IBM Business Process Manager, Version 8.5.5

REST interface for BPD-related resources - Group Resource - GET Method

Retrieve information about a group that has been defined to the IBM BPM installation.

Sample method invocation

GET /rest/bpm/wle/v1/group/{groupNameOrID}[?parts={string}]

Parameters

Optional parameters
NameValue TypeDescription
parts string
A string indicating which parts of the response data should be returned. Valid values are "members", "all" (the default), or "none".

Request content

None

Response content

Group - details associated with a group that has been defined to the IBM BPM installation (Group complexType).

The default content type is application/json.

MIME type: application/json


+ View schema
{  "description": "Group", 
   "type": "object",
   "properties":
   {  
      "groupID": {"type": "integer",
         "description": "The group ID of the group that is described by this object."
      },
      "groupName": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The group name of the group that is described by this object."
      },
      "displaylName": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The display name of the group that is described by this object."
      },
      "description": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The description of the group associated with this object."
      },
      "members": {"type": "[string]",
      	"description": "List of users which are members of the group associated with this object."
      },
      "managerGroupName": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The group name of the manager group that is associated with this object."
      }
   }
}
+ View example content
{
   "status":"200",
   "data":{
      "groupID":3,
      "groupName":"tw_admins",
      "displayName":"tw_admins",
      "description":"Group for people with full access to Teamworks.",
      "members":[
         "tw_admin"
      ],
      "managerGroupName": "mTeam_T_8d643861-ec74-4877-a18b-0728ad57033e.e0b4a6b9-12eb-4565-8857-831847d11ad9"
   }
}

MIME type: application/xml


+ View schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema targetNamespace="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/usergroup"
	elementFormDefault="unqualified" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
	xmlns:tns="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/usergroup"
	xmlns:data="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/root" 
	xmlns:cmn="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/common">

    <import schemaLocation="BPMRestData.xsd" namespace="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/root" />
    <import schemaLocation="Common.xsd" namespace="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/common" />

    <!-- 
	 This type represents a user that has been defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="User">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>

		    <!-- The numeric ID of the user -->
		    <element name="userID" type="long" />

		    <!-- The alphanumeric user name associated with the user -->
		    <element name="userName" type="string" />

		    <!-- The user's full name -->
		    <element name="fullName" type="string" minOccurs="0" />

		    <!-- This field indicates whether or not this user is disabled. This field is set to false and cannot be changed. -->
		    <element name="isDisabled" type="boolean" />

		    <!-- The timestamp when the user last logged in, This field cannot be changed. -->
		    <element name="lastLoginDate" type="dateTime" />

		    <!-- not used -->
		    <element name="primaryGroup" type="string" minOccurs="0" />

		    <!-- not used -->
		    <element name="emailAddress" type="string" minOccurs="0" />

		    <!-- A list of user preferences (extended attributes) associated with this user -->
		    <element name="userPreferences" type="cmn:Map" minOccurs="0" />

			<!-- A list of Tasks (taskIds) that the user is collaborating on -->
	    	<element name="tasksCollaboration" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
	    	
		    <!-- A list of groups to which this user belongs -->
		    <element name="memberships" type="string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />
		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>

    <!-- 
	 This type represents a user with a workload defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="TeamMember">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="tns:User">
		<sequence>

		    <!-- The numeric ID of the user -->
		    <element name="workload" type="integer" />

		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>
    
    <!-- 
	 This type represents a user with a workload defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="Expert">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="tns:TeamMember">
		<sequence>

		    <!-- TODO what is this -->
		    <element name="completed" type="integer" />
		    
		    <!-- TODO what is this -->
		    <element name="avgHours" type="double" />		    

		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>
    
    <!-- 
     This type represents an array of Experts
    -->
    <complexType name="Experts">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
	    	<sequence>
	    		<!-- MAY CONTAIN  -->
		    	<element name="Experts" type="tns:Expert"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
		    </sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>	
    
   <!-- 
	 This type represents a list of expert users with a workload defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="ExpertList">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>

		    <!--group of users the system identifies as experts on a task  -->
		    <element name="systemIdentifiedUsers" type="tns:Expert" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />
		    
		    <!--group of users included in the the task expert participant group  -->
		    <element name="expertParticipantGroupUsers" type="tns:Expert" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />	

		    <!--task expert participant group  -->
		    <element name="expertParticipantGroupDetails" type="tns:Group" />

		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>    
    
    <!-- 
	 This type represents a user that has been defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="UserPreferences">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>

		    <!-- The user's display name -->
		    <element name="displayName" type="string" />

		    <!-- The user's "Primary Role Description -->
		    <element name="primaryRoleDescription" type="string" />

		    <!-- The user's Task Email Address -->
		    <element name="taskEmailAddress" type="string" />

		    <!-- The user's Phone Number -->
		    <element name="phoneNumber" type="string" />
		    
		    <!-- The user's Street Address -->
		    <element name="streetAddress" type="string" />
		    
		    <!-- The user's City -->
		    <element name="city" type="string" />
		    
		    <!-- The user's State -->
		    <element name="state" type="string" />
		    
  		    <!-- The user's Country -->
		    <element name="country" type="string" />
		    
		    <!-- The user's Postal Code-->
		    <element name="postalCode" type="string" />
		    
		    <!-- The user's Image -->
		    <element name="image" type="string" />

		    <!-- The user's Toolbar Collapsed setting -->
		    <element name="toolbarCollapsed" type="boolean" />			    		    		    
		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>    

    <!--
	This type represents a group that has been defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="Group">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>

		    <!-- The numeric ID of the group -->
		    <element name="groupID" type="long" />

		    <!-- The alphanumeric name of the group -->
		    <element name="groupName" type="string" />

		    <!-- The display name associated with the group -->
		    <element name="displayName" type="string" />

		    <!-- The description associated with the group -->
		    <element name="description" type="string" />

		    <!-- The list of users that are members of this group -->
		    <element name="members" type="string" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />
		    
		    <!-- The alphanumeric name of the manager group -->
		    <element name="managerGroupName" type="string" minOccurs="0" />		    
		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>    
    
    <!-- 
	 This type represents a list of zero or more users that have been defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="UserList">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>
		    <element name="users" type="tns:User" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />
		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>

    <!-- 
	 This type represents a list of zero or more user groups that have been defined to the IBM BPM installation.
    -->
    <complexType name="GroupList">
	<complexContent>
	    <extension base="data:Data">
		<sequence>
		    <element name="groups" type="tns:Group" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" />
		</sequence>
	    </extension>
	</complexContent>
    </complexType>
    
   	<element name="User" type="tns:User" /> 
  	<element name="TeamMember" type="tns:TeamMember" />
   	<element name="Expert" type="tns:Expert" />    	    
   	<element name="Experts" type="tns:Experts" />    	    
   	<element name="UserPreferences" type="tns:UserPreferences" />
   	<element name="Group" type="tns:Group" />    	
   	<element name="UserList" type="tns:UserList" />    	
   	<element name="GroupList" type="tns:GroupList" />    	

</schema>
+ View example content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<bpm:ResponseData xmlns:bpm='http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data'>
  <status>200</status>
  <data xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:ug='http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/usergroup' xsi:type='ug:Group'>
    <groupID>3</groupID>
    <groupName>tw_admins</groupName>
    <displayName>tw_admins</displayName>
    <description>Group for people with full access to Teamworks.</description>
    <members>tw_admin</members>
    <managerGroupName>mTeam_T_8d643861-ec74-4877-a18b-0728ad57033e.e0b4a6b9-12eb-4565-8857-831847d11ad9</managerGroupName>
  </data>
</bpm:ResponseData>

MIME type: application/x-javascript

Error Response content

Detailed error information.

The default content type is application/json.

MIME type: application/json


+ View schema
{  "description": "WLE Error Response", 
   "type": "object",
   "properties":
   {  "status": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The status of the previous API call."
      },
      "exceptionType": {"type": "string",
         "description": "The classname associated with the exception."
      },
      "errorNumber": {"type": "string",
         "description": "Message ID of the exception."
      },
      "errorMessage": {"type": "string",
         "description": "Message text of the exception."
      },
      "errorMessageParameters": {"type": ["string"], "optional": true,
         "description":"Message text parameters of the exception."
      },
      "programmersDetails": {"type": "object", "optional": true,
         "description":"Additional exception details, for example, a stack trace."
      }
   }
} 

MIME type: application/xml


+ View schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema targetNamespace="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/exception"
	elementFormDefault="unqualified" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
	xmlns:tns="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/exception"
	xmlns:dat="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/root">

    <import schemaLocation="BPMRestData.xsd" namespace="http://rest.bpm.ibm.com/v1/data/root" />
    
    <!--
	This type represents an error response.
    -->    
    <element name="RestRuntimeException">
	<complexType>
	    <sequence>
		<element name="status" type="string"/>
		<element name="Data" type="tns:ExceptionData">
    		</element>
	    </sequence>
	</complexType>
    </element>

    <!-- 
	 This type contains detailed error information associated with an exception.
    -->
    <complexType name="ExceptionData">
	<sequence>
	    <element name="status" type="string"/>

	    <!-- This specifies the java class name of the exception -->
	    <element name="exceptionType" type="string"/>

	    <!-- The message ID of the error message -->
	    <element name="errorNumber" type="string" minOccurs="0"/>

	    <!-- The complete error message -->
	    <element name="errorMessage" type="string"/>

	    <!-- The list of strings inserted into the error message -->
	    <element name="errorMessageParameters" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

	    <!-- 
		 The stacktrace associated with the exception.
		 Note that this will be omitted unless the "server-stacktrace-enabled" property
		 is enabled in the server's 100Custom.xml file.
	    -->     
	    <element name="programmersDetails" type="string"></element>
	    
	    <!-- Prior responses.  Set if a bulk command was used -->
	    <element name="responses" type="dat:BulkCommandResponses" minOccurs="0"></element>
	</sequence>
    </complexType>
</schema>

MIME type: application/x-javascript

Status codes

The method returns one of the following status codes:
CodeDescription
200 OKSuccess completion.
400 Bad RequestThe parameters are not valid or they are missing.
401 UnauthorizedThe caller is not authorized for this request.
406 Not AcceptableThe requested content type or content encoding is not supported.
500 Internal Server ErrorA severe problem has occurred, programmer's details are provided.

Available since

7.5.0

Parent Topic: Group Resource