---
title: "Update Metric"
method: PUT
path: "/metrics/{id}"
tags: ["Metric"]
---

# Update Metric

`PUT /metrics/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api`
- URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api/metrics/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `APIKey`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification/docs/metrics/:id/put.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Endpoint to update an existing Metric

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `data` MetricItemV3UpdateSchema, required: Update schema for MetricItemV3. No field can be updated: the API refuses an update of any field.

## Response `200`

Updated successfully

- object
  - `data` MetricItemV3ReadSchema
    - `projectId` string, required: Project ID
    - `primaryEntityId` string, required: Service ID
    - `primaryEntityType` string: Service Type
    - `name` string, required: Name
    - `aggregationTemporality` string: Aggregation Temporality
    - `metricPointType` string: Metric Point Type
    - `time` string: Time
    - `startTime` string: Start Time
    - `timeUnixNano` string: Time (in Unix Nano)
    - `startTimeUnixNano` string: Start Time (in Unix Nano)
    - `attributes` string: Attributes
    - `attributeKeys` string[]: Attribute Keys
    - `entityKeys` string[]: Entity Keys
    - `serviceEntityKey` string: Service Entity Key
    - `hostEntityKey` string: Host Entity Key
    - `k8sPodEntityKey` string: Kubernetes Pod Entity Key
    - `k8sNodeEntityKey` string: Kubernetes Node Entity Key
    - `k8sClusterEntityKey` string: Kubernetes Cluster Entity Key
    - `containerEntityKey` string: Container Entity Key
    - `isMonotonic` boolean: Is Monotonic
    - `count` string: Count
    - `sum` number: Sum
    - `value` number: Value
    - `min` number: Min
    - `max` number: Max
    - `bucketCounts` string: Bucket Counts
    - `explicitBounds` string: Explicit Bounds
    - `scale` number: Scale
    - `zeroCount` string: Zero Count
    - `positiveOffset` number: Positive Bucket Offset
    - `positiveBucketCounts` string: Positive Bucket Counts
    - `negativeOffset` number: Negative Bucket Offset
    - `negativeBucketCounts` string: Negative Bucket Counts
    - `summaryQuantiles` string: Summary Quantiles
    - `summaryValues` string: Summary Values
    - `traceId` string: Trace ID
    - `spanId` string: Span ID

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request. This response indicates that the request was malformed or contained invalid data.
- `401`: Unauthorized. This response indicates that the request requires user authentication.
- `402`: Payment Required. This response indicates that the request requires payment or a valid subscription.
- `403`: Forbidden. This response indicates that the server understood the request, but refuses to authorize it.
- `404`: Not found. The record does not exist, belongs to another project, or is one you may not read - the same answer for each.
- `405`: Project not found. This response indicates that the requested project does not exist or is not accessible.
- `408`: Request Timeout. This response indicates that the server timed out waiting for the request.
- `415`: Unable to reach server. This response indicates that the server is currently unreachable or down.
- `422`: Not authorized. This response indicates that the user does not have permission to access the requested resource.
- `500`: Internal Server Error. This response indicates that the server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification/revisions/ba3307d00304?raw)