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# Update a Test

> Replace a Test definition within its active Table Pair. Existing Run configurations and Results remain unchanged.

Requires the GV.APIContributor application role, or a higher role (Owner > Contributor > Reader).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/openapi.json put /api/v1/fabric/tests/{resource_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    General Validation's API for Organization administration, Table Pair and
    Test authoring, Runs, and Result metadata. Microsoft Entra bearer tokens
    authorize every call.
  title: General Validation API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.generalvalidation.com
security: []
tags:
  - description: >-
      Customer-owned Fabric references, immutable Runs, and safe Result
      summaries.
    name: Fabric
  - description: Organizations and verified membership.
    name: Organization
  - description: Subscriptions and entitlements.
    name: Billing
paths:
  /api/v1/fabric/tests/{resource_id}:
    put:
      tags:
        - Fabric
      summary: Update a Test
      description: >-
        Replace a Test definition within its active Table Pair. Existing Run
        configurations and Results remain unchanged.


        Requires the GV.APIContributor application role, or a higher role (Owner
        > Contributor > Reader).
      operationId: update_fabric_test
      parameters:
        - description: The Test's ID.
          in: path
          name: resource_id
          required: true
          schema:
            description: The Test's ID.
            format: uuid
            title: Resource Id
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TestDefinition'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FabricTest'
          description: Successful Response
        '401':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: A valid Microsoft Entra bearer token is required.
        '403':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: The authenticated principal does not have the required role.
        '404':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: The resource does not exist in this tenant.
        '409':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: The operation conflicts with current resource or Azure state.
        '422':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: The request is syntactically valid but semantically invalid.
        '429':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: The bounded application request rate was exceeded.
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
              schema:
                minimum: 1
                type: integer
        '503':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V1Problem'
          description: A required dependency is temporarily unavailable.
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
              schema:
                minimum: 1
                type: integer
      security:
        - entraApplication: []
components:
  schemas:
    TestDefinition:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        evidence_limit:
          default: 100
          description: >-
            How many mismatched rows a row or set Test saves to your Results
            Lakehouse. 0 saves none; it never changes the verdict.
          maximum: 10000
          minimum: 0
          title: Evidence Limit
          type: integer
        function:
          description: The validation function. `GET /api/v1/fabric/catalog` lists them.
          enum:
            - COUNT_ROWS
            - COUNT
            - COUNT_DISTINCT
            - MIN
            - MAX
            - AVG
            - SUM
            - VALUE
            - OUTER_VALUE
            - SET_A_IN_B
            - SET_B_IN_A
            - SET_A_EQUALS_B
          title: Function
          type: string
        max_bad_records:
          default: 0
          description: >-
            How many mismatches a row or set Test can have and still pass.
            Aggregate Tests accept only 0.
          maximum: 9007199254740991
          minimum: 0
          title: Max Bad Records
          type: integer
        source_column:
          anyOf:
            - maxLength: 255
              minLength: 1
              pattern: ^[^\x00-\x1f\x7f]+$
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The source column. Omit for `COUNT_ROWS`.
          title: Source Column
        target_column:
          anyOf:
            - maxLength: 255
              minLength: 1
              pattern: ^[^\x00-\x1f\x7f]+$
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The target column. Omit for `COUNT_ROWS`.
          title: Target Column
        tolerance:
          default: 0
          description: >-
            The largest absolute difference that still passes, for aggregate and
            row Tests. 0 requires exact equality; set Tests accept only 0.
          maximum: 1000000000000000
          minimum: 0
          title: Tolerance
          type: number
      required:
        - function
      title: TestDefinition
      type: object
    FabricTest:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        evidence_limit:
          default: 100
          description: >-
            How many mismatched rows a row or set Test saves to your Results
            Lakehouse. 0 saves none; it never changes the verdict.
          maximum: 10000
          minimum: 0
          title: Evidence Limit
          type: integer
        function:
          description: The validation function. `GET /api/v1/fabric/catalog` lists them.
          enum:
            - COUNT_ROWS
            - COUNT
            - COUNT_DISTINCT
            - MIN
            - MAX
            - AVG
            - SUM
            - VALUE
            - OUTER_VALUE
            - SET_A_IN_B
            - SET_B_IN_A
            - SET_A_EQUALS_B
          title: Function
          type: string
        id:
          format: uuid
          title: Id
          type: string
        max_bad_records:
          default: 0
          description: >-
            How many mismatches a row or set Test can have and still pass.
            Aggregate Tests accept only 0.
          maximum: 9007199254740991
          minimum: 0
          title: Max Bad Records
          type: integer
        pair_id:
          description: The Table Pair the Test belongs to.
          format: uuid
          title: Pair Id
          type: string
        source_column:
          anyOf:
            - maxLength: 255
              minLength: 1
              pattern: ^[^\x00-\x1f\x7f]+$
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The source column. Omit for `COUNT_ROWS`.
          title: Source Column
        target_column:
          anyOf:
            - maxLength: 255
              minLength: 1
              pattern: ^[^\x00-\x1f\x7f]+$
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The target column. Omit for `COUNT_ROWS`.
          title: Target Column
        tolerance:
          default: 0
          description: >-
            The largest absolute difference that still passes, for aggregate and
            row Tests. 0 requires exact equality; set Tests accept only 0.
          maximum: 1000000000000000
          minimum: 0
          title: Tolerance
          type: number
      required:
        - function
        - pair_id
        - id
      title: FabricTest
      type: object
    V1Problem:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        code:
          description: >-
            Stable machine-readable error code, such as `precondition.failed`.
            Branch on this value.
          title: Code
          type: string
        detail:
          description: What went wrong in this request, written for a person.
          title: Detail
          type: string
        diagnostics:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          default: null
          description: >-
            Extra details for some errors, such as `fieldErrors` for an invalid
            request or `requiredRole` for a denied one. Absent when there are
            none.
          title: Diagnostics
        instance:
          description: Path of the request that failed.
          title: Instance
          type: string
        requestId:
          description: >-
            This request's ID, also sent in the `X-Request-Id` response header.
            Quote it when you contact support. A request that sends an
            `X-Request-Id` of 1 to 64 letters, digits, or `_.:-` gets that value
            back.
          title: Requestid
          type: string
        status:
          description: The HTTP status code of this response.
          title: Status
          type: integer
        title:
          description: Short summary of the error code.
          title: Title
          type: string
        type:
          description: Link to the documentation page for this error code.
          title: Type
          type: string
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - code
        - detail
        - instance
        - requestId
      title: V1Problem
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    entraApplication:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Microsoft Entra application token issued by the caller's Organization
        tenant for this multitenant API. Request the .default scope and assign
        the application the required GV.APIReader, GV.APIContributor, or
        GV.APIOwner role.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
      x-gv-app-roles:
        - GV.APIReader
        - GV.APIContributor
        - GV.APIOwner
      x-gv-audience: 78d5d8af-9dd6-49dd-b06c-38c3a3c707af
      x-gv-scope: api://78d5d8af-9dd6-49dd-b06c-38c3a3c707af/.default
      x-gv-token-url-template: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token

````

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