Update a decision update-decision

Last update: Thu Dec 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Applies to:
Journey Orchestration

CREATED FOR:

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Developer

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You can modify or update a decision in your container by making a PATCH request to the Offer Library API.

For more information on JSON Patch, including available operations, see the official JSON Patch documentation.

Accept and Content-Type headers accept-and-content-type-headers

The following table shows the valid values which comprise the Content-Type and Accept fields in the request header:

Header name

Value

application/vnd.adobe.platform.xcore.xdm.receipt+json; version=1

Content-Type

application/vnd.adobe.platform.xcore.patch.hal+json; version=1; schema="https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-activity;version=0.5"

API format

PATCH /{ENDPOINT_PATH}/{CONTAINER_ID}/instances/{INSTANCE_ID}

Parameter

Description

Example

{ENDPOINT_PATH}

The endpoint path for repository APIs.

https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/xcore/

{CONTAINER_ID}

The container where the decisions are located.

e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6

{INSTANCE_ID}

The instance id of the decision.

f88c9be0-1245-11eb-8622-b77b60702882

Request

curl -X PATCH \
  'https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/xcore/e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6/instances/f88c9be0-1245-11eb-8622-b77b60702882' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.adobe.platform.xcore.xdm.receipt+json; version=1' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.adobe.platform.xcore.patch.hal+json; version=1; schema="https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-activity;version=0.5"' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer  {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
-H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
-H 'x-gw-ims-org-id: {IMS_ORG}' \
-H 'x-sandbox-name: {SANDBOX_NAME}' \
-d '[
    {
        "op": "replace",
            "path": "/_instance/xdm:name",
            "value": "Example Activity Name"
    }
]'

Parameter

Description

op

The operation call used to define the action needed to update the connection. Operations include: add, replace, and remove.

path

The path of the parameter to be updated.

value

The new value you want to update your parameter with.

Response

A successful response returns the updated details of the decision, including its unique instance ID and decision @id.

{
    "instanceId": "f88c9be0-1245-11eb-8622-b77b60702882",
    "@id": "xcore:offer-activity:124b79dc3ce2d720",
    "repo:etag": 2,
    "repo:createdDate": "2023-10-19T20:02:09.694067Z",
    "repo:lastModifiedDate": "2023-10-19T21:28:24.284719Z",
    "repo:createdBy": "{CREATED_BY}",
    "repo:lastModifiedBy": "{MODIFIED_BY}",
    "repo:createdByClientId": "{CREATED_CLIENT_ID}",
    "repo:lastModifiedByClientId": "{MODIFIED_CLIENT_ID}"
}

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