Updating reference data

Update the reference data.

Before you begin

Admin access is required. Only admins have the necessary permissions for this activity.
If you do not have admin access but hold a custom role, ensure that you have the write access specifically for the project where you intend to update the reference data.

Procedure

In a REST client platform, add the authentication details of the tenant where you want to update the reference data.


//In case of Instance API key 
Headers:
{
"x-instance-api-key": "instance_api_key"
}
 
// In case of MCSP or ISV token
Headers:
{
"Authorization": "mcsp_or_isv_token"
}
Body: 
{    
        "name": "<name>*",
        "description": "<description>",
        "file": "<file>",
        "file_encoding": "<file_encoding>*", //Only following file encoding formats are suppported: IBM437, windows-1252, IBM00858, IBM775, IBM850, IBM852, IBM855, IBM857, IBM862, IBM866, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-4, ISO-8859-5, ISO-8859-7, ISO-8859-9, ISO-8859-13, ISO-8859-15, KOI8-R, KOI8-U, US-ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF-32LE, x-UTF-32BE-BOM, x-UTF-32LE-BOM, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1257, x-IBM737, x-IBM874, and x-UTF-16LE-BOM
        "field_separator": "<field_separator>*",
        "text_qualifier": <text_qualifier> *        
}

Note: The fields marked as * are required.

Make a PUT request at the URL of the project.

URL syntax: <domain>apis/v1/rest/projects/<project_name>/referencedata/<referencedata_name>

In this URL request, <project_name> is the name or UID of the project in which you want to update a reference data and <referencedata_name> is the name of the reference data you want to update.

Method: PUT
If the request is successful, you receive the response code for success.
```
{
    "output": {
        "response": "<update_success_message>"
    }
}
```