--
:api: update-job
:request: UpdateJobRequest
:response: PutJobResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Update {anomaly-jobs} API

Provides the ability to update an {anomaly-job}.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Update {anomaly-jobs} request

An +{request}+ object gets created with a `JobUpdate` object.

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<1> Constructing a new request referencing a `JobUpdate` object.

==== Optional arguments

The `JobUpdate` object has many optional arguments with which to update an
existing {anomaly-job}. An existing, non-null `jobId` must be referenced in its 
creation.

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<1> Mandatory, non-null `jobId` referencing an existing {anomaly-job}.
<2> Updated description.
<3> Updated analysis limits. 
<4> Updated background persistence interval.
<5> Updated analysis config's categorization filters.
<6> Updated detectors through the `JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate` object.
<7> Updated group membership.
<8> Updated result retention.
<9> Updated model plot configuration.
<10> Updated model snapshot retention setting.
<11> Updated custom settings.
<12> Updated renormalization window.

Included with these options are specific optional `JobUpdate.DetectorUpdate` updates.
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<1> The index of the detector. `O` means unknown.
<2> The optional description of the detector.
<3> The `DetectionRule` rules that apply to this detector.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Update {anomaly-jobs} response

A +{response}+ contains the updated `Job` object

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<1> `getResponse()` returns the updated `Job` object.
