Add Named Item

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Adds a new name to the collection of the given scope using the user's locale for the formula.

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)	Files.ReadWrite	Sites.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Files.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	Sites.Read.All	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/names/add
POST /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/names/add
POST /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/worksheets/{id|name}/names/add
POST /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/worksheets/{id|name}/names/add

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Workbook-Session-Id	Workbook session Id that determines if changes are persisted or not. Optional.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the named item.
reference	Json	The formula or the range that the name will refer to.
comment	string	The comment associated with the named item

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and WorkbookNamedItem object in the response body.

Example

Here is an example of how to call this API.

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/names/add
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "test5",
  "reference": "=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27",
  "comment": "Comment for the named item"
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Drives.Item.Items.Item.Workbook.Names.Add;

var requestBody = new AddPostRequestBody
{
	Name = "test5",
	Reference = "=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27",
	Comment = "Comment for the named item",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Workbook.Names.Add.PostAsync(requestBody);

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc drives items workbook names add post --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --body '{\
  "name": "test5",\
  "reference": "=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27",\
  "comment": "Comment for the named item"\
}\
\
\
'

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

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/drives"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphdrives.NewAddPostRequestBody()
name := "test5"
requestBody.SetName(&name) 
reference := "=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27"
requestBody.SetReference(&reference) 
comment := "Comment for the named item"
requestBody.SetComment(&comment) 

add, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Workbook().Names().Add().Post(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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

String name = "test5";

JsonElement reference = JsonParser.parseString("=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27");

String comment = "Comment for the named item";

graphClient.me().drive().items("{id}").workbook().names()
	.add(WorkbookNamedItemAddParameterSet
		.newBuilder()
		.withName(name)
		.withReference(reference)
		.withComment(comment)
		.build())
	.buildRequest()
	.post();

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 workbookNamedItem = {
  name: 'test5',
  reference: '=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27',
  comment: 'Comment for the named item'
};

await client.api('/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/names/add')
	.post(workbookNamedItem);

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

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AddPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setName('test5');
$requestBody->setReference('=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27');
$requestBody->setComment('Comment for the named item');

$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->workbook()->names()->add()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = AddPostRequestBody(
	name = "test5",
	reference = "=Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27",
	comment = "Comment for the named item",
)

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').workbook.names.add.post(request_body)

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

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#workbookNamedItem",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.workbookNamedItem",
    "@odata.id": "/users('ca41eb6e-5828-486b-ab52-c3bd1f7a4047')/drive/root/workbook/names(%27test5%27)",
    "comment": "Comment for the named item",
    "name": "test5",
    "scope": "Workbook",
    "type": "Range",
    "value": "Sheet1!$F$15:$N$27",
    "visible": true
}