Method: organizations.locations.updateSettings

locations.updateSettings updates the PAM Settings resource specified in the request. Updated fields in the settings need to be specified in an update mask. The following fields are not supported for updates: * Settings name * Create time * Update time * Etag

HTTP request

PATCH https://privilegedaccessmanager.googleapis.com/v1beta/{settings.name=organizations/*/locations/*/settings}

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
settings.name

string

Identifier. Name of the settings resource. Possible formats: projects/{project-id|project-number}/locations/{location}/settings folders/{folder-number}/locations/{location}/settings organizations/{organization-number}/locations/{location}/settings

Query parameters

Parameters
updateMask

string (FieldMask format)

Required. The list of fields to update. A field is overwritten if, and only if, it is in the mask. Any immutable fields set in the mask are ignored by the server. Repeated fields and map fields are only allowed in the last position of apaths string and overwrite the existing values. Hence an update to a repeated field or a map should contain the entire list of values. The fields specified in the updateMask are relative to the resource and not to the request. A value of '*' for this field refers to full replacement of the resource.

This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example:"user.displayName,photo".

Request body

The request body contains an instance ofSettings.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofOperation.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

Requires the followingIAM permission on thename resource:

  • privilegedaccessmanager.settings.update

For more information, see theIAM documentation.

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Last updated 2025-09-26 UTC.