# Modify an existing CIS compliance policy group

Modifies an existing custom CIS compliance policy group, updating its name and replacing the associated benchmark profiles.

## Endpoint

**POST** `/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}`

## Request

### Request URL

```text
https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}
```

### Scope

```text
VulnerabilityMgmt.UPDATE
```

### Header

```text
Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
```

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/editPolicyGrp.v1+json`
- **Accept** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/editPolicyGrp.v1+json`

#### Path Parameters

- **policyGrpId** (`string`, Mandatory): The ID of the policy group to delete. Fetch from [List Policy Groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/list-policy-groups.html).

#### Request Body

`application/json`

- **profiles** (`JSON array`, Optional): List of CIS benchmark profile objects to associate with the policy group. Fetch available profiles from [Get Profiles List for Platform](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/get-profiles-list-for-platform.html).
- **groupName** (`string`, Optional): Name of the policy group.
- **platform** (`string`, Optional): Platform identifier. 1 = Windows, 3 = Linux.

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomain/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId} \
  --header 'Accept: application/editPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/editPolicyGrp.v1+json' \
  --data '{"groupName":"Updated Policy Group Name","profiles":[{"id":"50001","type":1},{"id":"50003","type":1}]}'
```

## Sample Request Body

Modify an existing policy group name and replace its profiles.

```json
{
  "groupName": "Updated Policy Group Name",
  "profiles": [
    {
      "id": "50001",
      "type": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "50003",
      "type": 1
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body: `application/json`

- **status** (`boolean`): `true` if the policy group was modified successfully, `false` otherwise.
- **statusMsg** (`string`): Error message when the policy group ID is not found.

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body: `application/json`

- **statusCode** (`string`): HTTP status code (400).
- **errorCode** (`string`): API-specific error code identifying the validation failure.
- **message** (`string`): Error message describing the validation failure.

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body: `application/json`

- **errorCode** (`long`): Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication=required).
- **errorMsg** (`string`): Authentication failure reason.

### HTTP Code 429

Response Body: `application/json`

- **errorCode** (`long`): Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes.
- **errorMsg** (`string`): Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance.

## Possible Response Codes

- `200`
- `400`
- `401`
- `429`

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Policy group modified successfully.

```json
{
  "status": true
}
```

Policy group ID not found.

```json
{
  "statusMsg": "policy grp id not present",
  "status": false
}
```

### HTTP 400

A request body parameter has an invalid format or type.

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0025",
  "url": "/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}",
  "errorMsg": "id is an invalid parameter format."
}
```

### HTTP 401

User is action-restricted for this policy group.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "User Not Authorized",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 429

API call threshold exceeded.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
  "errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
```

## Rate Limiting

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**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.