Create timeOff

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new timeOff instance in a schedule.

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)	Schedule.ReadWrite.All	Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Schedule.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

Note: This API supports admin permissions. Users with admin roles can access groups that they aren't a member of.

HTTP request

POST /teams/{teamId}/schedule/timesOff

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.
MS-APP-ACTS-AS	A user ID (GUID). Required only if the authorization token is an application token; otherwise, optional.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the modified timeOff object.

The following table lists the properties that you can use when you create a timeOff object.

Property	Type	Description
draftTimeOff	timeOffItem	The draft version of this timeOff item that is viewable by managers. It must be shared before it is visible to team members. Either draftOpenShift or sharedOpenShift should be null.
isStagedForDeletion	Boolean	The timeOff is marked for deletion, a process that is finalized when the schedule is shared. Optional
sharedTimeOff	timeOffItem	The shared version of this timeOff that is viewable by both employees and managers. Updates to the sharedTimeOff property send notifications to users in the Teams client. Either draftOpenShift or sharedOpenShift should be null.
userId	String	ID of the user assigned to the timeOff. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a timeOff object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/teams/{teamId}/schedule/timesOff
Content-type: application/json

{
  "userId": "aa162a04-bec6-4b81-ba99-96caa7b2b24d",
  "sharedTimeOff": {
    "timeOffReasonId": "TOR_29a5ba96-c7ef-4e76-bec6-055323746314",
    "startDateTime": "2024-10-10T19:00:00Z",
    "endDateTime": "2024-10-10T20:00:00Z",
    "theme": "blue"
  },
  "draftTimeOff": null,
  "isStagedForDeletion": false
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#teams('48ba9e52-8d25-41c7-bbe7-5ee6346eec0d')/schedule/timesOff/$entity",
  "@odata.etag": "\"40021ee2-0000-0c00-0000-672ea2790000\"",
  "id": "SHFT_d0941bce-2229-43f5-b1cd-c9e2eaf592cf",
  "createdDateTime": "2024-11-08T23:44:56.913Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-11-08T23:44:56.913Z",
  "userId": "aa162a04-bec6-4b81-ba99-96caa7b2b24d",
  "draftTimeOff": null,
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "application": null,
    "device": null,
    "user": {
      "id": "366c0b19-49b1-41b5-a03f-9f3887bd0ed8",
      "displayName": "John Doe",
      "userIdentityType": "aadUser",
      "tenantId": null
    }
  },
  "sharedTimeOff": {
    "timeOffReasonId": "TOR_29a5ba96-c7ef-4e76-bec6-055323746314",
    "startDateTime": "2024-10-10T19:00:00Z",
    "endDateTime": "2024-10-10T20:00:00Z",
    "theme": "blue"
  },
  "isStagedForDeletion": false
}