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CreateIdMappingWorkflow - AWS Entity Resolution
Request SyntaxURI Request ParametersRequest BodyResponse SyntaxResponse ElementsErrorsSee Also

CreateIdMappingWorkflow

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Creates an IdMappingWorkflow object which stores the configuration of the data processing job to be run. Each IdMappingWorkflow must have a unique workflow name. To modify an existing workflow, use the UpdateIdMappingWorkflow API.

Request Syntax

POST /idmappingworkflows HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "description": "string",
   "idMappingTechniques": { 
      "idMappingType": "string",
      "providerProperties": { 
         "intermediateSourceConfiguration": { 
            "intermediateS3Path": "string"
         },
         "providerConfiguration": JSON value,
         "providerServiceArn": "string"
      },
      "ruleBasedProperties": { 
         "attributeMatchingModel": "string",
         "recordMatchingModel": "string",
         "ruleDefinitionType": "string",
         "rules": [ 
            { 
               "matchingKeys": [ "string" ],
               "ruleName": "string"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "inputSourceConfig": [ 
      { 
         "inputSourceARN": "string",
         "schemaName": "string",
         "type": "string"
      }
   ],
   "outputSourceConfig": [ 
      { 
         "KMSArn": "string",
         "outputS3Path": "string"
      }
   ],
   "roleArn": "string",
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "workflowName": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

description

A description of the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 255.

Required: No

idMappingTechniques

An object which defines the ID mapping technique and any additional configurations.

Type: IdMappingTechniques object

Required: Yes

inputSourceConfig

A list of InputSource objects, which have the fields InputSourceARN and SchemaName.

Type: Array of IdMappingWorkflowInputSource objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 20 items.

Required: Yes

outputSourceConfig

A list of IdMappingWorkflowOutputSource objects, each of which contains fields OutputS3Path and Output.

Type: Array of IdMappingWorkflowOutputSource objects

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Required: No

roleArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role. AWS Entity Resolution assumes this role to create resources on your behalf as part of workflow execution.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: $|^arn:aws:iam::\d{12}:role/?[a-zA-Z_0-9+=,.@\-_/]+

Required: No

tags

The tags used to organize, track, or control access for this resource.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

workflowName

The name of the workflow. There can't be multiple IdMappingWorkflows with the same name.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z_0-9-]*

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "description": "string",
   "idMappingTechniques": { 
      "idMappingType": "string",
      "providerProperties": { 
         "intermediateSourceConfiguration": { 
            "intermediateS3Path": "string"
         },
         "providerConfiguration": JSON value,
         "providerServiceArn": "string"
      },
      "ruleBasedProperties": { 
         "attributeMatchingModel": "string",
         "recordMatchingModel": "string",
         "ruleDefinitionType": "string",
         "rules": [ 
            { 
               "matchingKeys": [ "string" ],
               "ruleName": "string"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "inputSourceConfig": [ 
      { 
         "inputSourceARN": "string",
         "schemaName": "string",
         "type": "string"
      }
   ],
   "outputSourceConfig": [ 
      { 
         "KMSArn": "string",
         "outputS3Path": "string"
      }
   ],
   "roleArn": "string",
   "workflowArn": "string",
   "workflowName": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

description

A description of the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 255.

idMappingTechniques

An object which defines the ID mapping technique and any additional configurations.

Type: IdMappingTechniques object

inputSourceConfig

A list of InputSource objects, which have the fields InputSourceARN and SchemaName.

Type: Array of IdMappingWorkflowInputSource objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 20 items.

outputSourceConfig

A list of IdMappingWorkflowOutputSource objects, each of which contains fields OutputS3Path and Output.

Type: Array of IdMappingWorkflowOutputSource objects

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

roleArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role. AWS Entity Resolution assumes this role to create resources on your behalf as part of workflow execution.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: $|^arn:aws:iam::\d{12}:role/?[a-zA-Z_0-9+=,.@\-_/]+

workflowArn

The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) that AWS Entity Resolution generated for the IDMappingWorkflow.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn):entityresolution:[a-z]{2}-[a-z]{1,10}-[0-9]:[0-9]{12}:(idmappingworkflow/[a-zA-Z_0-9-]{1,255})

workflowName

The name of the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z_0-9-]*

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The request could not be processed because of conflict in the current state of the resource. Example: Workflow already exists, Schema already exists, Workflow is currently running, etc.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ExceedsLimitException

The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS Entity Resolution account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 402

InternalServerException

This exception occurs when there is an internal failure in the AWS Entity Resolution service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by AWS Entity Resolution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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