Update a runbook's metadata

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09/16/2015

The Update a runbook's metadata operation updates the properties of a runbook.

Request

To specify the request, replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID, <cloud-service-name> with the name of the cloud service to use for making the request, <automation-account-name> with the name of the automation account to use for making the request, and <runbook-name> with the name of the runbook to update. Include required URI parameters.

Method	Request URI
PATCH	https://management.core.windows.net/<subscriptionId>/cloudServices/<cloud-service-name>/resources/automation/~/automationAccounts/<automation-account-name>/runbooks/<runbook-name>?api-version=2014-12-08

URI Parameters

Parameter	Description
api-version	Required. Must be set to 2014-12-08.

Request Headers

The request headers in the following table are required.

Request Header	Description
Content-Type	Set to application/json. Do not include a specification for charset.
x-ms-version	Specifies the version of the operation. Set to 2013-06-01 or a later version.

Request Body

{
   "tags":{
      "Testing":"simple script",
      "Source":"TechNet Script Center",
                "Approval":"Pending"
   },
   "properties":{
      "description":"Writes hello world.",
      "logProgress":true,
      "logVerbose":false
   }
}

Element	Required	Type	Description
tags	No	String	A list of key value pairs that describe the resource. You can only change the values for existing tags.
properties/description	No	String	An updated description for the runbook.
properties/logProgress	No	String	Indicates whether to log progress of the runbook. The default is false.
properties/logVerbose	No	String	Indicates whether to log verbose details of the runbook. The default is false.

Response

Status Code

A successful operation returns 200 (OK). For information about common error codes, see HTTP/1.1 Status Code Definitions.

Response Headers

Request Header	Description
x-ms-request-id	A unique identifier for the current operation.

Response Body

{
   "id":"\/subscriptions\/2310a662-9154-4254-a8e1-34286f3bf56a\/cloudservices\/CLSV2_Litware\/resources\/~\/automationAccounts\/LitwareDataCenter\/runbooks\/Write-HelloWorld",
   "name":"Write-HelloWorld",
   "type":"Microsoft.Automation\/AutomationAccount\/Runbook",
   "location":"East US 2",
   "tags":{
      "Testing":"simple script",
      "Source":"TechNet Script Center",
      "Approval":"Pending"
   },
   "etag":"\"635657105673270000\"",
   "properties":{
      "description":"Writes hello world.",
      "logVerbose":false,
      "logProgress":true,
      "runbookType":"Script",
      "parameters":{
         "Name":{
            "type":"System.String",
            "isMandatory":false,
            "position":0,
            "defaultValue":"\"World\""
         }
      },
      "state":"Published",
      "jobCount":0,
      "provisioningState":null,
      "serviceManagementTags":null,
      "creationTime":"2015-04-26T05:45:42.457+00:00",
      "lastModifiedBy":null,
      "lastModifiedTime":"2015-04-27T05:49:27.327+00:00"
   }
}

Element	Description
id	The URI for this entity, excluding hostname/schema and api version. Not URL encoded. This field is used by the platform as the identifier for references for other objects.
name	The name of the runbook.
type	The type of the resource (e.g., Microsoft.Automation/AutomationAccount/Runbook)
location	Geo location of resource
tags	A list of key value pairs that describe the resource.
etag	Value used for concurrence control.
properties/description	The runbooks description.
properties/logVerbose	Indicates whether to log verbose details. The default is false.
properties/logProgress	Indicates whether to log progress. The default is false.
properties/runbookType	"Script" is the only supported type.
properties/parameters	A list of parameter objects that represent the Runbook parameters. Parameters are extracted as part of the create Runbook process. Parameters objects have a name and the following properties. type The parameter's data type. isMandatory Indicates whether the parameter is required. position The zero-based numerical position of the parameter. defaultValue The parameter's default value.
state	The status of the Runbook possible values are: new, edit, published.
jobCount	The number of jobs executed for this runbook.
provisioningState	The provisioning state of the runbook.
serviceManagementTags	Freeform values available to the runbook.
creationTime	The date and time the runbook was created.
lastModifiedTime	The date and time the runbook was last changed.