POST public-api/employees/updateExisting

This method updates the existing employees. Every employee will have an employee number. Requires Edit Employee permission. It accepts a maximum of 500 records at a time. Given a set of employee numbers, only those records matched in the given set are updated. If there are no matching employees, then no action will be taken. Use "Save" to perform operations including both inserts and updates. To create/update addresses please use the API public-api/addresses/employee/save. To create/update phone numbers please use the API public-api/phones/employee/save. Only the columns specified in the request model's ''ApplicableFields'' field are updated. If this field is null/empty then ''all'' fields are assumed to be updateable.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

EmployeeSaveRequest

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
ApplicableFields		Collection of string	None.
Data		Collection of EmployeeModelInfo	None.

Request Formats

application/json

Sample:

{
  "ApplicableFields": [
    "sample string 1",
    "sample string 2"
  ],
  "Data": [
    {
      "EmployeeMiddleName": "sample string 1",
      "RowNumber": 2,
      "EmployeeNumber": "sample string 3",
      "EmployeeFirstName": "sample string 4",
      "EmployeeLastName": "sample string 5",
      "EmployeeTitle": "sample string 6",
      "EmployeeEmail": "sample string 7",
      "DepartmentCode": "sample string 8",
      "SiteName": "sample string 9",
      "LocationCode": "sample string 10",
      "ManagerFullName": "sample string 11",
      "EmployeeReportsTo": "sample string 12",
      "Addresses": [
        {
          "AddressLine1": "sample string 2",
          "AddressLine2": "sample string 3",
          "AddressLine3": "sample string 4",
          "AddressLine4": "sample string 5",
          "AddressCity": "sample string 6",
          "AddressStateProvince": "sample string 7",
          "AddressCountry": "sample string 8",
          "AddressPostalCode": "sample string 9",
          "AddressTypeName": "sample string 10",
          "ContactPhone": "sample string 11",
          "ContactEmail": "sample string 12"
        },
        {
          "AddressLine1": "sample string 2",
          "AddressLine2": "sample string 3",
          "AddressLine3": "sample string 4",
          "AddressLine4": "sample string 5",
          "AddressCity": "sample string 6",
          "AddressStateProvince": "sample string 7",
          "AddressCountry": "sample string 8",
          "AddressPostalCode": "sample string 9",
          "AddressTypeName": "sample string 10",
          "ContactPhone": "sample string 11",
          "ContactEmail": "sample string 12"
        }
      ],
      "PhoneNumbers": [
        {
          "PhoneNumber": "sample string 1",
          "PhoneExtension": "sample string 2",
          "PhoneTypeName": "sample string 3"
        },
        {
          "PhoneNumber": "sample string 1",
          "PhoneExtension": "sample string 2",
          "PhoneTypeName": "sample string 3"
        }
      ],
      "EmployeeNote": "sample string 13",
      "EmployeeNotes": [
        {
          "NoteText": "sample string 1",
          "NoteDate": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "UserLogon": "sample string 2"
        },
        {
          "NoteText": "sample string 1",
          "NoteDate": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "UserLogon": "sample string 2"
        }
      ],
      "CustomFields": [
        {
          "ImportRowNumber": 1,
          "DcfLabel": "sample string 2",
          "DCFDataType": 1,
          "DcfTextValue": "sample string 3",
          "DcfNumberValue": 1.0,
          "DcfDateValue": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "DcfValueRecordStatus": 0
        },
        {
          "ImportRowNumber": 1,
          "DcfLabel": "sample string 2",
          "DCFDataType": 1,
          "DcfTextValue": "sample string 3",
          "DcfNumberValue": 1.0,
          "DcfDateValue": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "DcfValueRecordStatus": 0
        }
      ],
      "AttachmentsToAdd": [
        "sample string 1",
        "sample string 2"
      ],
      "AttachmentsToDelete": [
        "sample string 1",
        "sample string 2"
      ],
      "AttachmentNames": [
        {
          "Key": "sample string 1",
          "Value": "sample string 2"
        },
        {
          "Key": "sample string 1",
          "Value": "sample string 2"
        }
      ],
      "HasAttachment": true
    },
    {
      "EmployeeMiddleName": "sample string 1",
      "RowNumber": 2,
      "EmployeeNumber": "sample string 3",
      "EmployeeFirstName": "sample string 4",
      "EmployeeLastName": "sample string 5",
      "EmployeeTitle": "sample string 6",
      "EmployeeEmail": "sample string 7",
      "DepartmentCode": "sample string 8",
      "SiteName": "sample string 9",
      "LocationCode": "sample string 10",
      "ManagerFullName": "sample string 11",
      "EmployeeReportsTo": "sample string 12",
      "Addresses": [
        {
          "AddressLine1": "sample string 2",
          "AddressLine2": "sample string 3",
          "AddressLine3": "sample string 4",
          "AddressLine4": "sample string 5",
          "AddressCity": "sample string 6",
          "AddressStateProvince": "sample string 7",
          "AddressCountry": "sample string 8",
          "AddressPostalCode": "sample string 9",
          "AddressTypeName": "sample string 10",
          "ContactPhone": "sample string 11",
          "ContactEmail": "sample string 12"
        },
        {
          "AddressLine1": "sample string 2",
          "AddressLine2": "sample string 3",
          "AddressLine3": "sample string 4",
          "AddressLine4": "sample string 5",
          "AddressCity": "sample string 6",
          "AddressStateProvince": "sample string 7",
          "AddressCountry": "sample string 8",
          "AddressPostalCode": "sample string 9",
          "AddressTypeName": "sample string 10",
          "ContactPhone": "sample string 11",
          "ContactEmail": "sample string 12"
        }
      ],
      "PhoneNumbers": [
        {
          "PhoneNumber": "sample string 1",
          "PhoneExtension": "sample string 2",
          "PhoneTypeName": "sample string 3"
        },
        {
          "PhoneNumber": "sample string 1",
          "PhoneExtension": "sample string 2",
          "PhoneTypeName": "sample string 3"
        }
      ],
      "EmployeeNote": "sample string 13",
      "EmployeeNotes": [
        {
          "NoteText": "sample string 1",
          "NoteDate": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "UserLogon": "sample string 2"
        },
        {
          "NoteText": "sample string 1",
          "NoteDate": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "UserLogon": "sample string 2"
        }
      ],
      "CustomFields": [
        {
          "ImportRowNumber": 1,
          "DcfLabel": "sample string 2",
          "DCFDataType": 1,
          "DcfTextValue": "sample string 3",
          "DcfNumberValue": 1.0,
          "DcfDateValue": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "DcfValueRecordStatus": 0
        },
        {
          "ImportRowNumber": 1,
          "DcfLabel": "sample string 2",
          "DCFDataType": 1,
          "DcfTextValue": "sample string 3",
          "DcfNumberValue": 1.0,
          "DcfDateValue": "2026-09-15T18:31:06.0955706+00:00",
          "DcfValueRecordStatus": 0
        }
      ],
      "AttachmentsToAdd": [
        "sample string 1",
        "sample string 2"
      ],
      "AttachmentsToDelete": [
        "sample string 1",
        "sample string 2"
      ],
      "AttachmentNames": [
        {
          "Key": "sample string 1",
          "Value": "sample string 2"
        },
        {
          "Key": "sample string 1",
          "Value": "sample string 2"
        }
      ],
      "HasAttachment": true
    }
  ]
}

Response Information

Resource Description

WaspResultOfResults

Name	Type	Additional information
Data	Results	None.
Messages	Collection of WtResult	None.
BatchNumber	integer	None.
HasError	boolean	None.
HasHttpError	boolean	None.
HasMessage	boolean	None.
HasSuccessWithMoreDataRemaining	boolean	None.
TotalRecordsLongCount	integer	None.

Response Formats

application/json

Sample:

{
  "Data": {
    "ResultList": [
      {
        "ResultCode": 0,
        "Message": "sample string 1",
        "HttpStatusCode": 200,
        "FieldName": "sample string 2"
      },
      {
        "ResultCode": 0,
        "Message": "sample string 1",
        "HttpStatusCode": 200,
        "FieldName": "sample string 2"
      }
    ],
    "SuccessfullResults": 1,
    "TotalResults": 2,
    "ErrorCount": 0
  },
  "Messages": [
    {
      "ResultCode": 0,
      "Message": "sample string 1",
      "HttpStatusCode": 200,
      "FieldName": "sample string 2"
    },
    {
      "ResultCode": 0,
      "Message": "sample string 1",
      "HttpStatusCode": 200,
      "FieldName": "sample string 2"
    }
  ],
  "BatchNumber": 1,
  "HasError": false,
  "HasHttpError": false,
  "HasMessage": true,
  "HasSuccessWithMoreDataRemaining": false,
  "TotalRecordsLongCount": 1
}