Update a Database Service

Update database service properties using JSON Patch

PATCH /v1/services/databaseServices/{id}

PATCH /v1/services/databaseServices/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import DatabaseServices

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Retrieve, modify, and update
service = DatabaseServices.retrieve("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")
service.description = "Updated production Snowflake warehouse"
service.displayName = "Snowflake Prod (Updated)"
updated = DatabaseServices.update(service)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version}")

Response

{
  "id": "fd2193af-fe09-4366-92b7-1e0d01cd8c09",
  "name": "sample_data",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "description": "Updated BigQuery data service",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/fd2193af-fe09-4366-92b7-1e0d01cd8c09",
  "connection": {
    "config": {
      "type": "BigQuery",
      "scheme": "bigquery",
      "hostPort": "bigquery.googleapis.com",
      "taxonomyProjectID": [],
      "taxonomyLocation": "us",
      "usageLocation": "us",
      "supportsMetadataExtraction": true,
      "supportsUsageExtraction": true,
      "supportsLineageExtraction": true,
      "supportsDBTExtraction": true,
      "supportsProfiler": true,
      "supportsQueryComment": true
    }
  },
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

Update a Database Service

Update a database service’s properties using JSON Merge Patch. You can update by ID or by fully qualified name.

Update by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the database service to update.

Update by Name

Use PATCH /v1/services/databaseServices/name/{fqn} to update by fully qualified name.

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the database service (e.g., snowflake_prod).

Body Parameters

Send a JSON object with the fields to update. Only provided fields are changed.

description · string

Updated description in Markdown format.

displayName · string

Updated display name.

connection · object

Updated connection configuration.

Show properties

config · object

Service-specific connection configuration.

owners · array

Updated list of owner references.

Show properties

id · string

UUID of the owner entity.

type · string

Type of owner entity (e.g., user, team).

tags · array

Updated classification tags.

Show properties

tagFQN · string · required

Fully qualified name of the tag.

labelType · string

Type of label (e.g., Manual, Derived, Propagated).

state · string

State of the tag (e.g., Suggested, Confirmed).

domain · string

Updated domain FQN.

PATCH /v1/services/databaseServices/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import DatabaseServices

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Retrieve, modify, and update
service = DatabaseServices.retrieve("a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890")
service.description = "Updated production Snowflake warehouse"
service.displayName = "Snowflake Prod (Updated)"
updated = DatabaseServices.update(service)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version}")

Response

{
  "id": "fd2193af-fe09-4366-92b7-1e0d01cd8c09",
  "name": "sample_data",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_data",
  "serviceType": "BigQuery",
  "description": "Updated BigQuery data service",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982700000,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/fd2193af-fe09-4366-92b7-1e0d01cd8c09",
  "connection": {
    "config": {
      "type": "BigQuery",
      "scheme": "bigquery",
      "hostPort": "bigquery.googleapis.com",
      "taxonomyProjectID": [],
      "taxonomyLocation": "us",
      "usageLocation": "us",
      "supportsMetadataExtraction": true,
      "supportsUsageExtraction": true,
      "supportsLineageExtraction": true,
      "supportsDBTExtraction": true,
      "supportsProfiler": true,
      "supportsQueryComment": true
    }
  },
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "domains": [],
  "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
}

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Returns

Returns the updated database service object with the new version number.

Response

id · string

Unique identifier for the database service (UUID format).

name · string

Database service name.

fullyQualifiedName · string

Fully qualified name of the service.

description · string

Updated description.

version · number

Incremented version number.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
400	BAD_REQUEST	Invalid JSON patch or malformed request
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to update this database service
404	NOT_FOUND	Database service with given ID or FQN does not exist
409	CONFLICT	Concurrent modification detected