Update model snapshots API

Updates certain properties of a snapshot.

Request

POST _ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/model_snapshots/<snapshot_id>/_update

Prerequisites

• If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_ml or manage cluster privileges to use this API. See Security privileges and Machine learning security privileges.

Path parameters

<job_id>

(Required, string) Identifier for the anomaly detection job.

<snapshot_id>

(Required, string) A numerical character string that uniquely identifies the model snapshot.

Request body

The following properties can be updated after the model snapshot is created:

description

(Optional, string) A description of the model snapshot.

retain

(Optional, boolean) If true, this snapshot will not be deleted during automatic cleanup of snapshots older than model_snapshot_retention_days. However, this snapshot will be deleted when the job is deleted. The default value is false.

Examples

POST
_ml/anomaly_detectors/it_ops_new_logs/model_snapshots/1491852978/_update
{
  "description": "Snapshot 1",
  "retain": true
}

When the snapshot is updated, you receive the following results:

{
  "acknowledged": true,
  "model": {
    "job_id": "it_ops_new_logs",
    "timestamp": 1491852978000,
    "description": "Snapshot 1",
...
    "retain": true
  }
}