Updates an existing timeline.

PATCH /api/timeline

Updates an existing timeline. This API is used to update the title, description, date range, pinned events, pinned queries, and/or pinned saved queries of an existing timeline.

application/json; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31

Body Required

The timeline updates along with the timeline ID and version.

Responses

PATCH /api/timeline
curl \
 -X PATCH https://localhost:5601/api/timeline \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31"
Request examples
{
  "timeline": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "aggregatable": true,
        "category": "string",
        "columnHeaderType": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "example": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "indexes": [
          "string"
        ],
        "name": "string",
        "placeholder": "string",
        "searchable": true,
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "created": 42.0,
    "createdBy": "string",
    "dataProviders": [
      {
        "and": [
          {
            "enabled": true,
            "excluded": true,
            "id": "string",
            "kqlQuery": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "queryMatch": {
              "displayField": "string",
              "displayValue": "string",
              "field": "string",
              "operator": "string",
              "value": "string"
            },
            "type": "default"
          }
        ],
        "enabled": true,
        "excluded": true,
        "id": "string",
        "kqlQuery": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "queryMatch": {
          "displayField": "string",
          "displayValue": "string",
          "field": "string",
          "operator": "string",
          "value": "string"
        },
        "type": "default"
      }
    ],
    "dataViewId": "string",
    "dateRange": {
      "end": "string",
      "start": "string"
    },
    "description": "string",
    "eqlOptions": {
      "eventCategoryField": "string",
      "query": "string",
      "size": "string",
      "tiebreakerField": "string",
      "timestampField": "string"
    },
    "eventType": "string",
    "excludedRowRendererIds": [
      "alert"
    ],
    "favorite": [
      {
        "favoriteDate": 42.0,
        "fullName": "string",
        "userName": "string"
      }
    ],
    "filters": [
      {
        "exists": "string",
        "match_all": "string",
        "meta": {
          "alias": "string",
          "controlledBy": "string",
          "disabled": true,
          "field": "string",
          "formattedValue": "string",
          "index": "string",
          "key": "string",
          "negate": true,
          "params": "string",
          "type": "string",
          "value": "string"
        },
        "missing": "string",
        "query": "string",
        "range": "string",
        "script": "string"
      }
    ],
    "indexNames": [
      "string"
    ],
    "kqlMode": "string",
    "kqlQuery": {
      "filterQuery": {
        "kuery": {
          "expression": "string",
          "kind": "string"
        },
        "serializedQuery": "string"
      }
    },
    "savedQueryId": "string",
    "savedSearchId": "string",
    "sort": {
      "columnId": "string",
      "columnType": "string",
      "sortDirection": "string"
    },
    "status": "active",
    "templateTimelineId": "string",
    "templateTimelineVersion": 42.0,
    "timelineType": "default",
    "title": "string",
    "updated": 42.0,
    "updatedBy": "string"
  },
  "timelineId": "string",
  "version": "string"
}
Response examples (200)
{
  "data": {
    "persistTimeline": {
      "timeline": {
        "columns": [
          {
            "aggregatable": true,
            "category": "string",
            "columnHeaderType": "string",
            "description": "string",
            "example": "string",
            "id": "string",
            "indexes": [
              "string"
            ],
            "name": "string",
            "placeholder": "string",
            "searchable": true,
            "type": "string"
          }
        ],
        "created": 42.0,
        "createdBy": "string",
        "dataProviders": [
          {
            "and": [
              {
                "enabled": true,
                "excluded": true,
                "id": "string",
                "kqlQuery": "string",
                "name": "string",
                "queryMatch": {
                  "displayField": "string",
                  "displayValue": "string",
                  "field": "string",
                  "operator": "string",
                  "value": "string"
                },
                "type": "default"
              }
            ],
            "enabled": true,
            "excluded": true,
            "id": "string",
            "kqlQuery": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "queryMatch": {
              "displayField": "string",
              "displayValue": "string",
              "field": "string",
              "operator": "string",
              "value": "string"
            },
            "type": "default"
          }
        ],
        "dataViewId": "string",
        "dateRange": {
          "end": "string",
          "start": "string"
        },
        "description": "string",
        "eqlOptions": {
          "eventCategoryField": "string",
          "query": "string",
          "size": "string",
          "tiebreakerField": "string",
          "timestampField": "string"
        },
        "eventType": "string",
        "excludedRowRendererIds": [
          "alert"
        ],
        "favorite": [
          {
            "favoriteDate": 42.0,
            "fullName": "string",
            "userName": "string"
          }
        ],
        "filters": [
          {
            "exists": "string",
            "match_all": "string",
            "meta": {
              "alias": "string",
              "controlledBy": "string",
              "disabled": true,
              "field": "string",
              "formattedValue": "string",
              "index": "string",
              "key": "string",
              "negate": true,
              "params": "string",
              "type": "string",
              "value": "string"
            },
            "missing": "string",
            "query": "string",
            "range": "string",
            "script": "string"
          }
        ],
        "indexNames": [
          "string"
        ],
        "kqlMode": "string",
        "kqlQuery": {
          "filterQuery": {
            "kuery": {
              "expression": "string",
              "kind": "string"
            },
            "serializedQuery": "string"
          }
        },
        "savedQueryId": "string",
        "savedSearchId": "string",
        "sort": {
          "columnId": "string",
          "columnType": "string",
          "sortDirection": "string"
        },
        "status": "active",
        "templateTimelineId": "string",
        "templateTimelineVersion": 42.0,
        "timelineType": "default",
        "title": "string",
        "updated": 42.0,
        "updatedBy": "string",
        "savedObjectId": "string",
        "version": "string",
        "eventIdToNoteIds": [
          {
            "created": 42.0,
            "createdBy": "string",
            "eventId": "string",
            "note": "string",
            "timelineId": "string",
            "updated": 42.0,
            "updatedBy": "string",
            "noteId": "string",
            "version": "string"
          }
        ],
        "noteIds": [
          "string"
        ],
        "notes": [
          {
            "created": 42.0,
            "createdBy": "string",
            "eventId": "string",
            "note": "string",
            "timelineId": "string",
            "updated": 42.0,
            "updatedBy": "string",
            "noteId": "string",
            "version": "string"
          }
        ],
        "pinnedEventIds": [
          "string"
        ],
        "pinnedEventsSaveObject": [
          {
            "created": 42.0,
            "createdBy": "string",
            "eventId": "string",
            "timelineId": "string",
            "updated": 42.0,
            "updatedBy": "string",
            "pinnedEventId": "string",
            "version": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
Response examples (405)
{
  "body": "string",
  "statusCode": 42.0
}