Microsoft Purview Metadata Roles API

Operations for managing metadata roles

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GET /metadataRoles List metadata roles · Microsoft Purview List metadata roles #

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“Which metadata roles can be assigned in our Purview account?”

“What roles exist for collection permissions?”

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List the metadata roles available in the account.

List metadata roles using API version {version}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Purview Metadata Policies Metadata Roles API
  description: APIs for creating and managing data access policies based on metadata attributes. Enables programmatic management of collection-level permissions and role assignments within the Purview data governance framework.
  version: 2021-07-01-preview
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Purview Support
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/
  license:
    name: Microsoft API License
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/
servers:
- url: https://{accountName}.purview.azure.com/policystore
  description: Microsoft Purview Metadata Policies API endpoint
  variables:
    accountName:
      description: The name of the Microsoft Purview account
      default: myaccount
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Metadata Roles
  description: Operations for managing metadata roles
paths:
  /metadataRoles:
    get:
      operationId: listMetadataRoles
      summary: Microsoft Purview List metadata roles
      description: Lists the metadata roles available in the Purview account.
      tags:
      - Metadata Roles
      parameters:
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 2021-07-01-preview
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata roles listed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataRoleList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
components:
  schemas:
    MetadataRoleList:
      type: object
      properties:
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataRole'
        nextLink:
          type: string
    MetadataRole:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        properties:
          type: object
          properties:
            provisioningState:
              type: string
            roleType:
              type: string
            friendlyName:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
            cnfCondition:
              type: array
              items:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeMatcher'
    AttributeMatcher:
      type: object
      properties:
        attributeName:
          type: string
        attributeValueIncludes:
          type: string
        attributeValueIncludedIn:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        attributeValueExcludes:
          type: string
        attributeValueExcludedIn:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 authentication
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token
          scopes:
            https://purview.azure.net/.default: Access Microsoft Purview