Create deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important: Microsoft Graph APIs under the /beta version are subject to change; production use is not supported.

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Create a new deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition 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

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/reusableSettings
POST /deviceManagement/complianceSettings
POST /deviceManagement/configurationSettings
POST /deviceManagement/configurationPolicies/{deviceManagementConfigurationPolicyId}/settings/{deviceManagementConfigurationSettingId}/settingDefinitions
POST /deviceManagement/configurationPolicyTemplates/{deviceManagementConfigurationPolicyTemplateId}/settingTemplates/{deviceManagementConfigurationSettingTemplateId}/settingDefinitions

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Accept	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition.

Property	Type	Description
applicability	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingApplicability	Details which device setting is applicable on. Supports: $filters. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
accessTypes	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingAccessTypes	Read/write access mode of the setting Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition. Possible values are: none, add, copy, delete, get, replace, execute.
keywords	String collection	Tokens which to search settings on Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
infoUrls	String collection	List of links more info for the setting can be found at. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
occurrence	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingOccurrence	Indicates whether the setting is required or not Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
baseUri	String	Base CSP Path Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
offsetUri	String	Offset CSP Path from Base Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
rootDefinitionId	String	Root setting definition id if the setting is a child setting. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
categoryId	String	Specify category in which the setting is under. Support $filters. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
settingUsage	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingUsage	Indicate setting type for the setting. Possible values are: configuration, compliance, reusableSetting. Each setting usage has separate API end-point to call. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition. Possible values are: none, configuration, compliance, unknownFutureValue.
uxBehavior	deviceManagementConfigurationControlType	Setting control type representation in the UX. Possible values are: default, dropdown, smallTextBox, largeTextBox, toggle, multiheaderGrid, contextPane. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition. Possible values are: default, dropdown, smallTextBox, largeTextBox, toggle, multiheaderGrid, contextPane, unknownFutureValue.
visibility	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingVisibility	Setting visibility scope to UX. Possible values are: none, settingsCatalog, template. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition. Possible values are: none, settingsCatalog, template, unknownFutureValue.
referredSettingInformationList	deviceManagementConfigurationReferredSettingInformation collection	List of referred setting information. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
id	String	Identifier for item Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
description	String	Description of the setting. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
helpText	String	Help text of the setting. Give more details of the setting. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
name	String	Name of the item Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
displayName	String	Name of the setting. For example: Allow Toast. Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
version	String	Item Version Inherited from deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDefinition
childIds	String collection	Dependent child settings to this group of settings.
dependentOn	deviceManagementConfigurationDependentOn collection	List of Dependencies for the setting group
dependedOnBy	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDependedOnBy collection	List of child settings that depend on this setting

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/reusableSettings
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 1731

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition",
  "applicability": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingApplicability",
    "description": "Description value",
    "platform": "android",
    "deviceMode": "kiosk",
    "technologies": "mdm"
  },
  "accessTypes": "add",
  "keywords": [
    "Keywords value"
  ],
  "infoUrls": [
    "Info Urls value"
  ],
  "occurrence": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingOccurrence",
    "minDeviceOccurrence": 3,
    "maxDeviceOccurrence": 3
  },
  "baseUri": "Base Uri value",
  "offsetUri": "Offset Uri value",
  "rootDefinitionId": "Root Definition Id value",
  "categoryId": "Category Id value",
  "settingUsage": "configuration",
  "uxBehavior": "dropdown",
  "visibility": "settingsCatalog",
  "referredSettingInformationList": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationReferredSettingInformation",
      "settingDefinitionId": "Setting Definition Id value"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Description value",
  "helpText": "Help Text value",
  "name": "Name value",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "version": "Version value",
  "childIds": [
    "Child Ids value"
  ],
  "dependentOn": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationDependentOn",
      "dependentOn": "Dependent On value",
      "parentSettingId": "Parent Setting Id value"
    }
  ],
  "dependedOnBy": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDependedOnBy",
      "dependedOnBy": "Depended On By value",
      "required": true
    }
  ]
}

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 1780

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingGroupDefinition",
  "applicability": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingApplicability",
    "description": "Description value",
    "platform": "android",
    "deviceMode": "kiosk",
    "technologies": "mdm"
  },
  "accessTypes": "add",
  "keywords": [
    "Keywords value"
  ],
  "infoUrls": [
    "Info Urls value"
  ],
  "occurrence": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingOccurrence",
    "minDeviceOccurrence": 3,
    "maxDeviceOccurrence": 3
  },
  "baseUri": "Base Uri value",
  "offsetUri": "Offset Uri value",
  "rootDefinitionId": "Root Definition Id value",
  "categoryId": "Category Id value",
  "settingUsage": "configuration",
  "uxBehavior": "dropdown",
  "visibility": "settingsCatalog",
  "referredSettingInformationList": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationReferredSettingInformation",
      "settingDefinitionId": "Setting Definition Id value"
    }
  ],
  "id": "95dc9604-9604-95dc-0496-dc950496dc95",
  "description": "Description value",
  "helpText": "Help Text value",
  "name": "Name value",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "version": "Version value",
  "childIds": [
    "Child Ids value"
  ],
  "dependentOn": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationDependentOn",
      "dependentOn": "Dependent On value",
      "parentSettingId": "Parent Setting Id value"
    }
  ],
  "dependedOnBy": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSettingDependedOnBy",
      "dependedOnBy": "Depended On By value",
      "required": true
    }
  ]
}