Add External Attribute

By using this operation, you can create user-defined external attributes at run time when golden record cache is defined and running.

Important: You must specify the attribute name according to ActiveSpaces recommendation and it must not exist in the repository space definition.
HTTP Method
Endpoint URL See Endpoint
Resource /fastcache/metadata/addFields
Body Parameters Specify the following parameters:
Name Description Data Type
string
repositoryName Repository name on which the operation is to be performed. string
FieldsToBeAdded A map which contains the key or key-value as an external attribute name and value as its data type Map of string
name Attribute Name string
dataType Data type of an attribute
Media Type body
Request Model 
{
  "repositoryName": "string",
  "cacheIndexList": [
    {
      "indexName": "string",
      "indexType": "string",
      "indexColumnNames": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fieldsToBeAdded": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "displayName": "string",
      "dataType": "string"
    }
  ]
}
Response Model 
{
responseMessages:	[
 {
"code": "string",
"message": "string",
"type":	"string",
]
"success":	"boolean"
  }
  ]
}
]
Request Example 
{
  "repositoryName": ”CUSTOMER”,
  "fieldsToBeAdded": [
    {
      "name": "LOYALITYPOINTS",
      "dataType": "LONG"
    },
    {
      "name": "BONUS",
      "dataType": "INTEGER"
    }
  ]
Response Example 
{
  "code": "FC-00008",
  "message": "Field/s added successfully",
  "type": "Info"
}
Success Response Example:

Code: 200 successful operation

Error Response If the response is unsuccessful, either of the following error code is displayed:

Example:

Code: 400 Parameters required are missing

OR

Code: 500 Invalid Request

For error code response, see Error Handling .

The following data types are supported while adding external attributes in the golden record cache repository. The API accepts only the MDM supported data types.
Generic Data Type Name TIBCO MDM DataType Corresponding ActiveSpaces Field Type
Boolean BOOLEAN BOOLEAN
DECIMAL NUMBER AMOUNT DOUBLE

The double range is 2.2250738585072014E-308 to 1.7976931348623157e+308 so in case data is outside of the range, then data may lost.

DECIMAL
CUSTOM DECIMAL
Integer INTEGER INTEGER
Long LONG LONG
Date DATE DATETIME
TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP DATETIME
String STRING STRING
Url URL STRING