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Update CI

This call updates the details of a CI.

URL

/dataModel/ci/{id}

Method

PUT

Headers

Required: 

Authorization: Bearer <token>

Note <token> is the token that is returned by the Authentication call.

Example: 

Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0Njc5ODQ5MTcsImN1c3RvbWVyIjoxLCJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InN5c2FkbWluIn0.Ph8WHtzvpvfuH1j0CtwHqyBhX1uLlfhr0eQQ7m0_gT0

Request type

JSON

Response type

JSON

URL Parameters

Path Parameters

Required:

{id}: [ucmdb_id]

Data Types:

[ucmdb_id]

The string that represents the UCMDB ID of a configuration item.

Payload 

{
  ucmdbId: [ucmdb_id],
  type: [ucmdb_cit],
  properties: {
    <ucmdb_cit_prop>: [ucmdb_cit_prop_value],
    …
  }
}

Note  

  • The …(three dots) denotes that there can be 0 or more values.
  • You have to specify only the properties that you want to update. Do not specify all properties of the CI.
  • You cannot update the type or the ID of the CI.

Data Types:

[ucmdb_id]

The string that represents the UCMDB ID of a CI.

[ucmdb_cit]

The string that represents the name of a valid CI Type from the UCMDB.

[ucmdb_cit_prop_value]

The property value, which can be integer, string, Boolean, long, double, ISO8601 date, or a list of values depending on the CIT property data type.

Custom fields:

<ucmdb_cit_prop>

The valid property name of the CI Type. You can get the name and the list of all properties of a CI Type from the CI Type Manager.

Example: 

{
  ucmdbId: 4dc01bee04c76cc0ac4bb069f46e8b56,
  type: node,
  properties: {
    root_candidatefordeletetime: 2016-07-31T08:41:54.189Z,
    data_operationisnew: false,
    root_class: node,
    display_label: test2,
    data_operationstate: 0:Normal,
    data_allow_auto_discovery: true,
  }
}

Success response

Status: 200

Response: 

{
     addedCis: list of [ucmdb_id]
     removedCis: list of [ucmdb_id],
     updatedCis: list of [ucmdb_id],
     ignoredCis: list of [ucmdb_id]
}

Data Types:

[ucmdb_id]

The string that represents the UCMDB ID of a CI.

Example:

Code: 200

Content: 

{
    addedCis: [],
    removedCis: [],
    updatedCis: [
        4b8416a13e686092b2a2e142ecceff46
    ],
    ignoredCis: []
}

Error response

Status: 404 or 400

Content: 

{
  error: [string]
}

Example:

Code: 404

Content: 

{
   error: The following error has occurred:  The CI with the specified id was not found. Please consult logs for more details
}

Note

The user that the token belongs to must have the required permissions for updating the data inside UCMDB through the SDK.

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