Request exception

action=request

(Required) Action "create" is also supported.

echo_request={0|1}

(Optional) Specify 1 to view (echo) input parameters in the XML output. By default these are not included.

control_id={value}

(Required) Specify the control ID of the control for which you want to request an exception.

host_id={value}

(Required) Specify the host ID of the host for which you want to request an exception.

policy_id={value}

(Required) Specify the policy ID of the policy that contains the control for which you want to request an exception.

technology_id={value}

(Required) Specify the technology ID of the technology associated with the host for which you want to request an exception.

instance_string={value}

(Optional) Specifies a single instance on the selected host. The instance string may be “os” or a string like “oracle10:1:1521:ora10204u”.

This parameter must be specified with: host_id.

assignee_id={value}

(Required) You can assign exception to another user. Specify user ID of the user, who has access to the hosts that the exceptions apply to.

comments={value}

(Required) User defined comments.

reopen_on_evidence_change={0|1}

(Optional) This applies only if the exception is approved. Reopen the exception if a future scan returns a value that is different than the current value and the control is still failing.