https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Docs-and-Resources/How-to-decide-which-NetApp-API-to-use/ta-p/451782 <P>I'm often asked by customers or partners which API they should use to get information for their NetApp systems. The most common use-case is that they are putting together a dashboard, which is often multi-platform or multiple layers of the tech stack. I put together a relatively simple flowchart to help determine whether to use the API from Active IQ Digital Advisor, Active IQ Unified Manager, or ONTAP.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" style="width: 925px;"><img src="https://community.netapp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27964i4ABA9C9DB5D84404/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I hope this is helpful.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Brett Albertson</P> <P>Principal Technical Marketing Engineer</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:39:23 GMT bretta 2025-06-04T09:39:23Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Docs-and-Resources/How-to-decide-which-NetApp-API-to-use/ta-p/451782 <P>I'm often asked by customers or partners which API they should use to get information for their NetApp systems. The most common use-case is that they are putting together a dashboard, which is often multi-platform or multiple layers of the tech stack. I put together a relatively simple flowchart to help determine whether to use the API from Active IQ Digital Advisor, Active IQ Unified Manager, or ONTAP.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" style="width: 925px;"><img src="https://community.netapp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27964i4ABA9C9DB5D84404/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" alt="Screenshot 2024-04-05 at 10.32.23 AM.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I hope this is helpful.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Brett Albertson</P> <P>Principal Technical Marketing Engineer</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:39:23 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Docs-and-Resources/How-to-decide-which-NetApp-API-to-use/ta-p/451782 bretta 2025-06-04T09:39:23Z