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Execute

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Executes the Execute type method on the SmartObject with the data posted.

	Value	Notes
URI	{Service Root URI}{Service Path} Example: http://k2.denallix.com:8888/SmartObjectServices/REST/Samples/Employee/Disable	See URIs for REST Services The SmartObject Key can contain multiple properties separated by ampersand (&), for example Id1=100&Id2=2001 if you wish to update multiple records at once.
Method	POST	This method cannot be called via URI construction in the address bar of standard browsers. Tooling such as Fiddler or .NET code may be required to execute the POST.
Request Headers	Content-type: application/xml	Ensure that the request has the correct Content-type set
Request Body	XML string representing the SmartObject record to create Example Body data for a a hypothetical Employee SmartObject, to call the disable method with a specific username <Employee> <Username>DENALLIX\Rick</Username> </Employee>	The request body contains the SmartObject item to execute, represented as XML. he root for the XML is the system name of the SmartObject and the elements are the system names of the properties needed as input parameters for the execute method. The SmartObject XML returned from SmartObject GET methods (Load and List) can be used as a starting point for the XML input of this POST method.
Return Type	Errors and Response Codes The method may return data in XML format, if the underlying execute method is configured to return data.	Due to the asynchronous nature of the POST, a successful call may not return anything depending on the tooling used to execute the POST.