# UpdateApplication
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**Important**  
 AWS Application Discovery Service is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Application Discovery Service availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/application-discovery-service-availability-change.html). 

Updates metadata about an application.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "configurationId": "string",
   "description": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "wave": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [configurationId](#API_UpdateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DiscServ-UpdateApplication-request-configurationId"></a>
Configuration ID of the application to be updated.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 200.  
Pattern: `\S+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [description](#API_UpdateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DiscServ-UpdateApplication-request-description"></a>
New description of the application to be updated.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `(^$|[\s\S]*\S[\s\S]*)`   
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_UpdateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DiscServ-UpdateApplication-request-name"></a>
New name of the application to be updated.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 127.  
Pattern: `[\s\S]*\S[\s\S]*`   
Required: No

 ** [wave](#API_UpdateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DiscServ-UpdateApplication-request-wave"></a>
The new migration wave of the application that you want to update.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `^($|[^\s\x00]( *[^\s\x00])*$)`   
Required: No

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AuthorizationErrorException **   
The user does not have permission to perform the action. Check the IAM policy associated with this user.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** HomeRegionNotSetException **   
 AWS Application Discovery Service is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Application Discovery Service availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/application-discovery-service-availability-change.html). 
The home Region is not set. Set the home Region to continue.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterException **   
One or more parameters are not valid. Verify the parameters and try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValueException **   
The value of one or more parameters are either invalid or out of range. Verify the parameter values and try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServerInternalErrorException **   
The server experienced an internal error. Try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

## Examples
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### Update application name and description
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In the following example, both the name and the description are changed (updated) of an existing application. The application is identified by passing the application id to the required parameter `configurationId`.

#### Sample Request
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```
{
   "configurationId": "d-application-03767f7bddd6c0531",
   "description": "PSoft financials db migration",
   "name": "payroll_db_migration"
}
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/discovery-2015-11-01/UpdateApplication)