[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[rollup-put-job]]
=== Create {rollup-jobs} API
[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Create {rollup-jobs}</titleabbrev>
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Creates a {rollup-job}.

experimental[]

[[rollup-put-job-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT _rollup/job/<job_id>`

[[rollup-put-job-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage` or
`manage_rollup` cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[rollup-put-job-api-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

Jobs are created in a `STOPPED` state. You can start them with the
<<rollup-start-job,start {rollup-jobs} API>>.

[[rollup-put-job-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<job_id>`::
  (Required, string) Identifier for the {rollup-job}.

[[rollup-put-job-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

`cron`::
  (Required, string) A cron string which defines when the {rollup-job} should be executed.

`groups`::
  (Required, object) Defines the grouping fields that are defined for this
  {rollup-job}. See <<rollup-job-config,{rollup-job} config>>.

`index_pattern`::
  (Required, string) The index or index pattern to roll up. Supports
  wildcard-style patterns (`logstash-*`).

`metrics`::
  (Optional, object) Defines the metrics to collect for each grouping tuple. See
  <<rollup-job-config,{rollup-job} config>>.

`page_size`::
  (Required, integer) The number of bucket results that are processed on each
  iteration of the rollup indexer. A larger value tends to execute faster, but
  requires more memory during processing.

`rollup_index`::
  (Required, string) The index that contains the rollup results. The index can
  be shared with other {rollup-jobs}.

For more details about the job configuration, see <<rollup-job-config>>.

[[rollup-put-job-api-example]]
==== {api-example-title}

The following example creates a {rollup-job} named "sensor", targeting the
"sensor-*" index pattern:

[source,console]
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PUT _rollup/job/sensor
{
    "index_pattern": "sensor-*",
    "rollup_index": "sensor_rollup",
    "cron": "*/30 * * * * ?",
    "page_size" :1000,
    "groups" : {
      "date_histogram": {
        "field": "timestamp",
        "fixed_interval": "1h",
        "delay": "7d"
      },
      "terms": {
        "fields": ["node"]
      }
    },
    "metrics": [
        {
            "field": "temperature",
            "metrics": ["min", "max", "sum"]
        },
        {
            "field": "voltage",
            "metrics": ["avg"]
        }
    ]
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[setup:sensor_index]

When the job is created, you receive the following results:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
----