REST Resource: matters

Resource: Matter

Represents a matter.

To work with Vault resources, the account must have the required Vault privileges and access to the matter. To access a matter, the account must have created the matter, have the matter shared with them, or have the View All Matters privilege.

JSON representation 
{
  "matterId": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "state": enum (State),
  "matterPermissions": [
    {
      object (MatterPermission)
    }
  ],
  "matterRegion": enum (MatterRegion)
}
Fields
matterId

string

The matter ID, which is generated by the server. Leave blank when creating a matter.
name

string

The name of the matter.
description

string

An optional description for the matter.
state

enum (State)

The state of the matter.
matterPermissions[]

object (MatterPermission)

Lists the users and their permission for the matter. Currently there is no programmer defined limit on the number of permissions a matter can have.
matterRegion

enum (MatterRegion)

Optional. The requested data region for the matter.

State

The state of a matter.

Enums
STATE_UNSPECIFIED The matter has no specified state.
OPEN The matter is open.
CLOSED The matter is closed.
DELETED The matter is deleted.

MatterPermission

Users can be matter owners or collaborators. Each matter has only one owner. All others users who can access the matter are collaborators. When an account is purged, its corresponding MatterPermission resources cease to exist.

JSON representation 
{
  "role": enum (AclRole),
  "accountId": string
}
Fields
role

enum (AclRole)

The user's role for the matter.
accountId

string

The account ID, as provided by the Admin SDK.

AclRole

The possible user permissions for a matter, in order of increasing permissions.

Enums
ROLE_UNSPECIFIED No role assigned.
COLLABORATOR A collaborator on the matter.
OWNER The owner of the matter.

MatterRegion

The data region for the matter.

Enums
MATTER_REGION_UNSPECIFIED The region is unspecified. Defaults to ANY.
ANY Any region.
US United States region.
EUROPE Europe region.

Methods

addPermissions

 Adds an account as a matter collaborator.

close

 Closes the specified matter.

count

 Counts the accounts processed by the specified query.

create

 Creates a matter with the given name and description.

delete

 Deletes the specified matter.

get

 Gets the specified matter.

list

 Lists matters the requestor has access to.

removePermissions

 Removes an account as a matter collaborator.

reopen

 Reopens the specified matter.

undelete

 Undeletes the specified matter.

update

 Updates the specified matter.