Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

StartExportTask

Begins the export of discovered data to an S3 bucket.

If you specify agentIds in a filter, the task exports up to 72 hours of detailed data collected by the identified Application Discovery Agent, including network, process, and performance details. A time range for exported agent data may be set by using startTime and endTime. Export of detailed agent data is limited to five concurrently running exports.

If you do not include an agentIds filter, summary data is exported that includes both AWS Agentless Discovery Connector data and summary data from AWS Discovery Agents. Export of summary data is limited to two exports per day.

Request Syntax


{
   "endTime": number,
   "exportDataFormat": [ "string" ],
   "filters": [ 
      { 
         "condition": "string",
         "name": "string",
         "values": [ "string" ]
      }
   ],
   "startTime": number
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

endTime

The end timestamp for exported data from the single Application Discovery Agent selected in the filters. If no value is specified, exported data includes the most recent data collected by the agent.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

exportDataFormat

The file format for the returned export data. Default value is CSV. Note: The GRAPHML option has been deprecated.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: CSV | GRAPHML

Required: No

filters

If a filter is present, it selects the single agentId of the Application Discovery Agent for which data is exported. The agentId can be found in the results of the DescribeAgents API or CLI. If no filter is present, startTime and endTime are ignored and exported data includes both Agentless Discovery Connector data and summary data from Application Discovery agents.

Type: Array of ExportFilter objects

Required: No

startTime

The start timestamp for exported data from the single Application Discovery Agent selected in the filters. If no value is specified, data is exported starting from the first data collected by the agent.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "exportId": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

exportId

A unique identifier used to query the status of an export request.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 200.

Pattern: \S*

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AuthorizationErrorException

The AWS user account does not have permission to perform the action. Check the IAM policy associated with this account.

HTTP Status Code: 400

HomeRegionNotSetException

The home region is not set. Set the home region to continue.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterException

One or more parameters are not valid. Verify the parameters and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterValueException

The value of one or more parameters are either invalid or out of range. Verify the parameter values and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationNotPermittedException

This operation is not permitted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServerInternalErrorException

The server experienced an internal error. Try again.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

In the following example or examples, the Authorization header contents (AUTHPARAMS) must be replaced with an AWS Signature Version 4 signature. For more information about creating these signatures, see Signature Version 4 Signing Process in the AWS General Reference.

You only need to learn how to sign HTTP requests if you intend to manually create them. When you use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or one of the AWS SDKs to make requests to AWS, these tools automatically sign the requests for you with the access key that you specify when you configure the tools. When you use these tools, you don't need to learn how to sign requests yourself.

Start an export task of summary data filtering for an agentId and a time range

This example illustrates one usage of StartExportTask.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: discovery.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 141
X-Amz-Target: AWSPoseidonService_V2015_11_01.StartExportTask
X-Amz-Date: 20170711T004454Z
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AUTHPARAMS

{
   "endTime":1499601600,
   "startTime":1499428800,
   "filters":[
      {
         "values":[
            "i-06ea7f227a9ad1b86"
         ],
         "name":"agentIds",
         "condition":"EQUALS"
      }
   ]
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: 123a4b56-7c89-01d2-3ef4-example5678f
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 58
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:44:54 GMT
          
{
   "exportId":"export-123a4b56-7c89-01d2-3ef4-example5678f"
}