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How to use REST API 4 to modify an entity value
I'm looking at the following documentation from FICO on modifying an entity value in a scenario but doesn't under what "dimension" mentions in this context. Could you provide an example of what it is...
Chang,
The dimension refers to the entity dimension which you can find more information about here: https://www.fico.com/fico-xpress-optimization/docs/latest/insight_dev_guide/GUID-BCA42913-8334-46E3-96BB-75A5F15282DB.html
However, you are most likely wanting to modify the data value of the scalar which is dimension 0 and is the default (so you can leave off dimension entirely). To do this you can PUT to /v1/data/scenario/{id}/data/entity/{scalarName} with the body of the request containing the value you want to set the entity to.
Included with insight is an example of interacting with the REST API, written in javascript. You can find it in: [xpress_installation_directory]\examples\insight\rest_api\rest-client-example. There is no usage of this specific endpoint but it might help in general use of the REST API.
Regards,
Ian
