Update Job Properties

Article
09/22/2015

The Update Job Properties operation updates specific properties of a job. You can call this operation to notify the Import/Export service that the hard drives comprising the import or export job have been shipped to the Microsoft data center. An Update Job Properties request can also be used to cancel an existing job.

Request

The Update Job Properties request may be constructed as follows. HTTPS is required. Replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID, <storage-account-name> with the name of your storage account, and <jobname> with the name of your job:

Method	Request URI
PATCH	https://management.core.windows.net/subscription-id/services/importexport/storageacounts/storage-acount-name/jobs/jobname[?$format=format]

URI Parameters

Parameter	Description
format	Optional. Can be used to override the Accept header. See the Accept header for additional information. The following is an example of the $format query parameter: $format=application/json;odata=minimalmetadata

format

Optional. Can be used to override the Accept header. See the Accept header for additional information.

The following is an example of the $format query parameter:

$format=application/json;odata=minimalmetadata

Request Headers

The following table describes required and optional request headers.

Request Header	Description
Accept	Optional. If specified, it must be application/json (which specifies the JSON Light format). Other values will result in response code 406 (Not Acceptable). One of the following parameters can also be included: odata=minimalmetadata odata=nometatadata odata=fullmetadata The default parameter is odata=minimalmetadata. The following is an example header: Accept: application/json;odata=minimalmetadata
Accept-Language	Optional. Currently only the values en and en-us are supported.
Content-Encoding	Optional. If this header is specified, the value must be set to identity.
Content-Length	Optional. Specifies the length of the request body.
Content-Type	Optional. If this header is specified, the value must be set to application/json. All other values will result in status code 406 (Not Acceptable).
x-ms-date	Optional. If specified, the value should specify the date and time when the request is sent, in the RFC 1123 format.
x-ms-version	Required. Specifies the service management version to use for this request. The value of this header must be set to 2014-05-01 or 2014-11-01.
If-Modified-Since	Optional. A DateTime value. Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource has been modified since the specified time.
If-Unmodified-Since	Optional. A DateTime value. Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource has not been modified since the specified date/time.
If-Match	Optional. An ETag value. Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag matches the value specified.
If-None-Match	Optional. An ETag value, or the wildcard character (). Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag does not match the value specified. Specify the wildcard character () to perform the operation only if the resource does not exist, and fail the operation if it does exist.
X-HTTP-Method	Optional. If this header is specified, its value must be PATCH and the request HTTP verb must be GET. The request will be processed as if it were a PATCH request.

Request Body

The format of the XML request body is as follows.

{
  "odata.type":"Microsoft.Cis.Services.ImportExport.Public.Job",
  "odata.id":"name",
  "odata.editLink":"https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/importexport/jobs/name",
  "Name":"name",
  "Properties":{
    "FriendlyName":"human-readable-job-name",
    "Description":"job-description",
"Metadata":"job-metadata",
"State":"Shipping",
"CancelRequested":true,
    "ReturnAddress":{
      "Name":"return-name",
      "Address":"return-address",
      "Phone":"return-phone",
      "Email":"return-email"
    },
    "ReturnShipping":{
      "CarrierName":"carrier-name",
      "CarrierAccountNumber":"carrier-account-number"
    },
"DeliveryPackage":{
  "CarrierName":"carrier-name"
  "TrackingNumber":"tracking-number",
  "DriveCount":drive-count,
  "ShipDate":"ship-date"
},
    "EnableVerboseLog":enable-verbose-log,
    "BackupDriveManifest":backup-drive-manifest
  }
}

The following table describes the elements of the request body.

Element	Type	Description
Properties	property	Required. The list of properties for the job.
FriendlyName	String	Optional. A human-readable name for the job. May contain Unicode characters and spaces.
Description	CDATA	Optional. A human-readable description of the job.
Metadata	CDATA	Optional. Metadata associated with the job.
CancelRequested	Boolean	Optional. If specified, the value must be true. The service will attempt to cancel the job.
State	String	Optional. If specified, the value must be Shipping, which tells the Import/Export service that the package for the job has been shipped. The ReturnAddress and DeliveryPackage properties must have been set either in this request or in a previous request, otherwise the request will fail.
ReturnAddress	property	Optional. Specifies the return address information for the job.
Name	String	Required. The name of the recipient who will receive the hard drives when they are returned.
Address	String	Required. Address of the recipient of the returned drives.
Phone	String	Required. Phone number of the recipient of the returned drives.
Email	String	Required. Email address of the recipient of the returned drives.
ReturnShipping	Property	Optional. Specifies the return carrier and customer’s account with the carrier.
CarrierName	String	Required. The carrier’s name.
CarrierAccountNumber	String	Required. The customer’s account number with the carrier.
DeliveryPackage	property	Optional. Contains information about the package being shipped by the customer to the Microsoft data center.
CarrierName	String	Required. The name of the carrier.
TrackingNumber	String	Required. The tracking number of the package.
DriveCount	Integer	Optional. The number of drives included in the shipment.
ShipDate	Date	Optional. The date when the package is shipped.
EnableVerboseLog	Boolean	Optional. Indicates whether verbose logging is enabled; see Put Job for details.
BackupDriveManifest	Boolean	Optional. Indicates whether drive manifest files are backed up to block blobs; see Put Job for details.

Response

The response includes an HTTP status code and a set of response headers.

Status Code

A successful operation returns status code 204 (No Content).

Response Headers

Response Header	Description
Content-Encoding	Only applicable for error responses. The value of this header will always be identity.
Content-Length	Only applicable for error responses. When the response body is chunked, this header is not included.
Content-Type	Only applicable for error responses. The value of this header will always be application/json.
DataServiceId	The address of the job being updated.
Date	A UTC date/time value generated by the service that indicates the time at which the response was initiated.
ETag	Contains a value that the client can use to perform conditional operations by using the If-Match or If-None-Match request header.
Last-Modified	The date/time that the job was last modified. The date format follows RFC 1123. For more information, see Representation of Date/Time Values in Headers.
x-ms-request-id	A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the Import/Export service.
x-ms-version	Indicates the version of the Import/Export service used to execute the request.

Response Body

If the request succeeds, there is no response body.

If the request fails, the response body will contain the following error message format:

{
  "odata.error": {
    "code": "http-code",
    "message": {
        "lang": "en-US",
        "value": "detailed-error-message"
    },
    "azure.values": [
      { "ExtendedCode": "extended-error-code" },
      { "ExtendedInformation": "extended-information" }
    ]
  }
}

Element	Type	Description
http-code	String	The standard HTTP status code returned when the request fails.
detailed-error-message	String	A human-readable description of the error.
Extended-code	String	A predefined error code, if applicable.
Extended-information	String	Additional information provided to diagnose the error.

Sample Request and Response

The following shows a sample request and response for the Update Job Properties operation.

Request

PATCH https://management.core.windows.net/afb1a4eb-bc88-4ce1-b1af-dfec80067464/services/importexport/storageaccounts/xttest/jobs/MySampleJob?timeout=3600 HTTP/1.1
x-ms-version: 2014-05-01
x-ms-date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:25:41 GMT
DataServiceVersion: 3.0;
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Host: management.core.windows.net
Content-Length: 388
Expect: 100-continue
Connection: Keep-Alive

{
  "odata.type":"Microsoft.Cis.Services.ImportExport.Public.Job","odata.id":"MySampleJob","odata.editLink":"https://management.core.windows.net/afb1a4eb-bc88-4ce1-b1af-dfec80067464/services/importexport/jobs/MySampleJob","Properties":{
    "DeliveryPackage":{
      "CarrierName":"FedEx","TrackingNumber":"999999999999","DriveCount":2,"ShipDate":"4/30/2014 12:25:40 AM"
    }
  }
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Encoding: identity
Content-Language: en-us
Last-Modified: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:23:52 GMT
ETag: W/"datetime'2014-04-30T00%3A23%3A52.6173161Z'"
Server: 1.0.6198.70 (rd_rdfe_stable.140426-2318) Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
x-ms-servedbyregion: ussouth2
DataServiceId: https://management.core.windows.net/afb1a4eb-bc88-4ce1-b1af-dfec80067464/services/importexport/jobs/MySampleJob
x-ms-version: 2014-05-01
x-ms-request-id: 8d21cb4a7ea496a1b4b71b6dfcc8e287
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:25:43 GMT

0

Remarks

The Update Job Properties operation enables you to update properties of a job after the job has been created. After you ship your drives to a Windows Azure data center, you are required to update certain fields before your job can be processed.

Some properties, like the Metadata property, may be updated at any time during the lifetime of a job, whereas the DeliveryPackage property can only be updated prior to the package's arrival at the Windows Azure data center.

The table below describes when various properties can be changed.

Property	Comments
FriendlyName	May be updated at any time.
Description	May be updated at any time.
Metadata	May be updated at any time.
State	May only be updated when the status of the job is Creating.
CancelRequested	May be updated when the status of the job is Creating, Shipping, or Transferring.
ReturnAddress	May be updated until the status of the job is Packaging.
ReturnShipping	May be updated until the status of the job is Packaging.
DeliveryPackage	May be updated until all drives arrive at the datacenter.
EnableVerboseLog	May be updated until the status of the job is Packaging.
BackupDriveManifest	May be updated until the status of the job is Packaging.
ManagementCertificate	May be updated until the status of the job is Transferring.

You can call Update Job Properties to update your shipping information, or to cancel a job. These two functions are described in detail below.

Shipping

After you ship your drives, you must call Update Job Properties with the State property set to Shipping, and with the ReturnAddress and DeliveryPackage properties set to valid values. In this way you notify the Import/Export service that your drives have been shipped.

Important

Failure to set these properties or to notify the Import/Export service that the drives have shipped may result in delays in processing your import or export job.

Cancellation

To cancel a job, you must call Update Job Properties and set the CancelRequested property to true. You can cancel a job if its state is Creating, Shipping, or Transferring, but not if the state is Packaging.

When you cancel a job, any drives that have not entered the data transfer process will be skipped. The job will be completed for any drives that are already in the data transfer process.

Note

The Import/Export service cancels a job on a best effort basis, but there are no guarantees about the success of a cancellation request.

Conditional Headers

You can call Update Job Properties with conditional headers specified to update the job only when certain conditions are met. When specifying conditional headers, keep in mind the following:

If a request specifies both the If-None-Match and If-Modified-Since headers, the request is evaluated based on the criteria specified in If-None-Match.
If a request specifies both the If-Match and If-Unmodified-Since headers, the request is evaluated based on the criteria specified in If-Match.
With the exception of the two combinations of conditional headers listed above, a request may specify only a single conditional header. Specifying more than one conditional header results in status code 400 (Bad Request).

The following table indicates the response codes returned for an unmet condition for each conditional header:

Conditional header	Response code if condition has not been met
If-Modified-Since	Precondition Failed (412)
If-Unmodified-Since	Precondition Failed (412)
If-Match	Precondition Failed (412)
If-None-Match	Precondition Failed (412)

Share via

Update Job Properties

Request

URI Parameters

Request Headers

Request Body

Response

Status Code

Response Headers

Response Body

Sample Request and Response

Request

Response

Remarks

Shipping

Cancellation

Conditional Headers

See Also

Additional resources