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POST https://api.bentley.com/transformations/configurations/alignimodeldata

This endpoint is used to create a configuration for align iModel data transformation.

Align iModel data transformation provides the capability of remapping element EClasses and their ECProperties, and performing modifications on dynamic ECSchemas. Dynamic schema modifications include the removal of unused ECClasses and merging multiple ECClasses into a single ECClass.

Configuration specific properties explained:

schemaOptimizationOptions - options that will modify ECSchemas.
    - removeUnusedClasses - if `true` ECClasses that have 0 elements will be removed from all **dynamic** ECSchemas.
    - classMergingGroups - array of ECClass merging group objects.
        - sourceECClasses - array of ECClass objects. Classes in this array will be merged into a single target ECClass. All class elements will also be remapped into the target ECClass.
            - ecClassName - ECClass name.
            - ecSchemaName - ECSchema name.
        - targetECClass - target ECClass. all sourceECClasses will be merged into this ECClass.
            - ecClassName - ECClass name.
            - ecSchemaName - ECSchema name.
dataRemappingOptions - options for data remapping.
    - additionalECSchemas - array of Bentley defined ECSchemas that will be imported into the target iModel
        - ecSchemaName - ECSchema name.
        - ecSchemaVersion - ECSchema version.
    - elementGroups - array of element group objects. Each object in the array defines a collection of elements to be mapped into a single target ECClass.
        - targetECClass - a target class for the elements selected by the `elementPropertyQuery` to be remapped into.
            - ecClassName - ECClass name.
            - ecSchemaName - ECSchema name.
        - elementPropertyQuery - ECSql query that selects element ECInstanceIds and any additional properties.

Target ECClass

If targetECClass does not exist in the source iModel its schema must be imported using the additionalECSchemas property.

Element Property query

The elementPropertyQuery must be a valid ECSql statement. The only requirement for the query is that it must select ECInstanceId column. Elements with these ids will be remapped into the targetECClass. Any additional column the query returns is treated as an additional property. Given that the additional property's column name and an ECProperty in the targetECClass name match, its value will be carried through and will be exported as that ECProperty's value in the target iModel. Column names for ECProperties are case insensitive.

Example

ArchitecturalPhysical.Door ECClass has 3 ECProperties defined - OverallHeight, OverallWidth and Description. To remap all Generic.PhysicalObject elements that have "door" in their UserLabel to an ArchitecturalPhysical.Door ECClass, a valid elementPropertyQuery would be:

  • SELECT ECInstanceId, 'This element was remapped from PhysicalObject' as Description, 15 as OverallHeight FROM Generic.PhysicalObject WHERE UserLabel LIKE '%door%'

Remapped elements in the target iModel would have the following properties:

  • Description: 'This element was remapped from PhysicalObject'
  • OverallHeight: 15
  • OverallWidth: NULL
  • …

Original properties will be carried through from the original element and any properties that do not exist in the target class will be lost.

To change already existing element property, select an already existing column. The following query will change all BisCore.PhysicalObject class element's user labels to 'Updated user label': SELECT ECInstanceId, 'Updated user label' as UserLabel FROM Generic.PhysicalObject

In addition to exported data, the transformer will also push some additional metadata. This metadata contains:

  1. BisCore:RepositoryLink and BisCore:ExternalSource elements that mark the source where the data was imported from.
  2. A "Scope" BisCore:ExternalSourceAspect that contains Synchronization changeset metadata that is needed by the transformation service to process any later changes correctly.
  3. Element provenance information (BisCore:ExternalSourceAspects) for elements that do not have federation guids.

Note: Creating a configuration does not run the transformation. To run the transformation, please see transformations reference.

Authentication

Requires Authorization header with valid Bearer token for scope itwin-platform.

For more documentation on authorization and how to get access token visit OAUTH2 Authorization page.

Authorization

You must have imodels_write assigned at the target project level and imodels_read assigned at the source project level within related configuration. If permissions at the project level are not configured, then you must have same assigned at the iModel level.

Alternatively, you must be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given project the iModel belongs to.

An Organization Administrator must have at least one of the following roles assigned in User Management: Account Administrator, Co-Administrator, or CONNECT Services Administrator. For more information about User Management see Bentley Communities Licensing, Cloud, and Web Services wiki page.

Rate limits

All iTwin Platform API operations have a rate limit. For more documentation on that visit Rate limits and quotas page.

Request headers

Name
Required?
Description
Authorization
Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Accept
Yes

Setting to application/vnd.bentley.itwin-platform.v1+json is recommended.

Configuration data

Request body

Create align iModel data transformation

Name
Type
Required?
Description
transformName
String
Yes

User friendly name of the transformation.

sourceProjectId
String
Yes

ProjectId of the source iModel.

sourceIModelId
String
Yes

ID of the source iModel.

targetProjectId
String
Yes

ProjectId of the target iModel.

targetIModelId
String
Yes

ID of the target iModel.

comment
String
Yes

Comment for the changeset created after transformation.

transformParameters
Yes

Align iModel data configuration transform parameters.

Example

json
{
    "transformName": "Example name",
    "sourceProjectId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "sourceIModelId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "targetProjectId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "targetIModelId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "comment": "Example comment",
    "transformParameters": {
        "dataRemappingOptions": {
            "additionalECSchemas": [{
                "ecSchemaName": "ArchitecturalPhysical",
                "ecSchemaVersion": "01.00.01"
            }],
            "elementGroups": [{
                "targetECClass": {
                    "ecSchemaName": "ArchitecturalPhysical",
                    "ecClassName": "Door"
                },
                "elementPropertyQuery": "SELECT ECInstanceId, 'remapped element' AS Description FROM Generic.PhysicalObject WHERE UserLabel LIKE '%door%'"
            }]
        },
        "schemaOptimizationOptions": {
            "removeUnusedClasses": true,
            "classMergingGroups": [{
                "targetECClass": {
                    "ecSchemaName": "DynamicSchema1",
                    "ecClassName": "GasPipe"
                },
                "sourceECClasses": [{
                    "ecSchemaName": "DynamicSchema2",
                    "ecClassName": "Gas_Pipe"
                }]
            }]
        }
    }
}

Response 201 Created

Returns the created configuration for align iModel data transformation.

json
{
    "configuration": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "transformName": "Transformation name",
        "comment": "comment",
        "createdDateTime": "2021-08-02T14:51:33.6133333Z",
        "modifiedDateTime": "2021-08-02T14:52:33.6133333Z",
        "transformType": "AlignIModelData",
        "transformParameters": {
            "dataRemappingOptions": {
                "additionalECSchemas": [{
                    "ecSchemaName": "ArchitecturalPhysical",
                    "ecSchemaVersion": "01.00.01"
                }],
                "elementGroups": [{
                    "targetECClass": {
                        "ecSchemaName": "ArchitecturalPhysical",
                        "ecClassName": "Door"
                    },
                    "elementPropertyQuery": "SELECT ECInstanceId, 'remapped element' AS Description FROM Generic.PhysicalObject WHERE UserLabel LIKE '%door%'"
                }]
            },
            "schemaOptimizationOptions": {
                "removeUnusedClasses": true,
                "classMergingGroups": [{
                    "targetECClass": {
                        "ecSchemaName": "DynamicSchema1",
                        "ecClassName": "GasPipe"
                    },
                    "sourceECClasses": [{
                        "ecSchemaName": "DynamicSchema2",
                        "ecClassName": "Gas_Pipe"
                    }]
                }]
            }
        },
        "_links": {
            "sourceIModel": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/imodels/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
            },
            "targetIModel": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/imodels/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
            },
            "sourceProject": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/itwins/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
            },
            "targetProject": {
                "href": "https://api.bentley.com/itwins/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
            }
        }
    }
}

Response 401 Unauthorized

This response indicates that request lacks valid authentication credentials. Access token might not been provided, issued by the wrong issuer, does not have required scopes or request headers were malformed.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "HeaderNotFound",
        "message": "Header Authorization was not found in the request. Access denied."
    }
}

Response 403 Forbidden

User has insufficient permissions.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "InsufficientPermissions",
        "message": "The user has insufficient permissions for the requested operation."
    }
}

Response 404 Not Found

This response indicates that the provided Project or iModel could not be found.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "IModelNotFound",
        "message": "Requested IModel is not available."
    }
}

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

If the given data is invalid.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "MissingRequestBody",
        "message": "Request body was not provided."
    }
}

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.

json
{
    "error": {
        "code": "TooManyRequests",
        "message": "More requests were received than the subscription rate-limit allows."
    }
}

Response headers

Name
Description
retry-after

The number of requests exceeds the rate-limit for the client subscription.

Links

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
sourceIModel

Link to a source iModel.

targetIModel

Link to a target iModel.

sourceProject

Link to a source project.

targetProject

Link to a target project.

Link

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
href
String

Link to a resource.

EC class definition

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
ecSchemaName
String

EC Schema name

ecClassName
String

EC Class name

EC schema definition

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
ecSchemaName
String

EC Schema name

ecSchemaVersion
String

EC Schema version

Element group properties

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
elementPropertyQuery
String

ECSql query

targetECClass

Target EC Class

Data remapping options

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
additionalECSchemas

Array of EC schemas that will be added to target iModel after transformation.

elementGroups

Array of element groups that are to be remapped.

EC Class merging group

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
targetECClass

Target EC Class

sourceECClasses

Array of EC classes that will be merged into the target class.

Schema optimization options

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
removeUnusedClasses
Boolean

Option to remove unused EC classes from dynamic EC schemas.

classMergingGroups

Array of EC class merging groups

Align iModel data configuration properties

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
dataRemappingOptions

iModel data remapping options

schemaOptimizationOptions

iModel schema optimization options

Create align iModel data transformation

Data needed to create a AlignIModelData transformation configuration.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
transformName
String

User friendly name of the transformation.

sourceProjectId
String

ProjectId of the source iModel.

sourceIModelId
String

ID of the source iModel.

targetProjectId
String

ProjectId of the target iModel.

targetIModelId
String

ID of the target iModel.

comment
String

Comment for the changeset created after transformation.

transformParameters

Align iModel data configuration transform parameters.

Align iModel data configuration properties

Configuration data.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
id
String

ID of the configuration.

transformName
String

User friendly name of the transformation.

comment
String

Comment for the changeset created after transformation.

createdDateTime
Date-time

Time the configuration was created at.

modifiedDateTime
Date-time

Time the configuration was last modified at.

transformType
String

Type of the transformation.

transformParameters

Align iModel data configuration transform parameters.

Align iModel data configuration

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description

DetailedError

Contains error information and an array of more specific errors.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
code
String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message
String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target
String

The target of the error.

details

Optional array of more specific errors.

Detailed Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
error

Error Detailed information.

Error

Contains error information.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
code
String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message
String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target
String

The target of the error.

Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

TableSchema
Name
Type
Description
error

Error information.