--
:api: update-job
:request: UpdateJobRequest
:response: PutJobResponse
--
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Update Job API

The Update Job API provides the ability to update a {ml} job.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds
with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Update Job 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 {ml}
job. An existing, non-null `jobId` must be referenced in its creation.

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<1> Mandatory, non-null `jobId` referencing an existing {ml} 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 Job Response

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

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