Required. The list of fields to be updated. Field names must be in snake case (for example, "field_to_update"). Omitted fields will not be updated. To replace the entire entity, use one path with the string "*" to match all fields.
This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-04-02 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis document explains how to update an existing Google Analytics account using the \u003ccode\u003ePATCH\u003c/code\u003e HTTP request method.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eYou will need to provide the \u003ccode\u003eaccount.name\u003c/code\u003e as a path parameter and \u003ccode\u003eupdateMask\u003c/code\u003e as a query parameter specifying the fields to update.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body should contain the updated account details in the format of the \u003ca href=\"/analytics/devguides/config/admin/v1/rest/v1alpha/accounts#Account\"\u003eAccount\u003c/a\u003e object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eA successful request will return the updated \u003ca href=\"/analytics/devguides/config/admin/v1/rest/v1alpha/accounts#Account\"\u003eAccount\u003c/a\u003e object in the response body.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAuthorization is required with the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This outlines the process of updating an account via a PATCH request to the Google Analytics Admin API. The request URL structure is defined using gRPC Transcoding syntax, with `account.name` as a required path parameter. A `updateMask` query parameter specifies which fields to modify. The request and response bodies use the `Account` resource format. Authorization requires the `analytics.edit` OAuth scope. A try it option is available to help test.\n"],null,["# Method: accounts.patch\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdates an account.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{account.name=accounts/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `account.name` | `string` Output only. Resource name of this account. Format: accounts/{account} Example: \"accounts/100\" |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `updateMask` | `string (`[FieldMask](https://protobuf.dev/reference/protobuf/google.protobuf/#field-mask)` format)` Required. The list of fields to be updated. Field names must be in snake case (for example, \"field_to_update\"). Omitted fields will not be updated. To replace the entire entity, use one path with the string \"\\*\" to match all fields. This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: `\"user.displayName,photo\"`. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Account](/analytics/devguides/config/admin/v1/rest/v1alpha/accounts#Account).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Account](/analytics/devguides/config/admin/v1/rest/v1alpha/accounts#Account).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit`"]]
