Create (POST) Variables

Update using the HTTP POST operation.

Code Examples

Request

Request URI Parameters

The POST operation has no parameters.

Request URI Example

Request Headers

For more information about the common request headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.

Request Body

The POST request body.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
  <category term="Orchestrator.ResourceModel.Variable" scheme="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
  <id />
  <title />
  <updated>2014-04-01T14:45:58Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name />
  </author>
  <content type="application/xml">
    <m:properties>
      <d:CreationTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:CreationTime>
      <d:Description>Test Variable Description</d:Description>
      <d:IsEncrypted m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsEncrypted>
      <d:LastModifiedTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:LastModifiedTime>
      <d:Name>Test Variable Name</d:Name>
      <d:TenantID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:TenantID>
      <d:Value>Test Variable Value</d:Value>
      <d:VariableID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:VariableID>
    </m:properties>
  </content>
</entry>

Response

Response Codes

Response Headers

For more information about the common response headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.

Response Body

The POST response body.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><entry xml:base="https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
  <id>https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Variables(guid'159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18')</id>
  <category term="Orchestrator.ResourceModel.Variable" scheme="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
  <link rel="edit" title="Variable" href="Variables(guid'159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18')" />
  <title />
  <updated>2014-04-01T14:46:02Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name />
  </author>
  <content type="application/xml">
    <m:properties>
      <d:VariableID m:type="Edm.Guid">159fb0d4-8c32-4388-8944-a7ac07678d18</d:VariableID>
      <d:TenantID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:TenantID>
      <d:Name>Test Variable Name</d:Name>
      <d:Value>Test Variable Value</d:Value>
      <d:Description>Test Variable Description</d:Description>
      <d:IsEncrypted m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsEncrypted>
      <d:CreationTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:CreationTime>
      <d:LastModifiedTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:LastModifiedTime>
    </m:properties>
  </content>
</entry>

Code Examples

The following example creates a new Variable.

namespace CodeSample.Microsoft.SystemCenter.SMA
{
    public class SMASamples
    {
        public static void Main()
        { 
            // Replace this with the name of your SMA web service endpoint.
            string serviceEndPoint = "https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";                      

            // Setup the connection to SMA
            OrchestratorApi SMAService = new OrchestratorApi(new Uri(serviceEndPoint));

            // Set credentials to the default or to a specific user.
            ((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            //((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pwd", "domain");

            try
            {
                // Create a new variable instance.
                var testVariable = new Variable();

                // Populate various properties with values.
                testVariable.Name = "Test Variable Name";
                testVariable.Value = "Test Variable Value";
                testVariable.Description = "Test Variable Description";

                // Add the new variable instance to the Variables collection.
                // Note: This action is queued up until the SaveChanges action is called.
                SMAService.AddToVariables(testVariable);

                // Save all pending actions (client -> server communication initiated).
                SMAService.SaveChanges();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new ApplicationException("An error occurred during execution.", ex.InnerException);
            }
        }                 
    }
}

See Also

Concepts

Variable
Variables