---
title: "Run a resource action against multiple instances"
method: POST
path: "/lifecycle-manager/resources/{modelIdentifier}/run-bulk-action"
tags: ["Lifecycle Manager"]
---

# Run a resource action against multiple instances

`POST /lifecycle-manager/resources/{modelIdentifier}/run-bulk-action`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://example.itential.io`
- URL: `https://example.itential.io/lifecycle-manager/resources/{modelIdentifier}/run-bulk-action`
- Auth: none declared

Runs a resource action against multiple instances.

## Path parameters

- `modelIdentifier` union, required
  - string: The name of the resource model
  - string: A MongoDB ObjectId

## Request body

- object
  - `actionId` string, required: A 4-digit hexadecimal id
  - `group` string
  - `instances` LifecycleManagerCommonObjectId[]
  - `inputs` LifecycleManagerResourcesModelIdentifierRunBulkActionPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaInputs
  - `inputOverrides` unknown[], nullable
    - unknown

## Response `200`

response

- union
  - LifecycleManagerCommonHttpResponse0: A success response from an API method
    - `message` string, required: A human-readable message summarizing the result of the operation
    - `data` unknown, required
    - `metadata` object, required: Any structured, wordy or machine-readable information related to the result of the operation. For success responses, this may contain information like pagination values from a search operation.
  - LifecycleManagerCommonHttpResponse1: A failure response from an API method
    - `message` string, required: A human-readable message summarizing the result of the operation
    - `data` unknown, required
    - `metadata` LifecycleManagerCommonHttpResponseOneOf1Metadata, required: Any structured, wordy or machine-readable information related to the result of the operation. For error responses, this will always at least contain an 'errors' array, even if it is empty.
      - `errors` unknown[]
        - unknown

## Other responses

- `500`: Error response from API

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `2095cc90e583`: 2 info
  - api tag `Lifecycle Manager` added
  - api tag `lifecycleManager` removed

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/itential/apis/itential-2/changes/lifecycle-manager/resources/:modelIdentifier/run-bulk-action/post.md)

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