Create a data model

Creates a new data model with a given name and its content provided in request body as an XML Schema.

Note: Only the Super Admin type users with the administration role have access to this API. For more information about MDM user types, see the related description in Talend Administration Center User Guide.

Request	`POST /services/rest/system/models`
Parameters	name: This is a String value which specifies the name of the data model to be created.
Headers	Content-Type: `application/xml` or `text/xml` Information noteNote: If the XML declaration is included in the XML request content and the encoding attribute is used, you must set its value to `UTF-8`. Authorization: Basic Authentication scheme
Response	No content.
Status	200 OK: The operation is executed successfully. 401 UNAUTHORIZED: Login fails, invalid username or password. 403 FORBIDDEN: Missing required permission. 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR: Other errors.

Sample request

The following XML schema sample will create a data model with two entities Employee and Team.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
    <xsd:element name="Employee">
        <xsd:annotation>
            <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
            <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_User</xsd:appinfo>
        </xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:all>
                <xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="Id" type="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_User</xsd:appinfo>
                    </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
                <xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="Name" type="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_User</xsd:appinfo>
                    </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
                <xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="Team" type="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_ForeignKey">Team/Id</xsd:appinfo>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_ForeignKey_NotSep">true</xsd:appinfo>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_User</xsd:appinfo>
                    </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
            </xsd:all>
        </xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:unique name="Employee">
            <xsd:selector xpath="."/>
            <xsd:field xpath="Id"/>
        </xsd:unique>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="Team">
        <xsd:annotation>
            <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
        </xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:all>
                <xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="Id" type="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
                    </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
                <xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" name="Name" type="xsd:string">
                    <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:appinfo source="X_Write">Company_Manager</xsd:appinfo>
                    </xsd:annotation>
                </xsd:element>
            </xsd:all>
        </xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:unique name="Team">
            <xsd:selector xpath="."/>
            <xsd:field xpath="Id"/>
        </xsd:unique>
    </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

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