--- id: create-identity-profile sidebar_label: Create an Identity Profile hide_title: true hide_table_of_contents: true api: {"operationId":"createIdentityProfile","description":"This creates an Identity Profile\nA token with ORG_ADMIN authority is required to call this API to create an Identity Profile.","tags":["Identity Profiles"],"requestBody":{"required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"allOf":[{"type":"object","required":["name"],"properties":{"id":{"description":"System-generated unique ID of the Object","type":"string","example":"id12345","readOnly":true},"name":{"description":"Name of the Object","type":"string","example":"aName"},"created":{"description":"Creation date of the Object","type":"string","format":"date-time","readOnly":true,"example":true},"modified":{"description":"Last modification date of the Object","type":"string","format":"date-time","readOnly":true,"example":true}}},{"type":"object","properties":{"description":{"type":"string","description":"The description of the Identity Profile.","example":"My custom flat file profile"},"owner":{"type":"object","properties":{"type":{"description":"DTO type","type":"string","enum":["ACCOUNT_CORRELATION_CONFIG","ACCESS_PROFILE","ACCESS_REQUEST_APPROVAL","ACCOUNT","APPLICATION","CAMPAIGN","CAMPAIGN_FILTER","CERTIFICATION","CLUSTER","CONNECTOR_SCHEMA","ENTITLEMENT","GOVERNANCE_GROUP","IDENTITY","IDENTITY_PROFILE","IDENTITY_REQUEST","LIFECYCLE_STATE","PASSWORD_POLICY","ROLE","RULE","SOD_POLICY","SOURCE","TAG_CATEGORY","TASK_RESULT","REPORT_RESULT","SOD_VIOLATION","ACCOUNT_ACTIVITY"],"example":"IDENTITY"},"id":{"type":"string","description":"ID of the object to which this reference applies","example":"2c91808568c529c60168cca6f90c1313"},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable display name of the object to which this reference applies","example":"William Wilson"}},"description":"The owner of the Identity Profile."},"priority":{"type":"integer","format":"int64","description":"The priority for an Identity Profile.","example":10},"authoritativeSource":{"type":"object","properties":{"type":{"type":"string","enum":["SOURCE"],"description":"Type of the object to which this reference applies","example":"SOURCE"},"id":{"type":"string","description":"ID of the object to which this reference applies","example":"2c9180835d191a86015d28455b4b232a"},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Human-readable display name of the object to which this reference applies","example":"HR Active Directory"}},"description":"The authoritative source for this Identity Profile."},"identityRefreshRequired":{"type":"boolean","description":"True if a identity refresh is needed. 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Request Body required
    owner object
    The owner of the Identity Profile.
    authoritativeSource object
    The authoritative source for this Identity Profile.
    identityAttributeConfig object
    attributeTransforms object[]
    transformDefinition object
    The seaspray transformation definition
    attributes object
    Arbitrary key-value pairs to store any metadata for the object
  • property name* object
    • identityExceptionReportReference object
The created Identity Profile
Schema
    owner object
    The owner of the Identity Profile.
    authoritativeSource object
    The authoritative source for this Identity Profile.
    identityAttributeConfig object
    attributeTransforms object[]
    transformDefinition object
    The seaspray transformation definition
    attributes object
    Arbitrary key-value pairs to store any metadata for the object
  • property name* object
    • identityExceptionReportReference object
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