Query full equipment characteristic details for a piece of rail equipment via the Umler API

domain: public.railinc.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Contact Railinc's API team via the "Connect with Our Integration Experts" form at public.railinc.com/developers/get-started and select Asset Management as the API capability of interest.
  2. Obtain a Railinc ID and SSO credentials through Railinc customer onboarding before any API calls can be authorized.
  3. Call the Umler Equipment Full View Query service to retrieve all equipment characteristic details for a given equipment ID (reporting mark + number).
  4. Cross-reference returned fields against the Umler Data Specifications Manual for field definitions.
  5. For narrower results, use the Equipment Selected Elements Query to request only specific data elements instead of the full record.

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