Create historyDefinitions

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Create a new accessReviewHistoryDefinition object.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) AccessReview.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application AccessReview.ReadWrite.All

The signed-in user must also be in a directory role that permits them to read an access review to retrieve any data. For more details, see the role and permission requirements for access reviews.

HTTP request

POST /identityGovernance/accessReviews/historyDefinitions

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the accessReviewHistoryDefinition object.

The following table shows the required properties used to create an accessReviewHistoryDefinition.

Property Type Description
displayName String Name for the access review history data collection. Required.
reviewHistoryPeriodStartDateTime DateTimeOffset A timestamp. Reviews starting on or after this date will be included in the fetched history data. Only required if scheduleSettings is not defined.
reviewHistoryPeriodEndDateTime DateTimeOffset A timestamp. Reviews starting on or before this date will be included in the fetched history data. Only required if scheduleSettings is not defined.
scopes accessReviewQueryScope collection Used to filter which reviews are included in the fetched history data. Fetches reviews whose scope matches with this provided scope. Required.
For more, see Supported scope queries for accessReviewHistoryDefinition.
scheduleSettings accessReviewHistoryScheduleSettings Not supported yet. The settings for a recurring access review history definition series. Only required if reviewHistoryPeriodStartDateTime or reviewHistoryPeriodEndDateTime are not defined.

Supported scope queries for accessReviewHistoryDefinition

The $filter query parameter with the contains operator is supported on the scope property of accessReviewScheduleDefinition. Use the following format for the request:

/identityGovernance/accessReviews/definitions?$filter=contains(scope/microsoft.graph.accessReviewQueryScope/query, '{object}')

The value of {object} can be one of the following:

Value Description
/groups List every accessReviewScheduleDefinition on individual groups (excludes definitions scoped to all Microsoft 365 groups with guest users).
/groups/{group id} List every accessReviewScheduleDefinition on a specific group (excludes definitions scoped to all Microsoft 365 groups with guest users).
./members List every accessReviewScheduleDefinition scoped to all Microsoft 365 groups with guest users.
accessPackageAssignments List every accessReviewScheduleDefinition on an access package.
roleAssignmentScheduleInstances List every accessReviewScheduleDefinition for principals that are assigned to a privileged role.

The $filter query parameter is not supported on accessReviewInactiveUserQueryScope or principalResourceMembershipScope.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an accessReviewHistoryDefinition object in the response body.

Examples

The following example shows how to create an access review history definition scoped to access reviews on access packages and groups, running between the start date of 01/01/2021 and end date of 04/05/2021.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/identityGovernance/accessReviews/historyDefinitions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Last quarter's group reviews April 2021",
  "decisions": [
    "approve",
    "deny",
    "dontKnow",
    "notReviewed",
    "notNotified"
  ],
  "reviewHistoryPeriodStartDateTime": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "reviewHistoryPeriodEndDateTime": "2021-04-30T23:59:59Z",
  "scopes": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.accessReviewQueryScope",
      "queryType": "MicrosoftGraph",     
      "query": "/identityGovernance/accessReviews/definitions?$filter=contains(scope/query, 'accessPackageAssignments')",
      "queryRoot": null
    },  
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.accessReviewQueryScope",
      "queryType": "MicrosoftGraph",     
      "query": "/identityGovernance/accessReviews/definitions?$filter=contains(scope/query, '/groups')",
      "queryRoot": null
    }
  ]
}

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.accessReviewHistoryDefinition",
    "id": "b2cb022f-b7e1-40f3-9854-c65a40861c38",
    "displayName": "Last quarter's group reviews April 2021",
    "reviewHistoryPeriodStartDateTime": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "reviewHistoryPeriodEndDateTime": "2021-04-30T23:59:59Z",
    "decisions": [
        "approve",
        "deny",
        "dontKnow",
        "notReviewed",
        "notNotified"
    ],
    "status": "requested",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-04-14T00:22:48.9392594Z",
    "createdBy": {
        "id": "957f1027-c0ee-460d-9269-b8444459e0fe",
        "displayName": "MOD Administrator",
        "userPrincipalName": "admin@contoso.com"
    },
    "scopes": [
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.accessReviewQueryScope",
            "queryType": "MicrosoftGraph",
            "query": "/identityGovernance/accessReviews/definitions?$filter=contains(scope/query, 'accessPackageAssignments')",
            "queryRoot": null
        },
        {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.accessReviewQueryScope",
            "queryType": "MicrosoftGraph",
            "query": "/identityGovernance/accessReviews/definitions?$filter=contains(scope/query, '/groups')",
            "queryRoot": null
        }
    ]
}