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## Create Provisioning Policy
This API generates a create policy/template based on field value transforms. This API is intended for use when setting up JDBC Provisioning type sources, but it will also work on other source types.
A token with ORG_ADMIN authority is required to call this API.
Path Parameters
Request Body required
fields object[]