus	N	Emits the workflow status for the associated level. I for "In Progress", S for "Submitted", R for "Rejected", A for "Approved" and L for "Locked". Only included in the response if workflow is enabled for this company, and a planning versionName or versionID is specified in the request. Workflow is not available on actuals versions.	I
isLinked	Y	1 if the level is a linked level; otherwise, 0.	1
isElimination	Y	1 if the level is an elimination level; otherwise, 0.	0
hasChildren	N	Indicates whether the level has children. "false" for no, "true" for yes. This attribute is set for any level that has children, independent of the children being accessible or not. If a level has children but the children are not accessible, the hasChildren attribute is still set to true.	true
Contents of the Element
One nested level element for each direct child level of this level. One attributes element if this level has one or more attributes associated with it.

attributes element
Tag Name		attributes
Description		Container for one or more attribute elements.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
(none)
Contents of the Element
One or more attribute elements.

attribute element
Tag Name		attribute
Description		Represents a single non-blank level attribute mapping to which a level is associated.
Attributes of the Element
Attribute Name	Required?	Value	Example
name	Y	The name of the level attribute	Corporate Discount
value	Y	The value of the level attribute associated with the level.	Yes
attributeID	Y	The internal system id number of the level attribute.	20
valueID	Y	The internal system id number of the level attribute value.	188
Contents of the Element
(none)