REST Interface for BPEL-related Task Resources - Task Resource - PUT (Bulk Update) Method

Sample method invocation

Parameters

Required Parameters

Name	Value Type	Description
action	string	Action to be performed for the specified tasks. Value Description update Change task properties (for example, priority, category, or a custom property).

Request Content

The default content-type is application/json.

MIME Type: application/json

{  "description": "Task Bulk Update", 
   "type": "object",
   "properties":
   {  "updatedTaskIDs" : { "type": ["string"] },
      "updatedPropertyValues" : 
      {  "businessRelevance": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task is a business relevant or an 'auxiliary' step."
         },
         "contextAuthorizationOfOwner": { "type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Authorization rights of the task owner to the associated context."
         },
         "customProperties": { "type": "object", "optional": true, "additionalProperties": {"type": "string"},
            "description": "List of custom property names and values."
         },
         "deletionTime":  {"type": "string", "format": "date-time", "optional": true,
            "description": "Time when the task is deleted."
         },
         "description": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Description of the task."
         },
         "displayName": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Display name of the task."
         },
         "dueTime":  {"type": "string", "format": "date-time", "optional": true,
            "description": "Time when the task is due."
         },
         "durationUntilDeleted": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Duration that the task is kept after it has reached an end state."
         },
         "durationUntilDue": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Duration when the task becomes due."
         },
         "durationUntilExpires": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Duration when the task expires once it is activated."
         },
         "eventHandlerName": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Name of the associated event handler."
         },
         "expirationTime": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time", "optional": true,
            "description": "Time when the task instance will expire or was due to expire."
         },
         "isEscalated": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether an escalation occurred."
         },
         "isRead": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task instance is marked read."
         },
         "name": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Name of the task instance."
         },
         "namespace": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Namespace that categorizes the task instance."
         },
         "parentContextID": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "ID of the parent context of the task instance."
         },
         "priority": {"type": "integer", "optional": true,
            "description": "Priority of the task instance."
         },
         "supportsClaimIfSuspended":{"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task can be claimed even if it is suspended."
         },
         "supportsDelegation": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task supports delegation, for example, by transferring work items."
         },
         "supportsFollowOnTasks": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task supports the creation of follow-on tasks."
         },
         "supportsSubTasks": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true,
            "description": "States whether the task supports the creation of subtasks."
         },
         "type": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "Type of the task."
         },
         "workBasketName": {"type": "string", "optional": true,
            "description": "The name of the work basket the task belongs to."
         }
      }
   }
}

Response Content

The default content-type is application/json.

MIME Type: application/json

{  "description": "Task Bulk Update Response", 
   "type": "object",
   "properties":
   {  "failedUpdates": 
      [
         {  "tkiid": {"type": "string",
               "description": "ID of a task where the operation has failed."
            },
            "errorNumber": {"type": "string",
               "description": "Message ID of the exception."
            },
            "errorMessage": {"type": "string",
               "description": "Message text of the exception."
            }
         }
      ]
   }
} 

Error Response Content

The default content-type is application/json.

MIME Type: application/json

{  "description": "Error Response", 
   "type": "object",
   "properties":
   {  "errorNumber": {"type": "string",
         "description": "Message ID of the exception."
      },
      "errorMessage": {"type": "string",
         "description": "Message text of the exception."
      },
      "errorMessageParameters": {"type": ["string"], "optional": true,
         "description":"Message text parameters of the exception."
      },
      "programmersDetails": {"type": "object", "optional": true,
         "description":"Additional, exception details, for example, a stack trace."
      }
   }
} 

Status codes

The method returns one of the following status codes:

Code	Description
200 OK	Successful completion. A detailed report is returned.
400 Bad Request	The parameters are not valid or they are missing.
406 Not Acceptable	The requested content type or content encoding is not supported.
415 Unsupported Media Type	The content type or content encoding of the request is not supported.
500 Internal Server Error	A severe problem has occurred. Programmer's details are provided.

Change history

The following changes have been applied to this method:

Release	Description
7.5	The sent human task details update object might contain new properties: "deletionTime" "dueTime" "durationUntilExpires" "expirationTime"

Available since

6.1.2

Parent topic: Task Resource