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  •   over 14 years ago

Struggling to use API

I'm trying to wrap my head around using the API.  In particular for a windows phone 7 app.  If I need to pull up employment number stats for occupations, how do I accomplish this?  Do I need more than the OES Dataset?  If so, how do I use multiple datasets?

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  • Manager   •   over 14 years ago

    The OES Dataset includes several tables, including one for occupations. To make queries across multiple tables in the OData dataset, you might want to take a look at this question and answer.
    If all else fails and if what you’re looking for is the value column from the “data” table based on an occupation, you’ll want to select the occupation ID from the “occupation” table, make a call with that parameter against the “series” table to get what you need and then make a call to the “data” table. Also, please note the explanation of the “series_id” value below the table description on the dataset documentation page.

  •   •   over 14 years ago

    Thanks for the reply David. I was able to connect the dots.

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