# Resume a suspended compliance collection

Resumes a previously suspended CIS compliance collection, restarting scheduled scans and policy enforcement.

## Endpoint

[POST /dcapi/scap/compliance/map/{collectionId}/resume](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/resume-compliance-collection.html)

## Request

### Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/scap/compliance/map/{collectionId}/resume`

### Scope

`VulnerabilityMgmt.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Path Parameters

**collectionId** `string` **Mandatory**

The collection ID of the CIS compliance audit to resume. Fetch from [Get CG Association Details](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/get-cg-association-details.html).

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomain/dcapi/scap/compliance/map/{collectionId}/resume \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON object`

- **status** `string`
  - Operation result. Success for suspend, Resumed or Expired for resume
- **collectionName** `string`
  - Name of the compliance collection

### HTTP Code 401

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON object`

- **errorCode** `string`
  - Unauthorized error code. Collection is not a compliance or quarantine collection, or user lacks scope access
- **errorMessage** `string`
  - Message indicating the collection type mismatch or insufficient scope

### HTTP Code 429

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON object`

- **errorCode** `long`
  - Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes
- **errorMsg** `string`
  - Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

### Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code
- **401** — HTTP code
- **429** — HTTP code

### Sample Response: HTTP 200

#### Compliance collection resumed successfully

```json
{
  "STATUS": "Resumed",
  "collectionName": "Production Servers Compliance"
}
```

#### Collection has expired and cannot be resumed

```json
{
  "STATUS": "Expired",
  "collectionName": "Production Servers Compliance"
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

#### The provided collection is not a compliance collection or user lacks scope

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "The given Collection is not a Compliance Collection",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

#### User does not have scope access to the resource group

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "No access, Provided resource group is not in scope",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 429

#### API call threshold exceeded

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.