Create Freeze Request

Create a freeze request.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Absolute documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Device IDs	A comma seperated list or a JSON list of the device IDs to freeze.
Freeze Date Time	The date and time (ISO 8601) the device should be frozenUse when freezeDefinition.deviceFreezeType is Scheduled.
Freeze Message	The HTML content of the freeze message. Can be obtained by using the List Freeze Messages action and copying the content field.
Freeze Type	The type of freeze request to create. OnDemand - Freezes the device on the next connection with the Absolute Monitoring Center, typically within 15 minutes. Scheduled - Freezes a device on or after a specified date and time. OffLine - Freezes a device after a specified amount of offline time.
Message Name	The name of the message displayed to the frozen devices. Can be obtained by using the List Freeze Messages action and copying the name field.
Offline Time	The amount of offline time a device needs to be in to become frozen. The time is in seconds.
Request Title	The user action request title.
Unfreeze Password	The unfreeze password to use for all devices.
Unfreeze Password Length	A length of the randomly generated unfreeze password. Valid range is 4 - 8.
Unfreeze Password Type	The type of unfreeze password to use. UserDefined - Define an unfreeze password that will be the same to all devices. RandomForAll - An unfreeze password is randomly generated and is the same for all devices. RandomForEach - An unique unfreeze code is randomly generated for each device.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
E-mail Notifications	An array of email addresses to send notifications about the freeze action about.

Example Output

{
    "data": {
        "requestUid": "The system-defined unique identifier of the Device Action request"
    },
    "metadata": {
        "pagination": {
            "nextPage": "The pagination token that can be used to get the next page of results"
        }
    }
}

Workflow Library Example

Create Freeze Request with Absolute and Send Results Via Email

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