insertMultiple

Creates multiple new records for the table targeted in the URL.

Input fields

The insertMultiple element may contain 1 or more record tags that contains all fields from the targeted table, excluding system fields. Limit the number of records inserted in a single operation to no more than 200. You can gradually increase this number with subsequent exports if the increase does not negatively impact instance performance.

Output fields

The insertMultipleResponse tag is followed by 1 or more record tags that contains:

Tableau 1. Insert method output fields

Table type	Output fields
Regular	The sys_id field and the display value of the target table (table) are returned.
Import set	The sys_id of the import set row, the name of the transformed target table (table), the display_name for the transformed target table, the display_value of the transformed target row, and a status field, which can contain inserted, updated, or error. There can be an optional status_message field or an error_message field value when status=error. When an insert did not cause a target row to be transformed (skipped because a key value is not specified), the sys_id field will contain the sys_id of the import set row, rather than the targeted transform table.
Import set with multiple transforms	The response from this type of insert will contain multiple sets of fields from the regular import set table insert wrapped in a multiInsertResponse parent element. Each set will contain a map field, showing which transform map created the response.

Sample SOAP messages for a regular table

The following example shows an insert that specifies the short description only:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:inc="http://www.service-now.com/incident">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <inc:insertMultiple>
         <record>
            <short_description>this is test 1</short_description>
         </record>
         <record>
            <short_description>this is test 2</short_description>
         </record>
         <record>
            <short_description>this is test 3</short_description>
         </record>
      </inc:insertMultiple>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

The resulting response looks like this:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:inc="http://www.service-now.com/incident">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <insertMultipleResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>168160ad4a36231200a89091281dc803</sys_id>
            <number>INC0055180</number>
         </insertResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>1681622e4a36231200a8909115e5c388</sys_id>
            <number>INC0055181</number>
         </insertResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>1681626e4a36231200a89091fa3c0aa8</sys_id>
            <number>INC0055182</number>
         </insertResponse>
      </insertMultipleResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Sample SOAP messages for an import set table

The following example shows an insert that specifies the short description only:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:imp="http://www.service-now.com/imp_notification">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <imp:insertMultiple>:-->
         <imp:record>
            <imp:message>one</imp:message>
            <imp:uuid>a</imp:uuid>
         </imp:record>
         <imp:record>
            <imp:message>two</imp:message>
            <imp:uuid>b</imp:uuid>
         </imp:record>
         <imp:record>
            <imp:message>three</imp:message>
            <imp:uuid>c</imp:uuid>
         </imp:record>
      </imp:insertMultiple>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

The resulting response looks like this:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:imp="http://www.service-now.com/imp_notification">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <insertMultipleResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>1296b3ab0a0a0b5b73e966fbfab7acde</sys_id>
            <table>incident</table>
            <display_name>number</display_name>
            <display_value>INC0010033</display_value>
            <status>ignored</status>
            <status_message>No field values changed</status_message>
         </insertResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>1296b48e0a0a0b5b62513bb5974a7d96</sys_id>
            <table>incident</table>
            <display_name>number</display_name>
            <display_value>INC0010034</display_value>
            <status>ignored</status>
            <status_message>No field values changed</status_message>
         </insertResponse>
         <insertResponse>
            <sys_id>1296b58b0a0a0b5b468f534659538b9a</sys_id>
            <table>incident</table>
            <display_name>number</display_name>
            <display_value>INC0010035</display_value>
            <status>ignored</status>
            <status_message>No field values changed</status_message>
         </insertResponse>
      </insertMultipleResponse>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>