Start Batch

Creates service appointment bundles automatically. The resource uses appointment bundle policies that are marked for automatic bundling. Service appointments that are already bundled manually stay untouched by this API. The resource returns the success or failure message of starting the batch process of automatic bundling. This API is not supported in Gov Cloud. This endpoint is available in version 54.0 and later of the Salesforce API.

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URI: HOST/bundleflow/api/v1.0/startbatch

Where HOST is a variable.

Format: JSON

HTTP Method: POST

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer TOKEN

Where TOKEN is a variable.

If the authentication token isn’t valid, a 401 HTTP status is returned.

Headers:

request.setHeader('x-sfdc-tenant-id', 'core/prod/ORG-ID_18_Characters');—Field Service functional domain
sf_api_version—Salesforce API version. Minimum version is 53.0.
Authorization—Authorization token.
Content-Type—File format. Valid value is JSON.
Referer—Org domain URL.

The request body contains these properties.

Field	Type	Description
`operation`	String	The bundling operation. Valid value: `start-batch-processing`.

This example shows an automated bundling request of service appointments.

The response body contains these properties.

Field	Type	Description
`httpStatus`	Number	Response HTTP status.
`statusDescription`	String	Response status description.
`responsePayload`	String	Message about the batch status. If it’s successful, the payload is null. If the batch bundling fails, the payload shows an error message, such as, “Wrong API version” or “Failed to start batch agent”.
`messageCode`	Number	Message code is always 0.
`messageAdditionalInfo`	String	More information provided by Salesforce.

This example shows the output of a batch process of automatic bundling that started successfully.

This example shows the output of a batch process that failed to start because the operation parameter of the request is null or empty.