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TXT Record


Note: IDN is supported for object type: fqdn. You can use IDN or punycode while importing this object.


Field NameData TypeRequired (Yes/No)Associated GUI FieldAssociated PAPI MethodUsage and Guidelines
Header-TxtRecordStringYes

Example: TxtRecord
fqdnFQDNYesNamename
zone
This field combines the record name and the zone name to form the FQDN.
Example: t1.corp100.com
_new_fqdnFQDNNo

Add this field to overwrite the fqdn field when you select the overwrite or merge option.

viewStringNoDNS Viewviews

If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default

textStringNoTexttextYou can leave this field empty.
_new_txtStringNo

Add this field to overwrite the txt field when you select the overwrite or merge option.

commentStringNoCommentcomment
disabledBooleanNoDisabledisableExample: FALSE
ttlUnsigned integerNoTTLttlThis is an inherited field. For information, see Data Specific Guidelines. Example: 28800
EA-SiteStringNoExtensible attribute Siteextensible_attributesEA-Site is an example of a predefined extensible attribute. You can add other predefined attributes to the data file. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines.
ADMGRP-JoeSmithStringNo

Permissions
Admin
Group/Role

permissionADMGRP-JoeSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines.

Examples

This section contains examples of how to create data files for TXT record data import. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab.

Adding a TXT Record

This example shows how to add a TXT record, bind_txt.corp100.com, with text = this is a TXT record and TTL set to 3600 seconds.

header-txtrecord,fqdn*,text,ttl

txtrecord,bind_txt.corp100.com,this is a TXT record,3600

Overwriting TXT Record Data

This example shows how to overwrite the text field of a TXT record.

header-txtrecord,fqdn*,text,_new_text
txtrecord,bind_txt.corp100.com,this is a TXT record,this is a new TXT record

Merging TXT Record Data

This example shows how to add comment = USA and disabled = TRUE to an existing TXT record.

header-txtrecord,fqdn*,text,comment,disabled

txtrecord,bind_txt.corp100.com,this is a TXT record,USA,TRUE