DeleteAllocation

Project management service 1.8: Deletes an allocation that has no time registered on it and no running time tracker.


Service	Project management 1.8
Endpoint	`POST https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc`
SOAPAction	`DeleteAllocationRequest`
Content-Type	`text/xml; charset=utf-8`
Authentication	A token from GetToken
Changes data	Yes
Safe to retry	After a lost response, a retry's null-reference error means the first call deleted it - confirm with GetAllocationsToEmployee.

How it works

Loads the allocation by GUID and deletes it - but only when no time registration is booked on it and no time tracker is running on it. Otherwise nothing happens and the call fails with a text that wrongly claims the allocation was set to completed; complete it with SetAllocationStatus instead. Registered time is therefore never lost through this operation. Deleting also removes the allocation's external-key mappings and the employee's ETC records for it, and notifies Resource Planner. The response returns the allocation as it was before deletion.

Parameters

Each parameter has one label: Required, Conditional (required depending on other values) or Optional. Send them in the order shown.

allocationGuidguid

Required

GUID of the allocation to delete.

tokenSecurityToken

Required

The token from GetToken: Initials, Expires and Hash, sent back unchanged.

Request

POST /{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc HTTP/1.1
Host: app{server-number}.timelog.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "DeleteAllocationRequest"

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:pm="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <pm:DeleteAllocation>
      <pm:allocationGuid>{allocationGuid}</pm:allocationGuid>
      <pm:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </pm:token>
    </pm:DeleteAllocation>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

curl -X POST "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" \
  -H 'SOAPAction: "DeleteAllocationRequest"' \
  --data-binary @request.xml

import requests

URL = "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc"
SOAP_ACTION = '"DeleteAllocationRequest"'

envelope = """<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:pm="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <pm:DeleteAllocation>
      <pm:allocationGuid>{allocationGuid}</pm:allocationGuid>
      <pm:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </pm:token>
    </pm:DeleteAllocation>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>"""

response = requests.post(
    URL,
    data=envelope.encode("utf-8"),
    headers={"Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8", "SOAPAction": SOAP_ACTION},
    timeout=60,
)
result = parse_result(response)  # see "Responses and errors"

Replace every {…} placeholder with your own value.

Response

The call returns the standard response envelope. Check ResponseState first: a failed call still returns HTTP 200.

ResponseStatestring

Required

Success, Invalid or Error.

ErrorCodeinteger

0 on success, otherwise the error code. See Errors.

ReturnAllocation[]

Response<Allocation> with the deleted allocation in its state before deletion. Failure only: Error envelope, empty Return.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Body>
    <DeleteAllocationResponse xmlns="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8">
      <DeleteAllocationResult xmlns:a="http://api.timelog.com"
                              xmlns:b="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_7"
                              xmlns:c="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_5"
                              xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <a:Return>
          <b:Allocation>
            <a:Action>Original</a:Action>
            <a:IsCustomFieldsLoaded>false</a:IsCustomFieldsLoaded>
            <a:CustomFields i:nil="true"/>
            <a:IsExternalKeysLoaded>false</a:IsExternalKeysLoaded>
            <a:ExternalKeys i:nil="true"/>
            <b:AllocationID>1001</b:AllocationID>
            <b:ID>3f2504e0-4f89-41d3-9a0c-305000000001</b:ID>
            <b:TaskID>1001</b:TaskID>
            <b:HoursAllocated>0</b:HoursAllocated>
            <b:HourlyRateID>1001</b:HourlyRateID>
            <b:EmployeeID>1001</b:EmployeeID>
            <b:StartDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:StartDate>
            <b:EndDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:EndDate>
            <b:Details>
              <b:EmployeeHeader>
                <c:ID>3f2504e0-4f89-41d3-9a0c-305000000002</c:ID>
                <c:EmployeeID>1001</c:EmployeeID>
                <c:Initials>ABC</c:Initials>
                <c:FirstName>Example first</c:FirstName>
                <c:LastName>Example last</c:LastName>
                <c:EmployeeNo>1001</c:EmployeeNo>
                <c:Fullname>Example</c:Fullname>
              </b:EmployeeHeader>
            </b:Details>
          </b:Allocation>
        </a:Return>
        <a:ReturnTypeDescription>Allocation</a:ReturnTypeDescription>
        <a:Request>…</a:Request>
        <a:ResponseState>Success</a:ResponseState>
        <a:Messages>
          <a:APIMessage>
            <a:Message>Duration of call was 0,0421337 sec.</a:Message>
            <a:Severity>Message</a:Severity>
            <a:ErrorCode>0</a:ErrorCode>
          </a:APIMessage>
        </a:Messages>
        <a:ErrorCode>0</a:ErrorCode>
        <a:IsReturnPaged>false</a:IsReturnPaged>
        <a:TotalPageCount>0</a:TotalPageCount>
      </DeleteAllocationResult>
    </DeleteAllocationResponse>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

Illustrative example: built from the service description (WSDL) in the same format as a real response, with made-up values. The Request block is shortened.

Errors

All errors come back with HTTP 200: check ResponseState, ErrorCode and Messages. The errors every operation can return (expired or invalid token, API not enabled, HTTPS required, general errors) are listed once in Responses and errors.

Errors specific to this operation:

ResponseState	ErrorCode	Message	What it means	What to do
Error	40001	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to delete allocation with registrations. Allocation set to completed instead! Allocation ID = '{allocationID}''	Time is registered on the allocation or a time tracker runs on it - nothing deleted, nothing completed.	Complete the allocation instead.
Error	40001	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'	allocationGuid unknown or all zeros.	Re-read the allocation and send its ID.

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