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Delete a security filter definition in data model

Available since Strategy ONE (August 2025)
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This workflow sample demonstrates how to delete a security filter object in a data model using the Modeling service.

  1. Create a changeset using POST /api/model/changesets
  2. Delete the security filter in data model using DELETE /api/model/dataModels/{dataModelId}/securityFilters/{securityFilterId}
  3. Commit the changeset using POST /api/model/changesets/{changesetId}/commit](#3-commit-the-changeset-using-post-apimodelchangesetschangesetidcommit)
  4. Delete the changeset using DELETE /api/model/changesets/{changesetId}

In this workflow sample, you want to delete the "Year > 2015" security filter object in data model in the MicroStrategy Tutorial project. The data model ID is 7F071F619BE244C7B6CDC2626EBB1C6C. The object ID of the security filter is 8981A1EB828F4888959C0C0A435870CC.

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To get the authorization token needed to execute the request, use POST /api/auth/login.

Get the project ID from GET /api/projects.

Changesets are used in this workflow. For information on how to create and use changesets, see Changesets.

Delete the security filter in data model using DELETE /api/model/dataModels/{dataModelId}/securityFilters/{securityFilterId}​

Sample Request Header:

"accept": "application/json"
"X-MSTR-AuthToken": "frbicqfk7btoggg5bnu450hrqt"
"X-MSTR-MS-Changeset": "C4F6B0E4C87F46EF9B6C5690DFFF87C1"

Sample Request Body: Empty

Sample Curl:

curl -X DELETE "https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api/model/dataModels/7F071F619BE244C7B6CDC2626EBB1C6C/securityFilters/8981A1EB828F4888959C0C0A435870CC" -H "accept: application/json" -H "X-MSTR-AuthToken: pisu5dkkutqfblaamdomgr00ch" -H "X-MSTR-MS-Changeset: C4F6B0E4C87F46EF9B6C5690DFFF87C1"

Sample Response Body: Empty

Sample Response Code: 204 (The security filter has been deleted successfully from the data model.)