> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://help.sigmacomputing.com/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://help.sigmacomputing.com/_mcp/server. # Create an account type POST https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes Content-Type: application/json Create a custom account type with specified permissions. ### Usage notes - To perform this operation, you must use API credentials owned by a user assigned the Admin account type. - Use the permission names from the [/v2/accountTypes/:accountTypeId/permissions](https://help.sigmacomputing.com/reference/list-account-type-permissions) endpoint. ### Usage scenarios - Create custom account types to define specific permission sets for your organization's users. Reference: https://help.sigmacomputing.com/reference/create-account-type ## OpenAPI Specification ```yaml openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: sigma-rest-api version: 1.0.0 paths: /v2/accountTypes: post: operationId: createAccountType summary: Create an account type description: |- Create a custom account type with specified permissions. ### Usage notes - To perform this operation, you must use API credentials owned by a user assigned the Admin account type. - Use the permission names from the [/v2/accountTypes/:accountTypeId/permissions](https://help.sigmacomputing.com/reference/list-account-type-permissions) endpoint. ### Usage scenarios - Create custom account types to define specific permission sets for your organization's users. tags: - accountTypes parameters: - name: Authorization in: header description: OAuth authentication required: true schema: type: string responses: '201': description: The response body. content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/accountTypes_createAccountType_Response_201 requestBody: description: The request body. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string description: The name of the account type. description: type: string description: A description of the account type. permissions: type: array items: type: string description: >- An array of permissions to enable for this account type. Use the permission names from the [/v2/accountTypes/:accountTypeId/permissions](https://help.sigmacomputing.com/reference/list-account-type-permissions) endpoint. required: - name - description - permissions servers: - url: https://api.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for GCP (US) hosted organizations - url: https://api.sa.gcp.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for GCP (KSA) hosted organizations - url: https://aws-api.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS US (West) hosted organizations - url: https://api.us-a.aws.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS US (East) hosted organizations - url: https://api.ca.aws.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS Canada hosted organizations - url: https://api.eu.aws.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS Europe hosted organizations - url: https://api.au.aws.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS Australia and APAC hosted organizations - url: https://api.uk.aws.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for AWS UK hosted organizations - url: https://api.us.azure.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for Azure US hosted organizations - url: https://api.eu.azure.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for Azure Europe hosted organizations - url: https://api.ca.azure.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for Azure Canada hosted organizations - url: https://api.uk.azure.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for Azure United Kingdom hosted organizations - url: https://api.au.azure.sigmacomputing.com description: Server for Azure Australia hosted organizations components: schemas: accountTypes_createAccountType_Response_201: type: object properties: accountTypeId: type: string description: The unique identifier of the account type. accountTypeName: type: string description: The name of the account type. description: type: string description: >- A human-readable description of the permissions and capabilities provided by this account type. isCustom: type: boolean description: >- Whether this is a custom account type created by the organization (true) or a default Sigma account type (false). required: - accountTypeId - accountTypeName - description - isCustom title: accountTypes_createAccountType_Response_201 securitySchemes: OAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: OAuth 2.0 authentication ``` ## Examples **Request** ```json { "name": "Data Analyst", "description": "Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.", "permissions": [ "view_datasets", "create_reports", "export_data" ] } ``` **Response** ```json { "accountTypeId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-ab12-cd34ef567890", "accountTypeName": "Data Analyst", "description": "Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.", "isCustom": true } ``` **SDK Code** ```python import requests url = "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes" payload = { "name": "Data Analyst", "description": "Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.", "permissions": ["view_datasets", "create_reports", "export_data"] } headers = { "Authorization": ".", "Content-Type": "application/json" } response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript const url = 'https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes'; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '.', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"name":"Data Analyst","description":"Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.","permissions":["view_datasets","create_reports","export_data"]}' }; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Data Analyst\",\n \"description\": \"Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.\",\n \"permissions\": [\n \"view_datasets\",\n \"create_reports\",\n \"export_data\"\n ]\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", ".") req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = '.' request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Data Analyst\",\n \"description\": \"Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.\",\n \"permissions\": [\n \"view_datasets\",\n \"create_reports\",\n \"export_data\"\n ]\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes") .header("Authorization", ".") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"name\": \"Data Analyst\",\n \"description\": \"Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.\",\n \"permissions\": [\n \"view_datasets\",\n \"create_reports\",\n \"export_data\"\n ]\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php request('POST', 'https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes', [ 'body' => '{ "name": "Data Analyst", "description": "Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.", "permissions": [ "view_datasets", "create_reports", "export_data" ] }', 'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => '.', 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "."); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"name\": \"Data Analyst\",\n \"description\": \"Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.\",\n \"permissions\": [\n \"view_datasets\",\n \"create_reports\",\n \"export_data\"\n ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift import Foundation let headers = [ "Authorization": ".", "Content-Type": "application/json" ] let parameters = [ "name": "Data Analyst", "description": "Custom account type with permissions tailored for data analysts to view and analyze datasets.", "permissions": ["view_datasets", "create_reports", "export_data"] ] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/accountTypes")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ```