Create service request categories

URL

POST https://{api-url}/api/v2/tenants/{tenantId}/serviceRequests/categories

Sample URLs

To create partner-level categories:

https://{api-url}//api/v2/tenants/msp_3/serviceRequests/categories

To create client-level categories:

https://{api-url}/api/v2/tenants/client_4/serviceRequests/categories

Creating categories and sub-categories helps organize identical service requests. This provides clarity and access to granularity of data. For example, a network category could help track how many network-related service requests are triggered in a week.

Parameters

Field	Data Type	Description
names	String	Unique name for category. A category would be identified with this name.
parentCategory	String	(Optional) Create a child category under a parent category. This field is mandatory while creating a subcategory. Use the get categories API to retrieve parent categories of the Problem entity type. (A child category is always specific to a parent category.)

Status code

200 OK

Create a parent category

Sample request

{
	"names": ["Software"]
}

Sample response

[{
	"uniqueId": "SCAT-2b53c303-9374-4df1-848a-664d0d65235d",
	"name": "Software",
	"createdBy": {
		"id": "USR0001202764",
		"loginName": "James_Blake",
		"lastName": "Blake",
		"firstName": "James",
		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
	},
	"updatedBy": {
		"id": "USR0001202764",
		"loginName": "James_Blake",
		"lastName": "Blake",
		"firstName": "James",
		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
	},
	"createdDate": "2018-02-09T07:03:34+0000",
	"updatedDate": "2018-02-09T07:03:34+0000"
}]

Create child categories

Sample request

{
	"names": ["Email", "License"],
	"parentCategory": {
		"uniqueId": "SCAT-2b53c303-9374-4df1-848a-664d0d65235d",
		"name": "Software"
	}
}

Sample response

[{
 	"uniqueId": "SCAT-279e9528-13b0-4cd7-839b-7d20513b2c32",
 	"name": "Email",
 	"parentCategory": {
 		"uniqueId": "SCAT-2b53c303-9374-4df1-848a-664d0d65235d",
 		"name": "Software"
 	},
 	"createdBy": {
 		"id": "USR0001202764",
 		"loginName": "James_Blake",
 		"lastName": "Blake",
 		"firstName": "James",
 		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
 	},
 	"updatedBy": {
 		"id": "USR0001202764",
 		"loginName": "James_Blake",
 		"lastName": "Blake",
 		"firstName": "James",
 		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
 	},
 	"createdDate": "2018-02-09T07:13:09+0000",
 	"updatedDate": "2018-02-09T07:13:09+0000"
 }, {
 	"uniqueId": "SCAT-d244eacf-5932-4026-876f-88807725cf17",
 	"name": "License",
 	"parentCategory": {
 		"uniqueId": "SCAT-2b53c303-9374-4df1-848a-664d0d65235d",
 		"name": "Software"
 	},
 	"createdBy": {
 		"id": "USR0001202764",
 		"loginName": "James_Blake",
 		"lastName": "Blake",
 		"firstName": "James",
 		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
 	},
 	"updatedBy": {
 		"id": "USR0001202764",
 		"loginName": "James_Blake",
 		"lastName": "Blake",
 		"firstName": "James",
 		"email": "james.blake@myorganization.com"
 	},
 	"createdDate": "2018-02-09T07:13:10+0000",
 	"updatedDate": "2018-02-09T07:13:10+0000"
}]