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# Update a Team

> Update team properties using JSON Patch

# Update a Team

Update a team's properties using JSON Merge Patch. You can update by ID.

## Update by ID

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the team to update.
</ParamField>

## Body Parameters

Send a JSON object with the fields to update. Only provided fields are changed.

<ParamField body="displayName" type="string">
  Updated display name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="description" type="string">
  Updated description in Markdown format.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="email" type="string">
  Updated email address for the team.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="isJoinable" type="boolean">
  Whether users can join this team without an invitation.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="owners" type="array">
  Updated list of owner references.

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ParamField body="id" type="string">
      UUID of the owner entity.
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="type" type="string">
      Type of owner entity (e.g., `user`, `team`).
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="policies" type="array">
  Updated list of policy references.

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ParamField body="id" type="string">
      UUID of the policy.
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="type" type="string">
      Type of entity (always `policy`).
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="domain" type="string">
  Updated domain FQN.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python PATCH /v1/teams/{id} theme={null}
  from metadata.sdk import configure
  from metadata.sdk.entities import Teams

  configure(
      host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
      jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
  )

  # Retrieve, modify, and update
  team = Teams.retrieve("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a")
  team.description = "Updated: Accounting team handling all financial reporting"
  team.displayName = "Accounting & Reporting"
  updated = Teams.update(team)

  print(f"Updated to version {updated.version}")
  ```

  ```java PATCH /v1/teams/{id} theme={null}
  import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.Teams.*;

  // Retrieve, modify, and update
  var team = Teams.retrieve("449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a");
  team.setDescription("Updated: Accounting team handling all financial reporting");
  var updated = Teams.update(team);
  ```

  ```bash PATCH /v1/teams/{id} theme={null}
  # Update by ID
  curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/teams/449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
    -d '[
      {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Accounting team handling all financial reporting"},
      {"op": "replace", "path": "/displayName", "value": "Accounting & Reporting"}
    ]'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "id": "449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
    "teamType": "Group",
    "name": "Accounting",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "Accounting",
    "displayName": "Accounting & Reporting",
    "description": "Updated: Accounting team handling all financial reporting",
    "version": 0.2,
    "updatedAt": 1769982623753,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/teams/449b5f25-4cbb-42db-8f71-3be2c5cd888a",
    "parents": [
      {
        "id": "4f87a3ea-d798-4509-8c64-5b11f8a96f89",
        "type": "team",
        "name": "Finance",
        "fullyQualifiedName": "Finance",
        "displayName": "Finance",
        "deleted": false
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "id": "2c4036a5-27d5-4d47-949f-3e8666e9d371",
        "type": "user",
        "name": "andrew_jennings3",
        "fullyQualifiedName": "andrew_jennings3",
        "displayName": "Andrew Jennings",
        "deleted": false
      }
    ],
    "deleted": false,
    "owners": [],
    "domains": [],
    "children": [],
    "policies": []
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Returns

Returns the updated team object with the new version number.

## Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">
  Unique identifier for the team (UUID format).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="name" type="string">
  Team name.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="fullyQualifiedName" type="string">
  Fully qualified name (same as name for teams).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="description" type="string">
  Updated description.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="version" type="number">
  Incremented version number.
</ResponseField>

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## Error Handling

| Code  | Error Type     | Description                               |
| ----- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `400` | `BAD_REQUEST`  | Invalid JSON patch or malformed request   |
| `401` | `UNAUTHORIZED` | Invalid or missing authentication token   |
| `403` | `FORBIDDEN`    | User lacks permission to update this team |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND`    | Team with given ID does not exist         |
| `409` | `CONFLICT`     | Concurrent modification detected          |