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The schema technical name must be unique in the source. Attempts to create a schema attribute with an existing name will result in a "400.1.409 Reference conflict" response. At most, 10 custom attributes can be created per schema. Attempts to create more than 10 will result in a "400.1.4 Limit violation" response. Request requires a security scope of: 'idn:nesr:create'
Path Parameters
Request Body required
Schema Attribute created.
Schema
Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Unauthorized - Returned if there is no authorization header, or if the JWT token is expired.
Schema
Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Too Many Requests - Returned in response to too many requests in a given period of time - rate limited. The Retry-After header in the response includes how long to wait before trying again.
Schema
Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field