retentionLabel resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Represents how organizations, for compliance and governance purposes, can manage their data at an item level (email or document), including whether and for how long to retain or delete the item.

Organizations can use retention labels for different types of content that require different retention settings. For example, they can apply a retention label to tax forms and supporting documents to retain them for the period required by law.

Organizations can configure retention labels with the retention periods and actions based on factors such as the date last modified or created. They can also start different retention periods by specifying an event that can trigger retention when the event occurs.

For more information on how retention labels work, when to use them, and how Microsoft Purview supports retention labels to let you configure retention and deletion settings, see Learn about retention policies and retention labels.

Methods

Method	Return type	Description
List retentionLabels	microsoft.graph.security.retentionLabel collection	Get a list of the retentionLabel objects and their properties.
Create retentionLabel	microsoft.graph.security.retentionLabel	Create a new retentionLabel object.
Get retentionLabel	microsoft.graph.security.retentionLabel	Read the properties and relationships of a retentionLabel object.
Update retentionLabel	microsoft.graph.security.retentionLabel	Update the properties of a retentionLabel object.
Delete retentionLabel	None	Delete a retentionLabel object.
List retentionEventType	microsoft.graph.security.retentionEventType collection	Get the retentionEventType resources from the exapnd eventType navigation property.
Add retentionEventType	microsoft.graph.security.retentionEventType	Add eventType by adding the relevant odata property when creating a label.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
actionAfterRetentionPeriod	microsoft.graph.security.actionAfterRetentionPeriod	Specifies the action to take on the labeled document after the period specified by the retentionDuration property expires. The possible values are: none, delete, startDispositionReview, unknownFutureValue.
behaviorDuringRetentionPeriod	microsoft.graph.security.behaviorDuringRetentionPeriod	Specifies how the behavior of a document with this label should be during the retention period. The possible values are: doNotRetain, retain, retainAsRecord, retainAsRegulatoryRecord, unknownFutureValue.
createdBy	microsoft.graph.identitySet	Represents the user who created the retentionLabel.
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Represents the date and time in which the retentionLabel is created.
descriptionForAdmins	String	Provides label information for the admin. Optional.
descriptionForUsers	String	Provides the label information for the user. Optional.
displayName	String	Unique string that defines a label name.
id	String	Unique ID of the retentionLabel.
isInUse	Boolean	Specifies whether the label is currently being used.
lastModifiedBy	microsoft.graph.identitySet	The user who last modified the retentionLabel.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The latest date time when the retentionLabel was modified.
retentionDuration	microsoft.graph.security.retentionDuration	Specifies the number of days to retain the content.
retentionTrigger	microsoft.graph.security.retentionTrigger	Specifies whether the retention duration is calculated from the content creation date, labeled date, or last modification date. The possible values are: dateLabeled, dateCreated, dateModified, dateOfEvent, unknownFutureValue.
defaultRecordBehavior	microsoft.graph.security.defaultRecordBehavior	Specifies the locked or unlocked state of a record label when it is created.The possible values are: startLocked, startUnlocked, unknownFutureValue.
labelToBeApplied	String	Specifies the replacement label to be applied automatically after the retention period of the current label ends.

Relationships

Relationship	Type	Description
dispositionReviewStages	microsoft.graph.security.dispositionReviewStage collection	When action at the end of retention is chosen as 'dispositionReview', dispositionReviewStages specifies a sequential set of stages with at least one reviewer in each stage.
retentionEventType	microsoft.graph.security.retentionEventType	Represents the type associated with a retention event.
descriptors	microsoft.graph.security.filePlanDescriptor	Represents out-of-the-box values that provide more options to improve the manageability and organization of the content you need to label.

JSON representation

Here's a JSON representation of the resource.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.retentionLabel",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "displayName": "String",
  "behaviorDuringRetentionPeriod": "String",
  "actionAfterRetentionPeriod": "String",
  "retentionTrigger": "String",
  "retentionDuration": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.security.retentionDuration"
  },
  "isInUse": "Boolean",
  "descriptionForAdmins": "String",
  "descriptionForUsers": "String",
  "createdBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "labelToBeApplied": "String",
  "defaultRecordBehavior": "String"
}