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## Create transform



Creates a new transform object. Request body must include name, type, and attributes.
A token with transform write authority is required to call this API.

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The transform to be created.

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Meta-data about the transform. Values in this list are specific to the type of transform to be executed.

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Indicates the transform was successfully created and returns its representation.

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Meta-data about the transform. Values in this list are specific to the type of transform to be executed.

</div></div></details></SchemaItem><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"internal"} required={false} schemaDescription={"Indicates whether this is an internal SailPoint-created transform or a customer-created transform"} schemaName={"boolean"} qualifierMessage={undefined} defaultValue={undefined}></SchemaItem></ul></details></TabTtem></SchemaTabs></TabItem></MimeTabs></div></TabItem><TabItem label={"400"} value={"400"}><div>

Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.

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Generic localized reason for error

</div><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"locale"} required={false} schemaDescription={"The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag."} schemaName={"string"} qualifierMessage={undefined} defaultValue={undefined}></SchemaItem><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"localeOrigin"} required={false} schemaDescription={"An indicator of how the locale was selected. *DEFAULT* means the locale is the system default. *REQUEST* means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the *Accept-Language* header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice."} schemaName={"string"} qualifierMessage={"**Possible values:** [`DEFAULT`, `REQUEST`]"} defaultValue={undefined}></SchemaItem><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"text"} required={false} schemaDescription={"Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale."} schemaName={"string"} qualifierMessage={undefined} defaultValue={undefined}></SchemaItem></div></details></SchemaItem><SchemaItem collapsible={true} className={"schemaItem"}><details style={{}}><summary style={{}}><strong>causes</strong><span style={{"opacity":"0.6"}}> object[]</span></summary><div style={{"marginLeft":"1rem"}}><div style={{"marginTop":".5rem","marginBottom":".5rem"}}>

Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field

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Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.

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Generic localized reason for error

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Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field

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