Create or update schema

Namespace: microsoft.graph.externalConnectors

Create a new or update an existing schema for a Microsoft Search connection.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.OwnedBy	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.OwnedBy	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

PATCH /external/connections/{id}/schema

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

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

When you register a custom item schema, the schema object must have the baseType property set to microsoft.graph.externalItem and must contain the properties property. The properties object must contain at least one property, up to a maximum of 128.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code and a URL in the Location response header that can be used to get the operation status.

Note: It can take between 5 and 15 minutes for the schema to be created. We recommend that you use the URL in the Location response header to get the operation status.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request to register a new or update an existing custom schema asynchronously.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/external/connections/contosohr/schema
Content-type: application/json

{
  "baseType": "microsoft.graph.externalItem",
  "properties": [
    {
      "name": "ticketTitle",
      "type": "String",
      "isSearchable": "true",
      "isRetrievable": "true",
      "labels": [
        "title"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "priority",
      "type": "String",
      "isQueryable": "true",
      "isRetrievable": "true",
      "isSearchable": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "assignee",
      "type": "String",
      "isRetrievable": "true"
    }
  ]
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models.ExternalConnectors;

var requestBody = new Schema
{
	BaseType = "microsoft.graph.externalItem",
	Properties = new List<Property>
	{
		new Property
		{
			Name = "ticketTitle",
			Type = PropertyType.String,
			IsSearchable = true,
			IsRetrievable = true,
			Labels = new List<Label?>
			{
				Label.Title,
			},
		},
		new Property
		{
			Name = "priority",
			Type = PropertyType.String,
			IsQueryable = true,
			IsRetrievable = true,
			IsSearchable = false,
		},
		new Property
		{
			Name = "assignee",
			Type = PropertyType.String,
			IsRetrievable = true,
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.External.Connections["{externalConnection-id}"].Schema.PatchAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc external connections schema patch --external-connection-id {externalConnection-id} --body '{\
  "baseType": "microsoft.graph.externalItem",\
  "properties": [\
    {\
      "name": "ticketTitle",\
      "type": "String",\
      "isSearchable": "true",\
      "isRetrievable": "true",\
      "labels": [\
        "title"\
      ]\
    },\
    {\
      "name": "priority",\
      "type": "String",\
      "isQueryable": "true",\
      "isRetrievable": "true",\
      "isSearchable": "false"\
    },\
    {\
      "name": "assignee",\
      "type": "String",\
      "isRetrievable": "true"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodelsexternalconnectors "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models/externalconnectors"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodelsexternalconnectors.NewSchema()
baseType := "microsoft.graph.externalItem"
requestBody.SetBaseType(&baseType) 


property := graphmodelsexternalconnectors.NewProperty()
name := "ticketTitle"
property.SetName(&name) 
type := graphmodels.STRING_PROPERTYTYPE 
property.SetType(&type) 
isSearchable := true
property.SetIsSearchable(&isSearchable) 
isRetrievable := true
property.SetIsRetrievable(&isRetrievable) 
labels := []graphmodelsexternalconnectors.Labelable {
	label := graphmodels.TITLE_LABEL 
	property.SetLabel(&label)
}
property.SetLabels(labels)
property1 := graphmodelsexternalconnectors.NewProperty()
name := "priority"
property1.SetName(&name) 
type := graphmodels.STRING_PROPERTYTYPE 
property1.SetType(&type) 
isQueryable := true
property1.SetIsQueryable(&isQueryable) 
isRetrievable := true
property1.SetIsRetrievable(&isRetrievable) 
isSearchable := false
property1.SetIsSearchable(&isSearchable) 
property2 := graphmodelsexternalconnectors.NewProperty()
name := "assignee"
property2.SetName(&name) 
type := graphmodels.STRING_PROPERTYTYPE 
property2.SetType(&type) 
isRetrievable := true
property2.SetIsRetrievable(&isRetrievable) 

properties := []graphmodelsexternalconnectors.Propertyable {
	property,
	property1,
	property2,
}
requestBody.SetProperties(properties)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
schema, err := graphClient.External().Connections().ByExternalConnectionId("externalConnection-id").Schema().Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Schema schema = new com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Schema();
schema.setBaseType("microsoft.graph.externalItem");
LinkedList<com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property> properties = new LinkedList<com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property>();
com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property property = new com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property();
property.setName("ticketTitle");
property.setType(com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.PropertyType.String);
property.setIsSearchable(true);
property.setIsRetrievable(true);
LinkedList<com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Label> labels = new LinkedList<com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Label>();
labels.add(com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Label.Title);
property.setLabels(labels);
properties.add(property);
com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property property1 = new com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property();
property1.setName("priority");
property1.setType(com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.PropertyType.String);
property1.setIsQueryable(true);
property1.setIsRetrievable(true);
property1.setIsSearchable(false);
properties.add(property1);
com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property property2 = new com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Property();
property2.setName("assignee");
property2.setType(com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.PropertyType.String);
property2.setIsRetrievable(true);
properties.add(property2);
schema.setProperties(properties);
com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.Schema result = graphClient.external().connections().byExternalConnectionId("{externalConnection-id}").schema().patch(schema);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const schema = {
  baseType: 'microsoft.graph.externalItem',
  properties: [
    {
      name: 'ticketTitle',
      type: 'String',
      isSearchable: 'true',
      isRetrievable: 'true',
      labels: [
        'title'
      ]
    },
    {
      name: 'priority',
      type: 'String',
      isQueryable: 'true',
      isRetrievable: 'true',
      isSearchable: 'false'
    },
    {
      name: 'assignee',
      type: 'String',
      isRetrievable: 'true'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/external/connections/contosohr/schema')
	.update(schema);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ExternalConnectors\Schema;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ExternalConnectors\Property;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ExternalConnectors\PropertyType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ExternalConnectors\Label;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Schema();
$requestBody->setBaseType('microsoft.graph.externalItem');
$propertiesProperty1 = new Property();
$propertiesProperty1->setName('ticketTitle');
$propertiesProperty1->setType(new PropertyType('string'));
$propertiesProperty1->setIsSearchable(true);
$propertiesProperty1->setIsRetrievable(true);
$propertiesProperty1->setLabels([new Label('title'),	]);
$propertiesArray []= $propertiesProperty1;
$propertiesProperty2 = new Property();
$propertiesProperty2->setName('priority');
$propertiesProperty2->setType(new PropertyType('string'));
$propertiesProperty2->setIsQueryable(true);
$propertiesProperty2->setIsRetrievable(true);
$propertiesProperty2->setIsSearchable(false);
$propertiesArray []= $propertiesProperty2;
$propertiesProperty3 = new Property();
$propertiesProperty3->setName('assignee');
$propertiesProperty3->setType(new PropertyType('string'));
$propertiesProperty3->setIsRetrievable(true);
$propertiesArray []= $propertiesProperty3;
$requestBody->setProperties($propertiesArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->external()->connections()->byExternalConnectionId('externalConnection-id')->schema()->patch($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Search

$params = @{
	baseType = "microsoft.graph.externalItem"
	properties = @(
		@{
			name = "ticketTitle"
			type = "String"
			isSearchable = "true"
			isRetrievable = "true"
			labels = @(
			"title"
		)
	}
	@{
		name = "priority"
		type = "String"
		isQueryable = "true"
		isRetrievable = "true"
		isSearchable = "false"
	}
	@{
		name = "assignee"
		type = "String"
		isRetrievable = "true"
	}
)
}

Update-MgExternalConnectionSchema -ExternalConnectionId $externalConnectionId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.external_connectors.schema import Schema
from msgraph.generated.models.external_connectors.property import Property
from msgraph.generated.models.property_type import PropertyType
from msgraph.generated.models.external_connectors.label import Label
from msgraph.generated.models.label import Label
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Schema(
	base_type = "microsoft.graph.externalItem",
	properties = [
		Property_(
			name = "ticketTitle",
			type = PropertyType.String,
			is_searchable = True,
			is_retrievable = True,
			labels = [
				Label.Title,
			],
		),
		Property_(
			name = "priority",
			type = PropertyType.String,
			is_queryable = True,
			is_retrievable = True,
			is_searchable = False,
		),
		Property_(
			name = "assignee",
			type = PropertyType.String,
			is_retrievable = True,
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.external.connections.by_external_connection_id('externalConnection-id').schema.patch(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/external/connections/contosohr/operations/616bfeed-666f-4ce0-8cd9-058939010bfc