REST API - POST Custom Calendar

Updated

This operation creates a custom calendar.

Request

Syntax

POST <webservice>/CommServ/CustomCalendar HTTP/1.1 Host: <host name> Accept: {application/xml | application/json} Authtoken: <authentication token> Content-type: application/xml <create_custom_calendar_template.xml>

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Headers

Name

Description

Host

The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.

Accept

The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.

Authtoken

The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Content-type

The media type contained in the request body.

Request Body

Download the XML file required for this request: create_custom_calendar_template.xml. The following table displays the parameters for the request body.

Parameter

Description

Element

customCalendarName

The name of the customer calendar.

customCalendarEntity

isDefault

The option to use this calendar for all subsequent scheduled operations, selective copy rules, and extended retention rules.

customCalendar

defineCustomMonths

The option to enable or disable the definition of custom months.

Valid values are True or False.

customCalendar

beginYear

The year the calendar begins.

customCalendar

beginMonth

The month the calendar begins.

customCalendar

beginDate

The year, month, and day the calendar begins. For example:

<beginDate>2017-01-01 00:00:00</beginDate>

numberOfYears

The number of years that are defined for the calendar.

customCalendar

year

If the defineCustomMonths parameter is set to true, the year, the name of the month, and the number of days in the month for each month that requires a custom number of days. Add a customCalendarMonths block for each month you need to define. For example:

<customCalendarMonths>
<year>2018</year>
<month>January</month>
<numberOfDays>20</numberOfDays>
</customCalendarMonths>
<customCalendarMonths>
<year>2018</year>
<month>February</month>
<numberOfDays>28</numberOfDays>
</customCalendarMonths>

customCalendarMonths

month

customCalendarMonths

numberOfDays

customCalendarMonths

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter

Description

Element

value

The possible codes.

Valid values are:

  • 0, successful completion.

  • 2, a failure.

  • a specific error code.

attributes

name

The description of the code. Not all codes have a description.

attributes

Examples

Sample Request

This request creates a basic calendar that does not include custom months.

POST <webservice>/CommServ/CustomCalendar HTTP/1.1
 Host: client.mydomain.com
 Accept: application/xml
 Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6
 0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f
 8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f
 40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7
 68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323
 3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8
 Content-type: application/xml
 <App_SetCustomCalendarInfoRequest customCalendarOperationType="1">
   <customCalendar>
     <customCalendarEntity>
       <customCalendarName>fiscal</customCalendarName>
     </customCalendarEntity>
     <isDefault>false</isDefault>
     <defineCustomMonths>false</defineCustomMonths>
     <beginMonth>April</beginMonth>
   </customCalendar>
 </App_SetCustomCalendarInfoRequest>
    

This request creates an advanced calendar that includes a custom month.

<App_SetCustomCalendarInfoRequest customCalendarOperationType="1">
   <customCalendar>
     <customCalendarEntity>
       <customCalendarName>fiscal</customCalendarName>
     </customCalendarEntity>
     <isDefault>false</isDefault>
     <defineCustomMonths>true</defineCustomMonths>
     <beginYear>2017</beginYear>
     <beginMonth>January</beginMonth>
     <beginDate>2017-01-01 00:00:00</beginDate>
     <numberOfYears>1</numberOfYears>
     <customCalendarMonths>
       <year>2017</year>
       <month>January</month>
       <numberOfDays>15</numberOfDays>
     </customCalendarMonths>
   </customCalendar>
 </App_SetCustomCalendarInfoRequest>
    
Sample Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
 <App_SetCustomCalendarInfoResponse>
   <processinginstructioninfo>
     <attributes name="exitval" value="0"/>
   </processinginstructioninfo>
 </App_SetCustomCalendarInfoResponse>