ImportIModel - Transformations

Transformations

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This operation is a Technical Preview and is available for testing purposes only. Do not use in production.

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

This endpoint is used to create a configuration for an ImportIModel transformation.

Import iModel transformation imports data from source iModel to the specified target iModel. This data can either be the whole iModel, or data that is associated to a RepositoryLink element.

During the transformation a BisCore:Subject element is created. The subject's CodeValue is set to the source iModel's id and the UserLabel is set to the source iModel's name. All data from the source iModel is imported under the newly created subject. Because of this, multiple iModels can be imported into the same target iModel effectively combining them while avoiding most of the conflicts between the sources.

Element conflicts can occur when importing an iModel. In this case, elements of the iModel being imported overwrite the target elements. Only elements whose scoping hierarchy ultimately reaches elements with ids 0x10 (dictionaryId) and 0xe will be able to conflict with each other (most common cases are DefinitionElements).

Importing the whole iModel

To import the entire source iModel into the target omit the transformParameters property from your request body.

Importing data associated to a `RepositoryLink` element

To import only the data that is associated to a RepositoryLink add the repository link's federation guid to the transformParameters.fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport array in the request body.
A RepositoryLink element represents a link to an external repository (e.g. a design file).
A federation guid identifies a real-world entity that the element represents and "federates" the element to its external meaning. It is used as a stable identifier that external systems can utilize to reference the element. More about federation guids here.

Transformations service relies on the correct provenance structure in the source iModel in order to process it correctly.

ExternalSourceAspects must reference ExternalSource elements by their Source navigation properties.
ExternalSource elements must reference their RepositoryLink elements by their Repository navigation properties.

Any elements that do not have an ExternalSourceAspect related to a RepositoryLink are considered "shared" between all repositories and are always imported. More information about provenance in bis can be found here.

Configuration specific properties explained:

fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport - federation guids of RepositoryLink elements.

Limitations:

Only one repository link's federation guid per configuration is supported at this time.
This API does not support combining iModels that have conflicting dynamic ECSchemas. Conflicting ECSchemas are two ECSchemas that have the same name, but have at least one difference such as: different aliases or any difference between EC object items (EC schema contents). For example, "CustomSchema" in iModel "A" has an ECClass "MyClass", while "CustomSchema" in iModel "B" doesn't have an ECClass "MyClass". In case of ECSchema conflict, transformation will fail with an error message. Those error messages might vary depending on the conflict that was encountered. Transformation status and it's error message can be retrieved by sending GET transformation request.

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

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

Transformations service creates an Editing Channel with key IModelTransformations. All source iModel data is exported under a channel root subject named IModelTransformationsChannel. Read more about Editing Channels here.

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

Request headers

Authorization

Yes

OAuth access token with itwin-platform scope

Yes

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

Request body

Create ImportIModel configuration

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

TParams_ImportIModel

ImportIModel 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": {
        "fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport": ["00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"]
    }
}

Response

Response 201 Created

Returns the created configuration.

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": "ImportIModel",
        "transformParameters": {
            "fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport": ["00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"]
        },
        "_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

Given data is invalid.

json

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

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client.

json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "RateLimitExceeded",
        "message": "The client sent more requests than allowed by this API for the current tier of the client."
    }
}

Response headers

retry-after

Number of seconds to wait until client is allowed to make more requests.

Definitions

Create ImportIModel configuration

Data needed to create ImportIModel configuration.

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

TParams_ImportIModel

ImportIModel configuration transform parameters.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Create ImportIModel configuration",
    "description": "Data needed to create ImportIModel configuration.",
    "required": [
        "comment",
        "sourceProjectId",
        "sourceIModelId",
        "targetProjectId",
        "targetIModelId",
        "transformName"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "transformName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "User friendly name of the transformation.",
            "example": "Example name"
        },
        "sourceProjectId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ProjectId of the source iModel.",
            "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        },
        "sourceIModelId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ID of the source iModel.",
            "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        },
        "targetProjectId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ProjectId of the target iModel.",
            "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        },
        "targetIModelId": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ID of the target iModel.",
            "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        },
        "comment": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Comment for the changeset created after transformation.",
            "example": "Example comment"
        },
        "transformParameters": {
            "description": "ImportIModel configuration transform parameters.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TParams_ImportIModel"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Import iModel configuration

configuration

Configuration_ImportIModel

Import iModel configuration object.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Import iModel configuration",
    "required": [
        "configuration"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "configuration": {
            "description": "Import iModel configuration object.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Configuration_ImportIModel"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Import iModel configuration properties

String

ID of the configuration.

transformName

String

User friendly name of the transformation.

comment

String, null

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

TParams_ImportIModel

ImportIModel configuration transform parameters.

_links

Links_ConfigurationData

Links to a configuration data.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Import iModel configuration properties",
    "required": [
        "id",
        "transformName",
        "comment",
        "createdDateTime",
        "modifiedDateTime",
        "transformType",
        "_links"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ID of the configuration.",
            "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        },
        "transformName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "User friendly name of the transformation.",
            "example": "Example name"
        },
        "comment": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Comment for the changeset created after transformation.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "Example comment"
        },
        "createdDateTime": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Time the configuration was created at.",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "0000-00-00T00:00:00.0000000Z"
        },
        "modifiedDateTime": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Time the configuration was last modified at.",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "0000-00-00T00:00:00.0000000Z"
        },
        "transformType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Type of the transformation.",
            "example": "FilterIModel"
        },
        "transformParameters": {
            "description": "ImportIModel configuration transform parameters.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TParams_ImportIModel"
        },
        "_links": {
            "description": "Links to a configuration data.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Links_ConfigurationData"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Links

sourceIModel

Link

Link to a source iModel.

targetIModel

Link

Link to a target iModel.

sourceProject

Link

Link to a source project.

targetProject

Link

Link to a target project.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Links",
    "properties": {
        "sourceIModel": {
            "description": "Link to a source iModel.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link"
        },
        "targetIModel": {
            "description": "Link to a target iModel.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link"
        },
        "sourceProject": {
            "description": "Link to a source project.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link"
        },
        "targetProject": {
            "description": "Link to a target project.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link"
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Link

href

String

Link to a resource.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Link",
    "properties": {
        "href": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Link to a resource."
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

ImportIModel configuration properties

fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport

String[]

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "ImportIModel configuration properties",
    "properties": {
        "fedGuidsOfRepositoriesToExport": {
            "type": "array",
            "maxItems": 1,
            "items": {
                "type": "string"
            }
        }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
}

DetailedError

Contains error information and an array of more specific errors.

code

String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

String, null

The target of the error.

details

Error[]

Optional array of more specific errors.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "description": "Contains error information and an array of more specific errors.",
    "properties": {
        "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "One of a server-defined set of error codes."
        },
        "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human-readable representation of the error."
        },
        "target": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The target of the error.",
            "nullable": true
        },
        "details": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Optional array of more specific errors.",
            "items": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "code",
        "message",
        "details"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
}

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.

error

DetailedError

Error Detailed information.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Detailed Error Response",
    "description": "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.",
    "properties": {
        "error": {
            "description": "Error Detailed information.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DetailedError"
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "error"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
}

Error

Contains error information.

code

String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

String, null

The target of the error.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "description": "Contains error information.",
    "properties": {
        "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "One of a server-defined set of error codes."
        },
        "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human-readable representation of the error."
        },
        "target": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The target of the error.",
            "nullable": true
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
}

Error Response

error

Error

Error information.

json

{
    "type": "object",
    "title": "Error Response",
    "description": "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.",
    "properties": {
        "error": {
            "description": "Error information.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
        }
    },
    "required": [
        "error"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
}

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