# ModifyReportDefinition
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Allows you to programmatically update your report preferences.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ReportDefinition": { 
      "AdditionalArtifacts": [ "string" ],
      "AdditionalSchemaElements": [ "string" ],
      "BillingViewArn": "string",
      "Compression": "string",
      "Format": "string",
      "RefreshClosedReports": boolean,
      "ReportName": "string",
      "ReportStatus": { 
         "lastDelivery": "string",
         "lastStatus": "string"
      },
      "ReportVersioning": "string",
      "S3Bucket": "string",
      "S3Prefix": "string",
      "S3Region": "string",
      "TimeUnit": "string"
   },
   "ReportName": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ReportDefinition](#API_cur_ModifyReportDefinition_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-cur_ModifyReportDefinition-request-ReportDefinition"></a>
The definition of Amazon Cost and Usage Report. You can specify the report name, time unit, report format, compression format, S3 bucket, additional artifacts, and schema elements in the definition.   
Type: [ReportDefinition](API_cur_ReportDefinition.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** [ReportName](#API_cur_ModifyReportDefinition_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-cur_ModifyReportDefinition-request-ReportName"></a>
The name of the report that you want to create. The name must be unique, is case sensitive, and can't include spaces.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[0-9A-Za-z!\-_.*\'()]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalErrorException **   
An error on the server occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.    
 ** Message **   
A message to show the detail of the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an Amazon service.    
 ** Message **   
A message to show the detail of the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/cli2/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cur-2017-01-06/ModifyReportDefinition)