Planfix API task.updateCustomData

A function for updating a task's custom fields. If a user doesn't have permissions to modify a task and therefore can't use the task.update function, they can still update custom fields.

Request format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<request method="task.updateCustomData">
  <account></account>
  <sid></sid>
  <task>
    <id></id>
    <general></general>
    <customData>
      <customValue>
        <id></id>
        <value></value>
      </customValue>
      <!-- ... -->
    </customData>
  </task>
  <signature></signature>
</request>

Name	Type	Value	Notes
id	int	ID of the task being updated
general	int	task number (if given, used instead of ID)
customData		values of task custom fields
customData.customValue.id		task custom field identifier
customData.customValue.value		custom task field value	(for task set, employee list, and directory entry set field types, separate identifiers with commas in square brackets)

Response when function is successfully executed:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response status="ok">
  <task>
    <id></id>
  </task>
</response>

Name	Type	Value	Notes
task.id	int	ID of the task being updated

Otherwise, an error response will be returned:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response status="error">
  <code></code>
</response>

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• Planfix API:Tasks
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• List of functions