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Create employee defaultDimensions

Creates the default dimensions of the employee in Dynamics 365 Business Central.

HTTP request

Replace the URL prefix for Dynamics 365 Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({companyId})/employees({employeeId})/defaultDimensions

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type application/json

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/beta/companies({companyId})/employees({employeeId})/defaultDimensions

Request body

{
    "parentId":"b3fbe87a-61b8-4a6c-85de-0555f1627a67",
    "dimensionId":"d5fc81ea-8687-4e9d-9c49-7fde28ccdb1a",
    "dimensionValueId":"1045a902-070a-4d31-b2b1-b9431e9e5b26",
    "postingValidation":"Same Code"
}

Response

Note

The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

{
    "@odata.context":"https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/beta/$metadata#companies(5106c77d-af37-4e2d-bb88-45d87aba1033)/employees(b3fbe87a-61b8-4a6c-85de-0555f1627a67)/defaultDimensions",
    "value":
    [
        {
            "@odata.etag":"W/\"JzQ0OzNPaHFuS0ZQdk5oc3ZkSW9KdzVkdXk2LytjcmNqeHJJOU05SjZ1aFBYVjQ9MTswMDsn\"",
            "parentId":"b3fbe87a-61b8-4a6c-85de-0555f1627a67",
            "dimensionId":"d5fc81ea-8687-4e9d-9c49-7fde28ccdb1a",
            "dimensionCode":"DEPARTMENT",
            "dimensionValueId":"1045a902-070a-4d31-b2b1-b9431e9e5b26",
            "dimensionValueCode":"PROD",
            "postingValidation":"Same Code"
        }
    ]
}

See also

Tips for working with the APIs
Graph Reference
Working with Dynamics 365 Business Central in Microsoft Graph
Enabling the APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Endpoints for the APIs
Error Codes
Employee
Get employee defaultDimensions
Update employee defaultDimensions
Delete employee defaultDimensions