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Updating Account Types

The updateAccountType operation is used to update the account type information and the list of organizations to which the account type belongs.

This section walks you through the following steps for updating existing account types:

Note: After you update an account type, you must refresh the system cache for the new account type to take effect. See "Refreshing the Organization Cache" for more information on how to refresh the cache.

Preparing the Request Message

The updateAccountTypeRequest message is used to update account types in the RiskMinder database. The following table lists the elements of this request message.

Element

Mandatory

Description

name

Yes

The name of the account type that you want to update.

displayName

No

The descriptive name of the account type.

customAttribute

No

Name-value pairs that you can use to specify additional user or organization information.

removeCustomAttribute

No

The name of the account type custom attribute that you want to delete.

targetAllOrgs

No

Indicates whether the updated account type should be assigned to all organizations:

  • true: Updated account type is assigned to all organizations.
  • false: Updated account type is assigned only to the organizations that are listed in the ListOfOrganizations element.

    Note: By default, the value of this element is set to false.

ListofOrganizations/orgName

No

The name of the organization to which the account type must be assigned.

ListofOrganizations/customAttribute

No

The custom attribute that you have specified for the organization.

RemoveOrganizations/orgName

No

The name of the organization that you want to disassociate with the account type.

clientTxId

No

Unique transaction identifier that your calling application can include. This identifier helps in tracking the related transactions.

Invoking the Web Service

To update account types:

  1. (Optional) Include the authentication and authorization details in the header of the updateAccountType operation. See "Managing Web Services Security" for more information on the header elements.
  2. Use the updateAccountTypeRequest elements to set the account information, as listed in the table.
  3. Use the updateAccountTypeRequest message and construct the input message by using the details specified in the preceding step.
  4. Invoke the updateAccountType operation of the ArcotConfigRegistrySvc service to update the account type.

    This operation returns the updateAccountTypeResponse message that includes the transaction identifier and the authentication token. See the following section for more information on the response message.

Interpreting the Response Message

The response message, updateAccountTypeResponse, returns the transaction identifier and the authentication token in the SOAP envelope header. These elements are explained in the following table. The SOAP body returns a success message if the operation was performed successfully. If there are any errors, then the Fault response is returned. See appendix, "Exceptions and Error Codes" for more information on the SOAP error messages.

Element

Description

udsTransactionID

The unique identifier of the transaction performed by using UDS.

authToken

The authentication token that is returned if the credential verification to access the Web service was successful. This token eliminates the need for you to present the authentication credential for successive access to the Web service.

By default, the authentication token is valid for one day, after which you need to authenticate again.