1Update Role

1Update Role

Overview

This API updates an existing Role using the details provided.

Method: PUT

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


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

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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Path Parameters

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

name-or-id (Required)

String

Name or ID of the Role to be updated.

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Query Parameters

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

by

String

Specifies whether the name-or-id parameter should be interpreted as a Role name or Role ID.

If by=name, provide the Role name in the name-or-id parameter.

If by=id, provide the Role ID in the name-or-id parameter.

The default value is name.

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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 updated.

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

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Responses

200 Success

{ "code": 0, "message": "Successfully updated role: Admin" }

Status Code

Description

Status Code

Description

401

Authorization information is missing or invalid.

404

Connection, database, schema, or table not found.

412

Precondition failed. Required 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":false, "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":false, "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":false, "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":false, "use":false, "addJob":0, "share":false, "addFolder":false }, "queryplayground":{ "view":true } }, "creationTime":"1781689954412", "userCount":0, "groupCount":0, "name":"Admin", "description":"1223", "id":"17816899542686547269" }

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