---
title: "Create allocation rule"
method: POST
path: "/v1/cost-allocation/{id}/rules"
tags: ["Cost allocation"]
---

# Create allocation rule

`POST /v1/cost-allocation/{id}/rules`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.nops.io`
- URL: `https://api.nops.io/v1/cost-allocation/{id}/rules`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/nops/apis/nops-public-api/docs/v1/cost-allocation/:id/rules/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required: Showback ID

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required: Unique key for safe retries on write requests (required, max 64 characters).

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `showbackValue` string
  - `filters` object[]
    - `dimension` string, required
    - `mode` 'include' | 'exclude', required
    - `values` string[], required
    - `valueModes` object
    - `texts` object[]
      - `mode` 'include' | 'exclude', required
      - `text` string, required
    - `textCombinator` 'and' | 'or'
    - `keyCombinator` 'and' | 'or'
    - `tagKeyOnly` boolean
    - `includePreAttributionHistory` true
  - `active` boolean
  - `distributionByPercent` boolean
  - `percentageAllocationType` 'BY_SPEND' | 'CUSTOM_PERCENT' | 'CUSTOM_BY_SPEND' | 'EVENLY'
  - `costDistribution` object
  - `dimensionFilters` object[]
    - `dimension` string, required
    - `mode` 'include' | 'exclude', required
    - `values` string[], required
    - `valueModes` object
    - `texts` object[]
      - `mode` 'include' | 'exclude', required
      - `text` string, required
    - `textCombinator` 'and' | 'or'
    - `keyCombinator` 'and' | 'or'
    - `tagKeyOnly` boolean
    - `includePreAttributionHistory` true
  - `clearDimensionFilter` boolean

## Response `200`

Create allocation rule

- object
  - `data` object, required: JSON object

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized — invalid or missing API key
- `403`: Forbidden — insufficient permissions or entitlement

---

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