---
title: Edit a dataset
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Datasets
---

# Edit a dataset{% #edit-a-dataset %}

{% tab title="v2" %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                   |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | PUT https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/{dataset_id} |

### Overview

Edits the dataset associated with the ID. This endpoint requires the `user_access_manage` permission.

OAuth apps require the `user_access_manage` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#datasets) to access this endpoint.



### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                         | Type   | Description                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| dataset_id [*required*] | string | The ID of a defined dataset. |

### Request

#### Body Data (required)

Dataset payload

{% tab title="Model" %}

| Parent field    | Field                             | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | --------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                 | data [*required*]            | object   | **Datasets Object Constraints**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | **Tag limit per dataset**: | **Tag key rules per telemetry type**: | **Tag value uniqueness**: |
| data            | attributes [*required*]      | object   | Dataset metadata and configurations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| attributes      | name [*required*]            | string   | Name of the dataset.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| attributes      | principals [*required*]      | [string] | List of access principals, formatted as `principal_type:id`. Principal can be 'team' or 'role'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| attributes      | product_filters [*required*] | [object] | List of product-specific filters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| product_filters | filters [*required*]         | [string] | Defines the list of tag-based filters used to restrict access to telemetry data for a specific product. These filters act as access control rules. Each filter must follow the tag query syntax used by Datadog (such as `@tag.key:value`), and only one tag or attribute may be used to define the access strategy per telemetry type. |
| product_filters | product [*required*]         | string   | Name of the product the dataset is for. Possible values are 'apm', 'rum', 'metrics', 'logs', 'error_tracking', 'cloud_cost', and 'sd_repoinfo'.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| data            | type [*required*]            | enum     | Resource type, always set to `dataset`. Allowed enum values: `dataset`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Security Audit Dataset",
      "principals": [
        "role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1"
      ],
      "product_filters": [
        {
          "filters": [
            "@application.id:1234"
          ],
          "product": "metrics"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": "dataset"
  }
}
```

{% /tab %}

### Response

{% tab title="200" %}
OK
{% tab title="Model" %}
Response containing a single dataset object.

| Parent field    | Field                     | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | ------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                 | data                      | object    | **Datasets Object Constraints**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | **Tag Limit per Dataset**: | **Tag Key Rules per Telemetry Type**: | **Tag Value Uniqueness**: |
| data            | attributes                | object    | Dataset metadata and configuration(s).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| attributes      | created_at                | date-time | Timestamp when the dataset was created.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| attributes      | created_by                | uuid      | Unique ID of the user who created the dataset.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| attributes      | name                      | string    | Name of the dataset.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| attributes      | principals                | [string]  | List of access principals, formatted as `principal_type:id`. Principal can be 'team' or 'role'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| attributes      | product_filters           | [object]  | List of product-specific filters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| product_filters | filters [*required*] | [string]  | Defines the list of tag-based filters used to restrict access to telemetry data for a specific product. These filters act as access control rules. Each filter must follow the tag query syntax used by Datadog (such as `@tag.key:value`), and only one tag or attribute may be used to define the access strategy per telemetry type. |
| product_filters | product [*required*] | string    | Name of the product the dataset is for. Possible values are 'apm', 'rum', 'metrics', 'logs', 'error_tracking', 'cloud_cost', and 'sd_repoinfo'.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| data            | id                        | string    | Unique identifier for the dataset.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| data            | type                      | enum      | Resource type, always set to `dataset`. Allowed enum values: `dataset`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
      "created_by": "string",
      "name": "Security Audit Dataset",
      "principals": [
        "role:86245fce-0a4e-11f0-92bd-da7ad0900002"
      ],
      "product_filters": [
        {
          "filters": [
            "@application.id:ABCD"
          ],
          "product": "logs"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "type": "dataset"
  }
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="400" %}
Bad Request
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="403" %}
Not Authorized
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="404" %}
Not Found
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="429" %}
Too many requests
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

### Code Example

##### 
                          \## default
# 
 \# Path parameters export dataset_id="0879ce27-29a1-481f-a12e-bc2a48ec9ae1" \# Curl command curl -X PUT "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/datasets/${dataset_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Security Audit Dataset",
      "principals": [
        "role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1"
      ],
      "product_filters": [
        {
          "filters": [
            "@application.id:ABCD"
          ],
          "product": "logs"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": "dataset"
  }
}
EOF 
                        
##### 

```go
// Edit a dataset returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "dataset" in the system
	DatasetDataID := os.Getenv("DATASET_DATA_ID")

	body := datadogV2.DatasetUpdateRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.DatasetRequest{
			Attributes: datadogV2.DatasetAttributesRequest{
				Name: "Security Audit Dataset",
				Principals: []string{
					"role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1",
				},
				ProductFilters: []datadogV2.FiltersPerProduct{
					{
						Filters: []string{
							"@application.id:1234",
						},
						Product: "metrics",
					},
				},
			},
			Type: datadogV2.DATASETTYPE_DATASET,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.UpdateDataset", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewDatasetsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.UpdateDataset(ctx, DatasetDataID, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DatasetsApi.UpdateDataset`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `DatasetsApi.UpdateDataset`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Edit a dataset returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.DatasetsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.DatasetAttributesRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.DatasetRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.DatasetResponseSingle;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.DatasetType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.DatasetUpdateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.FiltersPerProduct;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.updateDataset", true);
    DatasetsApi apiInstance = new DatasetsApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "dataset" in the system
    String DATASET_DATA_ID = System.getenv("DATASET_DATA_ID");

    DatasetUpdateRequest body =
        new DatasetUpdateRequest()
            .data(
                new DatasetRequest()
                    .attributes(
                        new DatasetAttributesRequest()
                            .name("Security Audit Dataset")
                            .principals(
                                Collections.singletonList(
                                    "role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1"))
                            .productFilters(
                                Collections.singletonList(
                                    new FiltersPerProduct()
                                        .filters(Collections.singletonList("@application.id:1234"))
                                        .product("metrics"))))
                    .type(DatasetType.DATASET));

    try {
      DatasetResponseSingle result = apiInstance.updateDataset(DATASET_DATA_ID, body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling DatasetsApi#updateDataset");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```python
"""
Edit a dataset returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.datasets_api import DatasetsApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.dataset_attributes_request import DatasetAttributesRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.dataset_request import DatasetRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.dataset_type import DatasetType
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.dataset_update_request import DatasetUpdateRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.filters_per_product import FiltersPerProduct

# there is a valid "dataset" in the system
DATASET_DATA_ID = environ["DATASET_DATA_ID"]

body = DatasetUpdateRequest(
    data=DatasetRequest(
        attributes=DatasetAttributesRequest(
            name="Security Audit Dataset",
            principals=[
                "role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1",
            ],
            product_filters=[
                FiltersPerProduct(
                    filters=[
                        "@application.id:1234",
                    ],
                    product="metrics",
                ),
            ],
        ),
        type=DatasetType.DATASET,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.unstable_operations["update_dataset"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = DatasetsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.update_dataset(dataset_id=DATASET_DATA_ID, body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Edit a dataset returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.unstable_operations["v2.update_dataset".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::DatasetsAPI.new

# there is a valid "dataset" in the system
DATASET_DATA_ID = ENV["DATASET_DATA_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::DatasetUpdateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::DatasetRequest.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::DatasetAttributesRequest.new({
      name: "Security Audit Dataset",
      principals: [
        "role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1",
      ],
      product_filters: [
        DatadogAPIClient::V2::FiltersPerProduct.new({
          filters: [
            "@application.id:1234",
          ],
          product: "metrics",
        }),
      ],
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::DatasetType::DATASET,
  }),
})
p api_instance.update_dataset(DATASET_DATA_ID, body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```rust
// Edit a dataset returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_datasets::DatasetsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::DatasetAttributesRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::DatasetRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::DatasetType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::DatasetUpdateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::FiltersPerProduct;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "dataset" in the system
    let dataset_data_id = std::env::var("DATASET_DATA_ID").unwrap();
    let body = DatasetUpdateRequest::new(DatasetRequest::new(
        DatasetAttributesRequest::new(
            "Security Audit Dataset".to_string(),
            vec!["role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1".to_string()],
            vec![FiltersPerProduct::new(
                vec!["@application.id:1234".to_string()],
                "metrics".to_string(),
            )],
        ),
        DatasetType::DATASET,
    ));
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.UpdateDataset", true);
    let api = DatasetsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.update_dataset(dataset_data_id.clone(), body).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Edit a dataset returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.updateDataset"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.DatasetsApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "dataset" in the system
const DATASET_DATA_ID = process.env.DATASET_DATA_ID as string;

const params: v2.DatasetsApiUpdateDatasetRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        name: "Security Audit Dataset",
        principals: ["role:94172442-be03-11e9-a77a-3b7612558ac1"],
        productFilters: [
          {
            filters: ["@application.id:1234"],
            product: "metrics",
          },
        ],
      },
      type: "dataset",
    },
  },
  datasetId: DATASET_DATA_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .updateDataset(params)
  .then((data: v2.DatasetResponseSingle) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
{% /tab %}
