Microsoft Graph Api - Device Action Results for Managed Devices is not being returned correctly.

Question

• First Case : When I'm trying to retrieve deviceActionResults info for all device then it is showing blank/null . GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/manageddevices?$select=deviceActionResults

   {
       "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#deviceManagement/managedDevices(deviceActionResults)",
       "@odata.count": 87,
       "value": [
           {
               "deviceActionResults": []
           },
           {
               "deviceActionResults": []
           },
           {
               "deviceActionResults": []
           }
   }

• Second Case : When I'm trying to retrieve deviceActionResults info for single device using id then for some devices it blank only and for some device it is showing below info but not able to see deviceLocation in any device and my main target is to retrieve the device location.
• GET /deviceManagement/manageddevices/{managedDeviceId}?$select=deviceActionResults

   {
       "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#deviceManagement/managedDevices(deviceActionResults)/$entity",
       "deviceActionResults": [
           {
               "actionName": "rebootNow",
               "actionState": "done",
               "startDateTime": "2022-11-20T06:39:52.1455205Z",
               "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2022-11-20T06:45:18Z"
           }
       ]
   }

Answer 1

Hello @Swahela Mulla ,

This behavior is by design, it only returns default value for deviceActionResults in LIST call. To get the real value, you need to use the GET call with select parameter.

The list view only provides a subset of properties - this is to enable fast filtering and querying of the most commonly viewed properties.

The device detailed view (filtering to a specific device) provides the full details of a device.

Please note that this resource type does not return device Location. locateDeviceActionResult resource type will provide the geoLocation of the device.

Hope this helps.
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