Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog . Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.

Method: projects.locations.entryGroups.patch

Updates an entry group.

You must enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the entryGroup.name parameter. For more information, see Data Catalog resource project .

HTTP request

PATCH https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{entryGroup.name}

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`entryGroup.name`	`string` Identifier. The resource name of the entry group in URL format. Note: The entry group itself and its child resources might not be stored in the location specified in its name. It takes the form `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}` .

entryGroup.name

string

Identifier. The resource name of the entry group in URL format.

Note: The entry group itself and its child resources might not be stored in the location specified in its name. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup} .

Query parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`updateMask`	`string ( FieldMask format)` Names of fields whose values to overwrite on an entry group. If this parameter is absent or empty, all modifiable fields are overwritten. If such fields are non-required and omitted in the request body, their values are emptied. This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: `"user.displayName,photo"` .

updateMask

string ( FieldMask format)

Names of fields whose values to overwrite on an entry group.

If this parameter is absent or empty, all modifiable fields are overwritten. If such fields are non-required and omitted in the request body, their values are emptied.

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

Request body

The request body contains an instance of EntryGroup .

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of EntryGroup .

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

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

For more information, see the Authentication Overview .