Update Role

API Type

REST

HTTP Method

POST

Description

Updates information for a role.

URL Format (On Premises)

https://[domain]:[port]/AgilePointServer/Admin/UpdateRole

URL Format (AgilePoint for Azure)

https://[domain]:[port]/AgilePointService/Admin/UpdateRole

Request Parameters

Name	Description
None	Not Applicable

Request Body Properties

Name	Description
Description	Definition: A free text description of an entity. Type string Allowed Values: A string that can contain spaces and special characters.
Enabled	Definition: Enables or disables an entity. Type bool Allowed Values: True - Enables the entity. False - Disables the entity.
Rights	Definition: Specifies the rights that are assigned to the Role. Type WFAccessRights Allowed Values: An array of index values. See the table for appropriate indexes. WFAccessRights provides the enums for rights. See the sample code for more information.
RoleName	Definition: The name of a role. Type string Allowed Values: A valid role name.

These properties are based on the class AddUpdateRoleHelper

JavaScript Code Example

$("#btnUpdateRole").click(function () {
  
  var JSONObject = {
    RoleName: "testasd12", 
    Description: "test", 
    Enabled: true, 
    Rights: ["InitiateProcessInstance", "CancelProcessInstance"]
  }; 
  
  $.ajax({
    url: "https://mydomain:9011/AgilePointServer/Admin/UpdateRole",
    data: JSON.stringify(JSONObject)
  });
  
});

Java Code Example

public String UpdateRole() {

  String URI = "https://mydomain:9011/AgilePointServer/Admin/UpdateRole";

  HTTPOperations ops = new HTTPOperations(domain, userName, 
                       password, appID, locale);

  JSONObject postData = new JSONObject();
  
    postData.put("RoleName", "Regional Managers");
    postData.put("Description", "Regional Managers");
    postData.put("Enabled", "true");
    JSONArray rights = new JSONArray();
    String[] Rights = { "InitiateProcessInstance",
      "CancelProcessInstance" };
    for (String temp : Rights) {
      rights.put(temp);
    }
    postData.put("Rights", rights);
    return ops.POSTMethod(URI, postData.toString());
  return "";
}

C# Code Example

public string UpdateRole()
  {

    string URL = "https://mydomain:9011/AgilePointServer/Admin/UpdateRole";

    string jsonRequestData = "{
      \"RoleName\":\"" + "RoleToBeUpdated" + "\",
      \"Description\":\"" + "test" + "\",
      \"Enabled\":\"true\",
      \"Rights\": [\"InitiateProcessInstance\",
      \"CancelProcessInstance\"]}";

    HTTPOperations ops = new HTTPOperations(domain, this.userName, 
                         password, appID, locale);

    return ops.POSTMethod(URL, jsonRequestData);
  }

Output

An updated WFRole object.

JSON Response Body Example

{
  "CreatedBy": "DEMO3\\HR"
  "CreatedDate": "\/Date(928149600000)\/",
  "Description": "test"
  "Enabled": true
  "LastModifiedBy": "DEMO3\\administrator"
  "LastModifiedDate": "\/Date(928149600000)\/",
  "Name": "testasd12"
  "RightFlags": "YYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
                NNNNNNNNN"
}

Supported Versions

AgilePoint BPMS v5.0 R2 and higher

Parent topic: Group, Role, and Rights

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