API

Finance APIs

POST finance/dimension-definitions

Resource for creating new finance dimension definition

HTTP method POST
URI https://api.rambase.net/finance/dimension-definitions
Supported formats Xml, Html, Json (ex. $format=json)
Successful HTTP status code 201
API resource identifier 3418, version 3

The following body must be added to the request. Mouse over fieldnames for description and other useful information about the fields. Note that fields in bold are required/mandatory.

Format:
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<DimensionDefinition>
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     <Name
Name

Required/mandatory field

Name of dimension

>{String}</Name>
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     <Description
Description

Description of dimension

This field is optional.

>{String}</Description>
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</DimensionDefinition>
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{
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     "dimensionDefinition": {
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          "name
Name

Required/mandatory field

Name of dimension

": "{String}",
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          "description
Description

Description of dimension

This field is optional.

": "{String}"
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     }
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}

The query string is placed after the resource URL, seperated with a questionmark (?). The query string is composed of a series of query parameters with values. See the page about query parameters on how to use these parameters.

$access_token String, optional After successful login you get an access token which needs to be provided in all API requests. Even though it is possible to pass this token as query parameter, we recommended passing it using the HTTP request header as described in Authorization. Note that all access tokens have an expiration time.
$db String, optional Set the database/company for the request
$useMinimumVersion Integer, optional Used to run a new version of an API resource when your API client is running a deprecated API resource. See the Breaking changes page for more information.
$showDomainDescriptions Boolean, optional Set to "true" to include domain descriptions for fields using domain values. See the Domain values page for more information. Default value is false.
$lang String, optional Specifies the language used in the response, following the 3-letter ISO-639-1 [lll]

Read more about filters and sorting on how to use filter parameters and named filters.

Read more about filters and sorting on how to use sortable parameters

Requesting this resource will yield the following response. Mouse over fieldnames (or fieldgroups) for descriptions and other useful information about the fields.

Please note that some fields may be removed from the response, based on user roles/duties/permissions.

Format:
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<DimensionDefinition>
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     <DimensionDefinitionId
DimensionDefinitionId

Dimension identifier

>{Integer}</DimensionDefinitionId>
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     <Status
Status

Status of dimension

Possible domain values can be found here

>{Integer}</Status>
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     <Name
Name

Name of dimension

>{String}</Name>
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     <Description
Description

Description of dimension

>{String}</Description>
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     <ValueSource
ValueSource

Where the value is selected from.

>
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          <Type
Type

Type of source

Possible domain values can be found here

>{String}</Type>
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          <ArchiveClass>
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               <Name
Name

Name of archive class

Possible domain values can be found here

>{String}</Name>
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          </ArchiveClass>
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          <Field>
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               <Name
Name

Name of field

Possible domain values can be found here

>{String}</Name>
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          </Field>
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     </ValueSource>
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</DimensionDefinition>
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{
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     "dimensionDefinition": {
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          "dimensionDefinitionId
DimensionDefinitionId

Dimension identifier

": "{Integer}",
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          "status
Status

Status of dimension

Possible domain values can be found here

": "{Integer}",
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          "name
Name

Name of dimension

": "{String}",
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          "description
Description

Description of dimension

": "{String}",
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          "valueSource
ValueSource

Where the value is selected from.

": {
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               "type
Type

Type of source

Possible domain values can be found here

": "{String}",
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               "archiveClass": {
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                    "name
Name

Name of archive class

Possible domain values can be found here

": "{String}"
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               },
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               "field": {
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                    "name
Name

Name of field

Possible domain values can be found here

": "{String}"
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               }
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          }
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     }
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}

List of available operations/actions for this resource.
See the operations documentation for more information about API operations.

Possible error codes the response might return:

Error 101079 HTTP 400 Mismatch in size of revision parameters