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Content create

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api-version: 3.0

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Create content of an element.

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POST /{collectionId}/{storageId}/_api/rest/facets/{facetId}/views/diagram/elements/{elementId}/content
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NameInRequiredTypeDescription
collectionIdpathtruestringThe ID of the storage collection.
storageIdpathtruestringThe ID of the tenant.
facetIdpathtruestringThe name of the facet.
viewIdpathtruestringThe name of the view.
elementIdpathtruestringThe ID of the element.
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valuesContentModelA collection of content models.
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Responses

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Success 200

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messagestringThe error message
typeOperationResultTypeThe result type.
outputstring
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messagestringThe error message
typeOperationResultOutputThe result output.
typeOperationResultTypeThe result type.
dataOperationErrorThe list of errors.
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Examples

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Create new content shapes in an element

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POST https://demo.symbioworld.com/pz/showcase/_api/rest/facets/processes/views/diagram/elements/db313e1c-9a5f-400e-add9-6282e3058dca/content
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Request Body

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{\n    \"values\": [\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"index\": 0\n            },\n            \"element\": {\n                \"type\": \"evStart\",\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"name\": {\n                        \"1031\": \"Start\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"predecessors\": [\n                    0\n                ],\n                \"index\": 1\n            },\n            \"element\": {\n                \"type\": \"subProcess\",\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"name\": {\n                        \"1031\": \"SubProcess\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"predecessors\": [\n                    1\n                ],\n                \"index\": 2\n            },\n            \"element\": {\n                \"type\": \"evEnd\",\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"name\": {\n                        \"1031\": \"End\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}
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Response (200 OK)

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{\n    \"values\":\n    [\n        {\n            \"id\":\"a2c0abae-6fbd-42a8-a7a9-931f41ac187d\",\n            \"index\":0\n        },\n            \n        {\n            \"id\":\"fb92ff40-a84b-4879-bce0-0aa24982f23e\",\n            \"index\":1\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\":\"9807501f-e1da-41cf-9c31-91e4fa38be43\",\n            \"index\":2\n        }\n    ]\n}
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Create a new content shape as successor of an existing shape

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POST https://demo.symbioworld.com/pz/showcase/_api/rest/facets/processes/views/diagram/elements/db313e1c-9a5f-400e-add9-6282e3058dca/content
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Request Body

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{\n    \"values\": [\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"index\": 0,\n                \"id\": \"a2c0abae-6fbd-42a8-a7a9-931f41ac187d\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"predecessors\": [\n                    0\n                ],\n                \"index\": 1\n            },\n            \"element\": {\n                \"type\": \"task\",\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"name\": {\n                        \"1031\": \"Task\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}
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Response (200 OK)

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{\n    \"values\":\n        [\n            {\n                \"id\": \"fc1388c1-9956-4028-9603-2954a24a377d\",\n                \"index\": 0\n            },\n            {\n                \"id\": \"ec10b6fd-1e47-4c90-9992-f3654166d444\",\n                \"index\": \n            }\n        ]\n}
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Create a new content shape and reference an existing SubProcess

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{\n    \"values\": [\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"index\": 0,\n                \"id\": \"a2c0abae-6fbd-42a8-a7a9-931f41ac187d\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"shapeInfo\": {\n                \"predecessors\": [\n                    0\n                ],\n                \"index\": 1\n            },\n            \"element\": {\n                \"type\": \"subProcess\",\n                \"id\": \"db313e1c-9a5f-400e-add9-6282e3058dca\"\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}
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Response (200 OK)

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{\n    \"values\":\n        [\n            {\n                \"id\": \"fc1388c1-9956-4028-9603-2954a24a377d\",\n                \"index\": 0\n            },\n            {\n                \"id\": \"db313e1c-9a5f-400e-add9-6282e3058dca\",\n                \"index\": \n            }\n        ]\n}
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Definitions

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Element

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NameTypeDescription
idGuid?The identifier of the element.
versionIdGuid?The identifier of the specific version.
statestringThe current state of the element.
stereotypestringThe stereotype of the element.
typestringThe type of the element.
attributesDictionary<string, Dictionary<int, object>>The attributes of the element.
relatedDictionary<string, List<Element>>The list of related elements.
childrenElementThe list of child elements.
contentElementThe list of content elements.
rootPathElementThe list of hierarchical parent elements to the root element.
displayNamesDictionary<int, string>Gets the display names of multiple languages.
expandUristringGets or sets the expand Uri to get full information about element
facetNamestringName of the facet
setReadOnlybool?Gets or sets the read only of the element
versionsElementElement versions of this container
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ContentModel

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shapeInfoContentShapeInfoInformation about the shape.
elementElementThe element.
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ContentShapeInfo

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NameTypeDescription
predecessorsintThe predecessor indices of the shape.
indexintThe index of the shape in the context of the current operation.
idstringThe ID of the shape. Optional, can be used to reference existing shapes.
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OperationResultOutput

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NameType
volatilestring
permanentstring
dialogstring
inlinestring
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OperationResultType

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criticalstring
errorstring
warningstring
successstring
unauthorizedstring
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errorstringThe error message.
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