Performing Batch Operations

The following code example performs multiple directory operations in a single message.

<se:Envelope xmlns:se="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <se:Body xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core">
	<batchRequest xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
		 <addRequest dn="cn=Jeff Smith, ou=DSMLTesting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com">
			<attr name="objectClass"><value>contact</value></attr>
			<attr name="sn"><value>Smith</value></attr>
			<attr name="givenName"><value>Jeff</value></attr>
			<attr name="title"><value>Vice President</value></attr>
			<attr name="telephoneNumber"><value>(206) 999 8888</value></attr>
		 </addRequest>
		 <addRequest dn="ou=Sales, ou=DSMLTesting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com">
			<attr name="objectClass"><value>organizationalUnit</value></attr>
			<attr name="description"><value>Sales Organization</value></attr>
		 </addRequest>
		 <addRequest dn="ou=Consulting, ou=DSMLTesting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com">
			<attr name="objectClass"><value>organizationalUnit</value></attr>
			<attr name="description"><value>Consulting and Service Organization</value></attr>
		 </addRequest>
		 <modifyRequest dn="ou=DSMLTesting,dc=fabrikam,dc=com">
			<modification name="street" operation="replace">
			 <value>23315 Main Street</value>
			</modification>
			<modification name="l" operation="replace">
			 <value>Seattle</value>
			</modification>
			<modification name="st" operation="replace">
			 <value>WA</value>
			</modification>
			<modification name="postalCode" operation="replace">
			 <value>98021</value>
			</modification>
			<modification name="c" operation="replace">
			 <value>US</value>
			</modification>
		 </modifyRequest>
	</batchRequest>
   </se:Body>
</se:Envelope>

The <se:Envelope> and <se:Body> SOAP elements enclose the DSML payload. The first element of the DSML payload, <batchRequest>, is the mandatory top-level element for all DSML V2 requests. The remaining elements show how multiple directory operations can be requested in a single DSML message. The three <addRequest> elements and the single <modifyRequest> element show how the individual operations are performed.

If the DSML payload contains more than 4,000 request operations (for example, <addRequest>, <modifyRequest>, and <searchRequest>), DSML Services for Windows will return a SOAP response that contains a client-fault error message without processing any of the request operations.

For more information, see Transmitting and Receiving SOAP-DSML Messages.