# Updates an existing data group

Updates an existing data group by its unique identifier.

## Endpoints

`PUT /endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-details/{dataGroupId}`

## Request URL

https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-details/{dataGroupId}

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.EndpointDLP.UPDATE`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` **Mandatory**: `application/dataGroupDetail.v1+json`
- **Content-Type** `string` **Mandatory**: `application/dataGroupDetail.v1+json`

### Path Parameters

- **dataGroupId** `string` **Mandatory**

  Unique identifier of the data group. Fetch from [Get All Data Groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/edlp-get-all-data-groups.html)

### Request Body

`application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **dataGroupDetail** `JSON Object` **Mandatory**

    Data group detail wrapper

## Sample Request

### Curl

```curl
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://appdomains/endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-details/{dataGroupId} \
  --header 'Accept: application/dataGroupDetail.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/dataGroupDetail.v1+json' \
  --data '{"dataGroupDetail":{"dataGroupId":"602","lastModifiedTime":"1776085156095","creationTime":"1776085156095","lastModifiedUser":"john.doe","dataRuleDetails":[{"dataRuleId":"11","noOfOccurrence":"2"}],"dataGroupDescription":"Updated group for PII rules","dataGroupName":"PII Data Group Updated","createdUser":"john.doe","dataRuleSummaryBeanList":[{"regexSubRuleBean":{"dictionaryWordList":[],"regexValueList":["\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{4}"]},"keywordSubRuleBean":null,"dataRuleId":"1000602","noOfOccurrence":"2","extensionList":null,"dataRuleName":"SSN Detection Rule","fingerprintSubRuleBean":null,"subRuleTypeId":1},{"regexSubRuleBean":null,"keywordSubRuleBean":{"fileDetailBean":{"fileName":"confidential-keywords.txt","fileLocation":"/dlp/refdata/uploads/confidential-keywords.txt"},"caseSensitive":false},"dataRuleId":"1000603","noOfOccurrence":"1","extensionList":null,"dataRuleName":"Confidential Keyword Rule","fingerprintSubRuleBean":null,"subRuleTypeId":2},{"regexSubRuleBean":null,"keywordSubRuleBean":null,"dataRuleId":"1000604","noOfOccurrence":"1","extensionList":null,"dataRuleName":"Source Code Fingerprint Rule","fingerprintSubRuleBean":{"fileDetailBean":{"fileName":"source-code-template.docx","fileLocation":"/dlp/refdata/uploads/source-code-template.docx"}},"subRuleTypeId":3}]}}'
```

## Sample Request Body

Update an existing data group containing one rule of each sub-rule type (regex, keyword, fingerprint). For keyword/fingerprint rules, `fileName` and `fileLocation` come from the Upload Reference File API response.

```json
{
  "dataGroupDetail": {
    "dataGroupId": "602",
    "lastModifiedTime": "1776085156095",
    "creationTime": "1776085156095",
    "lastModifiedUser": "john.doe",
    "dataRuleDetails": [
      {
        "dataRuleId": "11",
        "noOfOccurrence": "2"
      }
    ],
    "dataGroupDescription": "Updated group for PII rules",
    "dataGroupName": "PII Data Group Updated",
    "createdUser": "john.doe",
    "dataRuleSummaryBeanList": [
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": {
          "dictionaryWordList": [],
          "regexValueList": [
            "\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{4}"
          ]
        },
        "keywordSubRuleBean": null,
        "dataRuleId": "1000602",
        "noOfOccurrence": "2",
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "SSN Detection Rule",
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": null,
        "subRuleTypeId": 1
      },
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": null,
        "keywordSubRuleBean": {
          "fileDetailBean": {
            "fileName": "confidential-keywords.txt",
            "fileLocation": "/dlp/refdata/uploads/confidential-keywords.txt"
          },
          "caseSensitive": false
        },
        "dataRuleId": "1000603",
        "noOfOccurrence": "1",
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "Confidential Keyword Rule",
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": null,
        "subRuleTypeId": 2
      },
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": null,
        "keywordSubRuleBean": null,
        "dataRuleId": "1000604",
        "noOfOccurrence": "1",
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "Source Code Fingerprint Rule",
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": {
          "fileDetailBean": {
            "fileName": "source-code-template.docx",
            "fileLocation": "/dlp/refdata/uploads/source-code-template.docx"
          }
        },
        "subRuleTypeId": 3
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **dataGroupDetail** `JSON Object`

    Data group detail wrapper

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `string`

    Validation error code. Common value: `INTERNAL_ERROR` when the new data group/rule name already exists

  - **errorMessage** `string`

    Validation failure message indicating the duplicate name

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`

    Unauthorized error code: credentials missing, expired, or invalid

  - **errorMsg** `string`

    Authentication failure reason

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `string`

    Internal error code returned when updating a data group fails

  - **errorMessage** `string`

    Failure message describing why the data group could not be updated

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** `HTTP code`
- **400** `HTTP code`
- **401** `HTTP code`
- **500** `HTTP code`

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Successful data group update containing one rule of each sub-rule type (regex, keyword, fingerprint)

```json
{
  "dataGroupDetail": {
    "dataGroupId": "602",
    "createdUserId": "101",
    "lastModifiedTime": "1776087387580",
    "creationTime": "1776087387580",
    "dataGroupDescription": "Updated group for PII rules",
    "dataRuleSummaryBeanList": [
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": {
          "dictionaryWordList": [],
          "regexValueList": [
            "\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{4}"
          ]
        },
        "keywordSubRuleBean": null,
        "dataRuleId": "1000602",
        "noOfOccurrence": "2",
        "dataRuleDescription": null,
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "SSN Detection Rule",
        "dataRuleType": null,
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": null,
        "subRuleTypeId": 1
      },
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": null,
        "keywordSubRuleBean": {
          "fileDetailBean": {
            "fileName": "confidential-keywords.txt",
            "fileLocation": "/dlp/refdata/uploads/confidential-keywords.txt"
          },
          "caseSensitive": false
        },
        "dataRuleId": "1000603",
        "noOfOccurrence": "1",
        "dataRuleDescription": null,
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "Confidential Keyword Rule",
        "dataRuleType": null,
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": null,
        "subRuleTypeId": 2
      },
      {
        "regexSubRuleBean": null,
        "keywordSubRuleBean": null,
        "dataRuleId": "1000604",
        "noOfOccurrence": "1",
        "dataRuleDescription": null,
        "extensionList": null,
        "dataRuleName": "Source Code Fingerprint Rule",
        "dataRuleType": null,
        "fingerprintSubRuleBean": {
          "fileDetailBean": {
            "fileName": "source-code-template.docx",
            "fileLocation": "/dlp/refdata/uploads/source-code-template.docx"
          }
        },
        "subRuleTypeId": 3
      }
    ],
    "labelId": "0",
    "lastModifiedUserId": "101",
    "customerId": "5001",
    "lastModifiedUser": "john.doe",
    "dataRuleDetails": [
      {
        "dataRuleId": "11",
        "noOfOccurrence": "2"
      }
    ],
    "dataGroupName": "PII Data Group Updated",
    "createdUser": "john.doe"
  }
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 400

Data group name already exists

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "This Rule Name already exist",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 401

User unauthorized

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Unauthorized access",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 500

Internal server error

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Exception occurred while updating DataGroup",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.