Create categoryTemplate

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Create a new categoryTemplate 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) RecordsManagement.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application RecordsManagement.ReadWrite.All Not available.

HTTP request

POST /security/labels/categories

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 microsoft.graph.security.categoryTemplate object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a categoryTemplate.

Property Type Description
displayName String Unique string that defines a category name. Inherited from microsoft.graph.security.filePlanDescriptorTemplate.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a microsoft.graph.security.categoryTemplate object in the response body.

Examples

Request

Here's an example of a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/security/labels/categories
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.categoryTemplate",
  "displayName": "Accounts Payable",
}

Response

Here's an example of 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.security.categoryTemplate",
  "id": "e2c79762-34a9-75ba-b6f0-a7c9a57978ef",
  "displayName": "Accounts Payable",
  "createdBy": {
    "user": {
      "id": "efee1b77-fb3b-4f65-99d6-274c11914d12",
      "displayName": "Admin"
    }
  },
  "createdDateTime" : "2021-03-24T02:09:08Z"
}