NSX-T Data Center REST API

Creates a new View.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/ui-views

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

View+

View (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Widget Title Title of the widget.	string	Required Maximum length: 255
exclude_roles	Roles to which the shared view is not visible Comma separated list of roles to which the shared view is not visible. Allows user to prevent the visibility of a shared view to the specified roles. User defined roles can also be specified in the list. The roles can be obtained via GET /api/v1/aaa/roles. Please visit API documentation for details about roles. If include_roles is specified then exclude_roles cannot be specified.	string	Maximum length: 1024
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
include_roles	Roles to which the shared view is visible Comma separated list of roles to which the shared view is visible. Allows user to specify the visibility of a shared view to the specified roles. User defined roles can also be specified in the list. The roles can be obtained via GET /api/v1/aaa/roles. Please visit API documentation for details about roles.	string	Maximum length: 1024
resource_type	Must be set to the value View	string
shared	Share the view with other users Defaults to false. Set to true to publish the view to other users. The widgets of a shared view are visible to other users.	boolean	Default: "False"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
weight	Weightage or placement of the view Determines placement of view relative to other views. The lower the weight, the higher it is in the placement order.	int	Default: "10000"
widgets	Widgets Array of widgets that are part of the view.	array of WidgetItem	Required Minimum items: 0

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/ui-views { "resource_type": "View", "display_name": "My View 1", "shared": true, "weight": 19020, "widgets": [{ "widget_id": "DonutConfiguration_Host-Nodes-Deployment", "label": { "text": "Deployment" }, "weight": 9531 },{ "widget_id": "DonutConfiguration_Host-Nodes-Connectivity", "label": { "text": "Connectivity" }, "weight": 9535 }] }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

View+

View (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Widget Title Title of the widget.	string	Required Maximum length: 255
exclude_roles	Roles to which the shared view is not visible Comma separated list of roles to which the shared view is not visible. Allows user to prevent the visibility of a shared view to the specified roles. User defined roles can also be specified in the list. The roles can be obtained via GET /api/v1/aaa/roles. Please visit API documentation for details about roles. If include_roles is specified then exclude_roles cannot be specified.	string	Maximum length: 1024
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
include_roles	Roles to which the shared view is visible Comma separated list of roles to which the shared view is visible. Allows user to specify the visibility of a shared view to the specified roles. User defined roles can also be specified in the list. The roles can be obtained via GET /api/v1/aaa/roles. Please visit API documentation for details about roles.	string	Maximum length: 1024
resource_type	Must be set to the value View	string
shared	Share the view with other users Defaults to false. Set to true to publish the view to other users. The widgets of a shared view are visible to other users.	boolean	Default: "False"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
weight	Weightage or placement of the view Determines placement of view relative to other views. The lower the weight, the higher it is in the placement order.	int	Default: "10000"
widgets	Widgets Array of widgets that are part of the view.	array of WidgetItem	Required Minimum items: 0

Example Response:

{ "id": "View_0de8406c", "resource_type": "View", "display_name": "My View 1", "shared": true, "weight": 19020, "widgets": [{ "widget_id": "DonutConfiguration_Host-Nodes-Deployment", "label": { "text": "Deployment" }, "weight": 9531 },{ "widget_id": "DonutConfiguration_Host-Nodes-Connectivity", "label": { "text": "Connectivity" }, "weight": 9535 }], "_create_user": "admin", "_create_time": 1496911709362, "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_last_modified_time": 1496911709362, "_system_owned": false, "_revision": 0 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

nsx_dashboard

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable