Add or Update a Resource

Add a new Resource, or update an existing resource.

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
Action	String	ResourceSave	Required
ResUpdate	Bool	1 to set as an update.	Required
ResId	Int	Id of the resource.	Required
ResName	String	Resource name, takes precedence over reference and code when updating.	Required for a new resource
ResReference	String	Resource reference, takes precedence over code when updating.	Optional
ResCode	String	Resource code.	Optional
ResGroupName	String	Group name.	Required for a new resource
ResTachoCard	String	Resource tacho card.	Optional
ResMobile	String	Resource mobile number.	Optional
ResOutOfShiftPrivate	Bool	Set Out of Shift Private. 1 or 0	Optional
ResTimeZone	String	Set time zone.	Optional
ResHasTrackingAlert	Bool	Set Has Tracking Alert. 1 or 0	Optional
ResKeyWork	String	Set Business Key.	Optional
ResKeyPrivate	String	Set Private Key.	Optional
Res4Tracking	Bool	Set if resource is tracked. 1 or 0	Optional
ResFuelCard	String	Set Fuel Card.	Optional
ResMaxTravelDist	Int	Set Maximum Travel Distance for a Job.	Optional
Resource4Schedule	Int	Set JobWatch Setting.	Optional
ResDefaultRate	Decimal (6.2)	Set Default Hourly Rate.	Optional
ResRateCurrency	String	Set Default Hourly Rate Currency.	Optional
ResPassengerOK	Bool	Set if resource can wet themselves as a passenger. 1 or 0	Optional
ResHolidayStart	Date	Set start of holiday year.	Optional
ResPayroll	String	Set payroll number.	Optional
ResManagerId	Int	Id of manager.	Optional
ResDaysHoliday	Int	Set number of days vacation.	Optional
ResHideParentInfo	Bool	Hide contact’s parent information on the device. 1 or 0	Optional
ResLinkedToUser	Bool	Linked to User. 1 or 0 (See notes below)	Optional
ResUserId	Int	User Id to link to, use with ResLinkedToUser.	Optional
ResUserEmail	String	User email to create new basic user, use with ResLinkedToUser.	Optional
ResCanSeeOwnOnly	Bool	1 or 0.	Optional
cust_custom field name	String	Pass cust_ followed by the caption of an existing custom field.	Optional

Notes

To update a resource, set ResUpdate = 1 and supply, in order of precedence, ResId, ResReference or the ResCode.

ResLinkedToUser

• ‘true’ links to existing user, ResUserId must be supplied
• ‘false’ with ResUserEmail creates and links to new Basic User

Response Codes

Example

Request

Request URL

https://webservice.bigchange.com/v01/services.ashx?action=ResourceSave&ResUpdate=0&ResName=Joe Bloggs&ResReference=JB1&ResGroupName=Engineers

Response

Response Data

{
  "Code": 0,
  "Result": {
    "ResourceId": 386632,
    "ResourceName": "Joe Bloggs",
    "ResourceReference": "JB1"
  }
}