1Create Role

1Create Role

Overview

This API creates a new Role using the details provided.

Method: POST

Request URL: {kyvos-url}/rest/v2/roles


Authorization

API Key: sessionid

This method authenticates requests using a session ID which acts like an API key.


BasicAuth: HTTP Authorization Scheme

This method authenticates requests using a username and password sent in the HTTP Authorization header.


Headers

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Content-Type (Required)

String

Specifies media type of request body.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

sessionid

String

The session ID is the token received from the login API.

Note: Session ID is required for token-based authentication.

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Request Body

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

privileges

String

JSON object containing the privileges and permissions to be assigned or updated for the Role.

Note: At least one of the following parameters must be provided: json or privileges.

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json

String

JSON object containing the Role details and configuration to be created.

Note: An example JSON is provided under the Resources section below.

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roleName

String

Name of the Role to be created.

Note: If json is not provided, then roleName is required.

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Responses

200 Success

{ "code": 0, "message": "Successfully added role: Custom End USer" }

Status Code

Description

Status Code

Description

401

Authorization information is missing or invalid.

404

No matching record found.

412

Precondition failed. Parameter missing.

500

Internal Server Error.

Resources

Below is an example of JSON structure which can be used as a reference for the json parameter in the request body.

{ "privileges":{ "relationships":{ "crud":false, "view":true, "use":false, "share":false, "addFolder":false }, "workbooks":{ "crud":true, "view":true, "share":true, "addFolder":true, "export":true }, "notification":{ "cubeBuildFailure":false, "notificationAdmin":false, "cubeBuildSuccess":false, "cubeBuildStart":false, "systemEvents":false, "datasetBuildFailure":false, "datasetBuildStart":false, "datasetBuildSuccess":false, "entityModified":true }, "cubes":{ "crud":false, "view":true, "use":true, "setupDataSecurity":false, "exportCubeMetadata":false, "setupCacheRules":false, "addJob":0, "advancedSystemProperties":false, "share":false, "addFolder":false, "drillThrough":true }, "setup":{ "view":false, "resourceAllocation":{ "crud":false, "view":false }, "licenseMgmt":{ "crud":false, "view":false }, "userMgmt":{ "crud":true, "view":true }, "clusterScaling":{ "crud":false, "view":false, "viewSystemUsage":false }, "exportCab":false, "connections":{ "crud":false, "view":false, "share":false }, "importCab":false }, "files":{ "crud":false, "view":true, "use":false, "addJob":0, "share":false, "addFolder":false }, "thirdPartyBITools":{ "sqlUserImpersonation":false }, "kyvosreporting":{ "view":false }, "monitor":{ "view":false, "viewOverview":false, "viewUsers":false, "viewJobs":{ "view":false, "showJobs":0, "cancelJobs":false }, "viewAuditLogs":false, "viewKyvosEngines":false }, "datasets":{ "crud":false, "view":true, "use":false, "addJob":0, "share":false, "addFolder":false }, "queryplayground":{ "view":true } }, "userCount":0, "groupCount":0, "name":"Custom End User", "description":"This is a custom end user role." }

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