Update task

Namespace: microsoft.graph.identityGovernance

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Update the properties of a task object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.Workflows LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.Workflows LifecycleWorkflows.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Lifecycle Workflows Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

PATCH /identityGovernance/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/{workflowId}/tasks/{taskId}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties to update. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property Type Description
description String Describes the purpose of the task for administrative use.
displayName String A unique string that identifies the task within the workflow.

Note

All other properties can be updated by creating a new workflow version. For details, see workflow: createNewVersion.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/identitygovernance/lifecycleWorkflows/workflows/8696088c-1aef-4f65-afe9-acd55343e327/tasks/eb0b8bc2-7756-4429-8ce8-b9f09063cf54
Content-Type: application/json
Content-length: 454

{
    "description": "Add user to selected groups",
    "displayName": "Update marketing day 1 add users to Group set up",
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content