Assignment Rule Header

The Assignment Rule header is a request header applied when creating or updating Cases or Leads. If enabled, the active assignment rules are used. If disabled, the active assignment rules are not applied. If a valid AssignmentRule ID is provided, the AssignmentRule is applied. If the header is not provided with a request, REST API defaults to using the active assignment rules.

Header Field Name and Values

Field name

Sforce-Auto-Assign

Field values

• TRUE. Active assignment rules are applied for created or updated Cases or Leads. This is the default if the header is not provided in the request.
• FALSE. Active assignment rules are not applied for created or updated Cases or Leads.
• Valid AssignmentRule ID. The given AssignmentRule is applied for created Cases or Leads.

The TRUE and FALSE values are not case-sensitive.

Example

Sforce-Auto-Assign: FALSE