Create case

Namespace: microsoft.graph.ediscovery

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.

Create a new case object.

Note

Starting in September 2021, this API will create a large case type. To learn more about large cases, see Use the new case format in eDiscovery. For details, see the Changes to the Microsoft 365 advanced eDiscovery create case API blog post.

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) eDiscovery.Read.All eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application eDiscovery.Read.All eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /compliance/ediscovery/cases

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a case object. The following table lists properties that can be submitted with the call.

Property Type Description
displayName string The name of the eDiscovery case.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a new microsoft.graph.ediscovery.case object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/compliance/ediscovery/cases
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "My Case 1",
}

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/beta/compliance/ediscovery/$metadata#cases/$entity",
    "id": "061b9a92-8926-4bd9-b41d-abf35edc7583",
    "displayName": "My Case 1",
    "description": "",
    "createdBy": {
        "user": {
            "id": "efee1b77-fb3b-4f65-99d6-274c11914d12",
            "displayName": "eDiscovery admin"
        }
    },
    "createdDateTime": "2020-02-20T22:42:28.5505500Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
        "user": {
            "id": "efee1b77-fb3b-4f65-99d6-274c11914d12",
            "displayName": "eDiscovery admin"
        }
    },
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-02-20T22:42:28.5505500Z",
    "status": "active",
    "closedBy": null,
    "closedDateTime": null,
    "externalId": ""
}