workflow: createNewVersion

Namespace: microsoft.graph.identityGovernance

Create a new version of the workflow object.

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) LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.Workflows LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.Workflows LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.All

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Lifecycle Workflows Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

POST /identityGovernance/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/{workflowId}/createNewVersion

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 the parameters.

The following table shows the parameters that can be used with this action.

Parameter Type Description
workflow microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.workflow The workflow for which you want to create a new version.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 200 OK response code and a microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.workflow in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create a new version of a workflow

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/identityGovernance/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/{workflowId}/createNewVersion
Content-Type: application/json
Content-length: 631

{
    "workflow":{
        "category": "joiner",
        "description": "Configure new hire tasks for onboarding employees on their first day",
        "displayName": "Global onboard new hire employee",
        "isEnabled": true,
        "isSchedulingEnabled": false,
        "executionConditions": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.triggerAndScopeBasedConditions",
            "scope": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.ruleBasedSubjectSet",
                "rule": "(department eq 'Marketing')"
            },
            "trigger": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.timeBasedAttributeTrigger",
                "timeBasedAttribute": "employeeHireDate",
                "offsetInDays": 1
            }
        },
        "tasks": [
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Enable user account in the directory",
                "displayName": "Enable User Account",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "6fc52c9d-398b-4305-9763-15f42c1676fc",
                "arguments": []
            },
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Send welcome email to new hire",
                "displayName": "Send Welcome Email",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "70b29d51-b59a-4773-9280-8841dfd3f2ea",
                "arguments": []
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json


{
    "workflow":{
        "category": "joiner",
        "description": "Configure new hire tasks for onboarding employees on their first day",
        "displayName": "Global onboard new hire employee",
        "isEnabled": true,
        "isSchedulingEnabled": false,
        "executionConditions": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.triggerAndScopeBasedConditions",
            "scope": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.ruleBasedSubjectSet",
                "rule": "(department eq 'Marketing')"
            },
            "trigger": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.timeBasedAttributeTrigger",
                "timeBasedAttribute": "employeeHireDate",
                "offsetInDays": 1
            }
        },
        "tasks": [
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Enable user account in the directory",
                "displayName": "Enable User Account",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "6fc52c9d-398b-4305-9763-15f42c1676fc",
                "arguments": []
            },
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Send welcome email to new hire",
                "displayName": "Send Welcome Email",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "70b29d51-b59a-4773-9280-8841dfd3f2ea",
                "arguments": []
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example 2: Create a new version of a task with customized email

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/identityGovernance/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/{workflowId}/createNewVersion
Content-Type: application/json
Content-length: 631

{
    "category": "joiner",
    "description": "Configure new hire tasks for onboarding employees on their first day",
    "displayName": "custom email marketing API test",
    "isEnabled": true,
    "isSchedulingEnabled": false,
    "executionConditions": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.triggerAndScopeBasedConditions",
        "scope": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.ruleBasedSubjectSet",
            "rule": "(department eq 'Marketing')"
        },
        "trigger": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.timeBasedAttributeTrigger",
            "timeBasedAttribute": "employeeHireDate",
            "offsetInDays": 0
        }
    },
    "tasks": [
        {
            "continueOnError": false,
            "description": "Enable user account in the directory",
            "displayName": "Enable User Account",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "taskDefinitionId": "6fc52c9d-398b-4305-9763-15f42c1676fc",
            "arguments": []
        },
        {
            "continueOnError": false,
            "description": "Send welcome email to new hire",
            "displayName": "Send Welcome Email",
            "isEnabled": true,
            "taskDefinitionId": "70b29d51-b59a-4773-9280-8841dfd3f2ea",
            "arguments": [
                {
                    "name": "cc",
                    "value": "1baa57fa-3c4e-4526-ba5a-db47a9df95f0"
                },
                {
                    "name": "customSubject",
                    "value": "Welcome to the organization {{userDisplayName}}!"
                },
                {
                    "name": "customBody",
                    "value": "Welcome to our organization {{userGivenName}}!"
                },
                {
                    "name": "locale",
                    "value": "en-us"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "workflow":{
        "category": "joiner",
        "description": "Configure new hire tasks for onboarding employees on their first day",
        "displayName": "Global onboard new hire employee",
        "isEnabled": true,
        "isSchedulingEnabled": false,
        "executionConditions": {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.triggerAndScopeBasedConditions",
            "scope": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.ruleBasedSubjectSet",
                "rule": "(department eq 'Marketing')"
            },
            "trigger": {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.timeBasedAttributeTrigger",
                "timeBasedAttribute": "employeeHireDate",
                "offsetInDays": 1
            }
        },
        "tasks": [
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Enable user account in the directory",
                "displayName": "Enable User Account",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "6fc52c9d-398b-4305-9763-15f42c1676fc",
                "arguments": []
            },
            {
                "continueOnError": false,
                "description": "Send welcome email to new hire",
                "displayName": "Send Welcome Email",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "taskDefinitionId": "70b29d51-b59a-4773-9280-8841dfd3f2ea",
                "arguments": [
                    {
                    "name": "cc",
                    "value": "b47471b9-af8f-4a5a-bfa2-b78e82398f6e, a7a23ce0-909b-40b9-82cf-95d31f0aaca2"
                },
                {
                "name": "customSubject",
                "value": "Welcome to the organization {{userDisplayName}}!"
                },
                {
                "name": "customBody",
                "value": "Welcome to our organization {{userGivenName}} {{userSurname}}. \nFor more information, reach out to your manager {{managerDisplayName}} at {{managerEmail}}."
                },
                {
                "name": "locale",
                "value": "en-us"
                }, 
    ]
            }
        ]
    }
}