Add and remove sample data

You can install and uninstall sample data programmatically for an organization using the InstallSampleData and UninstallSampleData messages:

Web API Action Organization Service Class
InstallSampleData Action InstallSampleDataRequest
UninstallSampleData Action UninstallSampleDataRequest

Using the Web API

Install sample data using the InstallSampleData Action.

Request

POST [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.0/InstallSampleData HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
OData-Version: 4.0

Uninstall sample data using the UninstallSampleData Action.

Request

POST [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.0/UninstallSampleData HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
OData-Version: 4.0

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
OData-Version: 4.0

Using the Organization Service

Install sample data using the InstallSampleDataRequest

var request = new InstallSampleDataRequest();
service.Execute(request);

Uninstall sample data using the UninstallSampleDataRequest

var request = new UninstallSampleDataRequest();
service.Execute(request);

Note

Neither the InstallSampleDataResponse or UninstallSampleDataResponse classes returned by these operations include any properties to examine.

See Also

Import data