Update formatprotection

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of formatprotection object.

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Files.ReadWrite Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Files.ReadWrite Not available.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/names/{name}/range/format/protection
PATCH /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/names/{name}/range/format/protection
PATCH /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/worksheets/{id|name}/range(<address>)/format/protection
PATCH /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/worksheets/{id|name}/range(<address>)/format/protection
PATCH /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/tables/{id|name}/columns/{id|name}/range/format/protection
PATCH /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/tables/{id|name}/columns/{id|name}/range/format/protection

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintains their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property Type Description
formulaHidden boolean Indicates if Excel hides the formula for the cells in the range. A null value indicates that the entire range doesn't have uniform formula hidden setting.
locked boolean Indicates if Excel locks the cells in the object. A null value indicates that the entire range doesn't have uniform lock setting.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and updated FormatProtection object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/names/{name}/range/format/protection
Content-type: application/json

{
  "locked": true,
  "formulaHidden": true
}
Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "locked": true,
  "formulaHidden": true
}