diff --git a/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml b/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
index ff7cdf8..587a376 100755
--- a/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
+++ b/cps-rest/docs/api/swagger/openapi.yml
@@ -84,14 +84,18 @@
           required: true
           schema:
             type: string
-      requestBody:
-        content:
-          application/json:
-            schema:
-              title: Anchor
-              description: anchor
-              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Anchor'
-        required: true
+        - name: schema-set-name
+          in: query
+          description: schema-set-name
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+        - name: anchor-name
+          in: query
+          description: anchor-name
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
       responses:
         201:
           description: Created
@@ -298,17 +302,3 @@
           type: string
         details:
           type: string
-    Anchor:
-      type: object
-      title: Anchor
-      required:
-        - anchorName
-        - namespace
-        - revision
-      properties:
-        anchorName:
-          type: string
-        namespace:
-          type: string
-        revision:
-          type: string
diff --git a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/AdminRestController.java b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/AdminRestController.java
index e2ce367..336762c 100644
--- a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/AdminRestController.java
+++ b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/controller/AdminRestController.java
@@ -43,16 +43,15 @@
     /**
      * Create a new anchor.
      *
-     * @param anchor        the anchor details object.
-     * @param dataspaceName the dataspace name.
+     * @param dataspaceName dataspace name
+     * @param schemaSetName schema set name
+     * @param anchorName    anchorName
      * @return a ResponseEntity with the anchor name.
      */
     @Override
-    public ResponseEntity<String> createAnchor(final org.onap.cps.rest.model.@Valid Anchor anchor,
-        final String dataspaceName) {
-        final Anchor anchorDetails = modelMapper.map(anchor, Anchor.class);
-        anchorDetails.setDataspaceName(dataspaceName);
-        final String anchorName = cpsAdminService.createAnchor(anchorDetails);
+    public ResponseEntity<String> createAnchor(final String dataspaceName, final String schemaSetName,
+                                               final String anchorName) {
+        cpsAdminService.createAnchor(dataspaceName, schemaSetName, anchorName);
         return new ResponseEntity<>(anchorName, HttpStatus.CREATED);
     }
 
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-
     public ResponseEntity<Object> getAnchors(final String dataspaceName) {
         final Collection<Anchor> anchorDetails = cpsAdminService.getAnchors(dataspaceName);
         return new ResponseEntity<>(anchorDetails, HttpStatus.OK);
diff --git a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/exceptions/CpsRestExceptionHandler.java b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/exceptions/CpsRestExceptionHandler.java
index 9d7f38a..d4faebc 100644
--- a/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/exceptions/CpsRestExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/cps-rest/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/rest/exceptions/CpsRestExceptionHandler.java
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@
 import org.onap.cps.rest.controller.AdminRestController;
 import org.onap.cps.rest.controller.DataRestController;
 import org.onap.cps.rest.model.ErrorMessage;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.AnchorAlreadyDefinedException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.CpsAdminException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.CpsException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.ModelValidationException;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.NotFoundInDataspaceException;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.SchemaSetAlreadyDefinedException;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
@@ -52,8 +50,7 @@
         return buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, exception);
     }
 
-    @ExceptionHandler({ModelValidationException.class, DataValidationException.class,
-        SchemaSetAlreadyDefinedException.class, AnchorAlreadyDefinedException.class, CpsAdminException.class})
+    @ExceptionHandler({ModelValidationException.class, DataValidationException.class, CpsAdminException.class})
     public static ResponseEntity<Object> handleBadRequestExceptions(final CpsException exception) {
         return buildErrorResponse(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, exception.getMessage(), extractDetails(exception));
     }