synchronizationSchema: parseExpression

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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.

Parse a given string expression into an attributeMappingSource object.

For more information about expressions, see Writing Expressions for Attribute Mappings in Microsoft Entra ID.

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) Synchronization.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy Synchronization.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be an owner or member of the group or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Hybrid Identity Administrator - to configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync

HTTP request

POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{id}/schema/parseExpression
POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/templates/{id}/schema/parseExpression

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
expression String Expression to parse.
testInputObject expressionInputObject Test data object to evaluate expression against. Optional.
targetAttributeDefinition attributeDefinition Definition of the attribute that will be mapped to this expression. Optional.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a parseExpressionResponse object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{id}/schema/parseExpression
Content-type: application/json

{
    "expression":"Replace([preferredLanguage], \"-\", , , \"_\", ,  )",
    "targetAttributeDefinition":null,
    "testInputObject": {
        definition: null,
        properties:[
            { key: "objectId", value : "66E4A8CC-1B7B-435E-95F8-F06CEA133828" },
            { key: "IsSoftDeleted", value: "false"},
            { key: "accountEnabled", value: "true"},
            { key: "streetAddress", value: "1 Redmond Way"},
            { key: "city", value: "Redmond"},
            { key: "state", value: "WA"},
            { key: "postalCode", value: "98052"},
            { key: "country", value: "USA"},
            { key: "department", value: "Sales"},
            { key: "displayName", value: "John Smith"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute1", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute2", value: "Sample 2"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute3", value: "Sample 3"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute4", value: "Sample 4"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute5", value: "Sample 5"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute6", value: "Sample 6"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute7", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute8", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute9", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute10", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute11", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute12", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute13", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute14", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "extensionAttribute15", value: "Sample 1"},
            { key: "givenName", value: "John"},
            { key: "jobTitle", value: "Finance manager"},
            { key: "mail", value: "johns@contoso.com"},
            { key: "mailNickname", value: "johns"},
            { key: "manager", value: "maxs@contoso.com"},
            { key: "mobile", value: "425-555-0010"},
            { key: "onPremisesSecurityIdentifier", value: "66E4A8CC-1B7B-435E-95F8-F06CEA133828"},
            { key: "passwordProfile.password", value: ""},
            { key: "physicalDeliveryOfficeName", value: "Main Office"},
            { key: "preferredLanguage", value: "EN-US"},
            { key: "proxyAddresses", value: ""},
            { key: "surname", value: "Smith"},
            { key: "telephoneNumber", value: "425-555-0011"},
            { key: "userPrincipalName", value: "johns@contoso.com"},
            { key: "appRoleAssignments", "value@odata.type":"#Collection(String)", value: ["Default Assignment"] }
        ]
    }
}
Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "error": null,
    "evaluationSucceeded": true,
    "evaluationResult": [
        "EN_US"
    ],
    "parsedExpression": {
        "expression": "Replace([preferredLanguage], \"-\", , , \"_\", , )",
        "name": "Replace",
        "parameters": [
            {
                "key": "source",
                "value": {
                    "expression": "[preferredLanguage]",
                    "name": "preferredLanguage",
                    "parameters": [],
                    "type": "Attribute"
                }
            },
            {
                "key": "Find",
                "value": {
                    "expression": "\"-\"",
                    "name": "-",
                    "parameters": [],
                    "type": "Constant"
                }
            },
            {
                "key": "Replacement",
                "value": {
                    "expression": "\"_\"",
                    "name": "_",
                    "parameters": [],
                    "type": "Constant"
                }
            }
        ],
        "type": "Function"
    },
    "parsingSucceeded": true
}