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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

Exporting discovered data using the CSV and XML APIs

The BMC Discovery Export APIs enable users to interrogate the datastore using a script or program, and receive data back as a stream of text, an empty string, or a return code. The BMC Discovery Export APIs enable you to:

  • automate processes
  • extract data for processing in third party applications
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Additional permissions are required for XML and CSV APIs. You need to grant the API access permission (api-access group), or update group permissions to include the api/access permission for users who require access to the CSV and XML APIs.

We recommend the use of REST API for new integrations as it provides more control when retrieving data, and provides a range of additional features across its endpoints. 

The following topics describe usage of the Discovery Export APIs:

 

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BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises)