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Create customFieldDefinition

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Create a new customFieldDefinition object.

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 permission Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Not supported. Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /me/planner/plans_v2/{planId}/customFieldDefinitions
POST /users/{usersId}/planner/plans_v2/{planId}/customFieldDefinitions

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 customFieldDefinition object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a customFieldDefinition.

Property Type Description
planId String ID of the plan the custom field is defined on. Required, and immutable after creation. Required.
displayName String Name of the custom field. Required.
valueType customFieldValueType Data type of the custom field's values.. The possible values are: text, date, utcDateTime, number, decimal, flag, singleChoiceText, multipleChoiceText, unknownFutureValue. Optional.
rollupType customFieldRollupType How values of this custom field are rolled up across tasks. The possible values are: noRollup, max, min, sum, average, unknownFutureValue. Optional.
archivalInfo plannerArchivalInfo Information about whether the entity is archived, and when it was archived. Optional.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/planner/plans_v2/{planId}/customFieldDefinitions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.customFieldDefinition",
  "planId": "b3d9f9a2-3e14-4a4b-9b2b-6b6d9e6a2f31",
  "displayName": "Budget",
  "valueType": "number",
  "rollupType": "sum",
  "archivalInfo": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.plannerArchivalInfo"
  }
}

Response

The following example shows the 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.customFieldDefinition",
  "id": "590f4e29-112d-432c-491b-21a16ed31803",
  "planId": "String",
  "displayName": "String",
  "valueType": "String",
  "rollupType": "String",
  "createdBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "deletedBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "deletedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "archivalInfo": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.plannerArchivalInfo"
  }
}