> ## Documentation Index
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# Create an action

> Create an active or historical action, i.e. a service or maintenance activity related to a thing.<br/>Set the required <i>historical</i> parameter to false to create an upcoming action, i.e. an activity that still has to be carried out, or to true to register an activity that has already been completed.<br/>The payload identifies the action-definition the action is based on and the customer, location and thing it refers to.

## OpenAPI

````json POST /data/actionStatuses
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Servitly DPS API",
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.servitly-sandbox.com",
      "description": "[AWS SANDBOX]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.servitly.com",
      "description": "[AWS PRODUCTION Ireland]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api-ap.servitly.com",
      "description": "[AWS Hong Kong]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://azapi.servitly-dev.com",
      "description": "[AZURE DEV Frankfurt]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://azapi.servitly-staging.com",
      "description": "[AZURE STAGING Frankfurt]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://azapi.servitly.com",
      "description": "[AZURE PRODUCTION Frankfurt]"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "bearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "ACTIONS"
    },
    {
      "name": "ALERTS"
    },
    {
      "name": "API GATEWAY"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHENTICATION"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHORIZATIONS"
    },
    {
      "name": "CUSTOMERS"
    },
    {
      "name": "DATA IMPORT / EXPORT"
    },
    {
      "name": "EVENTS"
    },
    {
      "name": "LOCATIONS"
    },
    {
      "name": "MAINTENANCE"
    },
    {
      "name": "MAPPING"
    },
    {
      "name": "METRIC DATA"
    },
    {
      "name": "MOBILE APP"
    },
    {
      "name": "ORGANIZATION"
    },
    {
      "name": "PARTNERS"
    },
    {
      "name": "PRODUCT MODELS"
    },
    {
      "name": "SPARE PARTS"
    },
    {
      "name": "STATISTICS"
    },
    {
      "name": "STORE ORDERS"
    },
    {
      "name": "SUBSCRIPTIONS"
    },
    {
      "name": "SUBSCRIPTIONS (OLD)"
    },
    {
      "name": "THING CONTROL"
    },
    {
      "name": "THING DEFINITIONS"
    },
    {
      "name": "THING MANAGEMENT"
    },
    {
      "name": "THINGS"
    },
    {
      "name": "TICKETS"
    },
    {
      "name": "USER TYPES"
    },
    {
      "name": "USERS"
    },
    {
      "name": "WORK SESSIONS"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/data/actionStatuses": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Create an action",
        "description": "Create an active or historical action, i.e. a service or maintenance activity related to a thing.<br/>Set the required <i>historical</i> parameter to false to create an upcoming action, i.e. an activity that still has to be carried out, or to true to register an activity that has already been completed.<br/>The payload identifies the action-definition the action is based on and the customer, location and thing it refers to.",
        "tags": [
          "ACTIONS"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/tenantNameHeader"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/historicalAction"
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "description": "The action status.",
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ActionStatus"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "204": {
            "description": "Action created."
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotAuthenticated"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotAuthorized"
          },
          "429": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/ApiLimit"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/IntError"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "parameters": {
      "tenantNameHeader": {
        "in": "header",
        "name": "X-Servitly-Tenant",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "{{tenantName}}"
        },
        "description": "The name of the tenant (e.g. acme)."
      },
      "historicalAction": {
        "in": "query",
        "name": "historical",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "description": "If true, the action is created as historical, else as upcoming."
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "BadRequest": {
        "description": "Request data not valid.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The error response.",
                  "example": "Bad request"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "NotAuthenticated": {
        "description": "User not authenticated.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The error response.",
                  "example": "User not authenticated"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "NotAuthorized": {
        "description": "User not authorized.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The error response.",
                  "example": "User not authorized"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "ApiLimit": {
        "description": "API call rate limit exceeded.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The error response.",
                  "example": "API call rate limit exceeded"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "IntError": {
        "description": "Internal server error.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The error response.",
                  "example": "Internal Server Error"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "bearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
````