Initiate Object Action on Multiple Records

Use this request to initiate an object user action on multiple records. Maximum 500 records per batch.

POST/api/{version}/vobjects/{object_name}/actions/{action_name}

Headers

Name	Description
`Content-Type`	`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
`Accept`	`application/json` (default) or `application/xml`

URI Path Parameters

Name	Description
`object_name`	The object `name__v` field value.
`action_name`	The name of the `Objectaction` or `Objectlifecyclestateuseraction` to initiate. This is obtained from the Retrieve User Actions request. The format for `action_name` is `Objectaction.{vobject}.{action}` or `Objectlifecyclestateuseraction.{vobject}.{state}.{action}`. For example, `Objectlifecyclestateuseraction.country__v.active_state__c.start_wf_useraction__c`.

Body Parameters

Name	Description
`ids` required	Comma-separated list of object record ids on which to initiate the action.
`{participant_group_name}.assignment_type__c` conditional	The participant group assignment type for a workflow task, either `assigned` or `available`. Required if the workflow initiator must select either Assigned to every user or Available to any user when assigning participants to a task in the workflow start step. For example, `part_reviewers__c.assignment_type__c=assigned`.

Values in Required Field Prompts

When providing values for field prompts on a start step, task step, or verdict, required fields cannot be omitted, set as blank, or defaulted to their existing value.

To preserve the existing value of a required field prompt in a workflow on a single record, submit the existing value as the new value.

For a workflow on multiple records, there is no way to preserve existing values in a field if that field is a required prompt. Setting a value for a prompt updates all records to the same single value.

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "ids: 0MO0771, 0MO0772, 0MO0773" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v26.1/vobjects/monitoring_event__v/actions/Objectaction.monitoring_event__v.copy_record__v

Response

{
  "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
  "data": [
      {
          "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
          "id": "0MO0771"
      },
      {
          "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
          "id": "0MO0772"
      },
      {
          "responseStatus": "FAILURE",
          "id": "0MO0773",
          "errors": [
              {
                  "type": "INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS",
                  "message": "User does not have sufficient privileges to perform the action"
              }
          ]
      }
  ]
}