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System custom fields in Targetprocess 3.11.6

Starting with Targetprocess version 3.11.6 you can mark a custom field as System:

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The query to update a system custom field will be exactly the same as for a regular custom field, but it has to be run on behalf of System user:

POST to /api/v1/userstories/3347?token=[token]

{
  CustomFields:
	[
      {
        Name:"External ID",
        Value:"123" 
      }
	]
}
<Error>
  <Status>BadRequest</Status>
  <Message>Value of system custom field External ID can be set only by System User or system activities (e.g. metrics).</Message>
  <Type>Presentational</Type>
  <Details>Tp.Integration.Common.Exceptions.Dtos.PresentationExceptionDetails</Details>
  <ErrorId>a2103edd-1c11-4a07-94e3-2cb0e0b9a77e</ErrorId>
</Error>
<UserStory ResourceType="UserStory" Id="3347" Name="Brainstorm Blogs page">
  <Description nil="true" />
  <StartDate nil="true" />
  <EndDate nil="true" />
  <CreateDate>2016-03-07T00:00:00</CreateDate>
  <ModifyDate>2017-08-18T17:48:20</ModifyDate>
  <LastCommentDate nil="true" />
  <Tags></Tags>
  <NumericPriority>2391</NumericPriority>
  <Effort>19.0000</Effort>
  <EffortCompleted>0.0000</EffortCompleted>
  <EffortToDo>19.0000</EffortToDo>
  <Progress>0.0000</Progress>
  <TimeSpent>0.0000</TimeSpent>
  <TimeRemain>0.0000</TimeRemain>
  <LastStateChangeDate>2017-03-04T15:14:00</LastStateChangeDate>
  <PlannedStartDate nil="true" />
  <PlannedEndDate nil="true" />
  <InitialEstimate>19.0000</InitialEstimate>
  <Units>pt</Units>
  <EntityType ResourceType="EntityType" Id="4" Name="UserStory" />
  <Project ResourceType="Project" Id="1839" Name="Core Development">
    <Process ResourceType="Process" Id="3" Name="Work Process" />
  </Project>
  <LastEditor ResourceType="GeneralUser" Id="2">
    <FirstName>Target</FirstName>
    <LastName>Process</LastName>
    <Login>System</Login>
  </LastEditor>
  <Owner ResourceType="GeneralUser" Id="2">
    <FirstName>Target</FirstName>
    <LastName>Process</LastName>
    <Login>System</Login>
  </Owner>
  <LastCommentedUser nil="true" />
  <LinkedTestPlan nil="true" />
  <Release nil="true" />
  <Iteration nil="true" />
  <TeamIteration nil="true" />
  <Team nil="true" />
  <Priority ResourceType="Priority" Id="2" Name="High">
    <Importance>2</Importance>
  </Priority>
  <EntityState ResourceType="EntityState" Id="73" Name="Open">
    <NumericPriority>73</NumericPriority>
  </EntityState>
  <ResponsibleTeam nil="true" />
  <Feature ResourceType="Feature" Id="3341" Name="Support Portal integration" />
  <CustomFields>
    <Field Type="Money">
      <Name>Cost</Name>
      <Value>60.00</Value>
    </Field>
    <Field Type="Number">
      <Name>External ID</Name>
      <Value>123.00</Value>
    </Field>
  </CustomFields>
</UserStory>

You can get a token of System user by performing GET /api/v1/Authentication?login=system
More details at https://dev.targetprocess.com/docs/authentication#section-token-authentication