---
title: "Create an improvement scale using an existing file."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/ImprovementScales"
tags: ["ImprovementScales"]
---

# Create an improvement scale using an existing file.

`POST /api/v1/ImprovementScales`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.slopesoftware.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.slopesoftware.com/api/v1/ImprovementScales`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/slopesoftware/apis/akur8-life-api/docs/api/v1/ImprovementScales/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- CreateImprovementScaleRequestV1
  - `fileId` integer, nullable: File ID
  - `filePath` string, nullable: File Path
  - `fileVersion` integer, nullable: File Version
  - `delimiter` string, nullable: Delimiter
  - `excelSheetName` string, nullable: Excel Sheet Name
  - `modelId` integer: Model ID
  - `name` string, nullable: Improvement Scale Name
  - `improvementScaleType` 'Standard' | 'Generational'

## Response `200`

OK

- CreateOrUpdateImprovementScaleResponseV1
  - `id` integer: Improvement Scale ID
  - `name` string, nullable: Improvement Scale Name
  - `type` 'Standard' | 'Generational'
  - `version` integer: Improvement Scale Version

## Other responses

- `201`: Created
- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Not Allowed To Access
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Improvement scale name already exists
- `429`: Too Many Requests

---

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