Add Department CI

To add non-IT asset CIs use the following URL format:

http://<servername>:<portnumber>/api/cmdb/ci/

Assuming you are adding a non-IT asset CI in the local server with port number 8080, the URL should be given as:

http://localhost:8080/api/cmdb/ci

Keypoints:

Input is an XML string sent as "POST attribute" with key "INPUT_DATA".
The operation name "add" should be sent as a "POST attribute" with key "OPERATION_NAME".
The technician key should be sent as a "POST attribute" with key "TECHNICIAN_KEY".

Note:

Technician having SDAdmin role can perform add operations on admin CIs like Business Service, Department etc.
CI-ID of the newly added entry is returned along with the CI Name in the response.
Technicians can add more than one CI(s) using the <record> </record> tags.
CI Attributes, Global Attributes and custom CI Attributes for the corresponding CI Type can be added.
All asset additional attributes can be added
Parameter Result Format - Optional. specifies the return format ( XML or JSON )

If no result format specified then API will return output in JSON format.

Note: Attributes for other default CI Types like Cluster, Document, IT Service, Network,Switch Ports and Datacenter can be added by referring the CI Type details page.

Sample Input for adding non-IT assets (Department):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<API version="1.0" locale="en">
    <records>
    <record>
        <parameter><name>Name</name><value>Research and Development1</value></parameter>
        <parameter><name>CI Type</name><value>Department</value></parameter>
        <parameter><name>Site</name><value>Japan</value></parameter>
        <parameter><name>Business Impact</name><value>Medium</value></parameter>
        <parameter><name>Description</name><value>Research and development</value></parameter>
    </record>
    </records>
</API>