Updating a Digital Twin Instance

Update a digital twin instance's description, free form tags, defined tags, external key, or a display name for your Internet of Things (IoT).

When you update an existing option applied to a digital twin instance, you change only the value you do not add a new value to the digital twin instance using this update option.

Use the update option to update the value of an existing digital twin instance option.

Use the oci iot digital-twin-instance update command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance. You can update a digital twin instance's description, free form tags, external key, or display name:

Use this command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance's description:
```
oci iot digital-twin-instance update --digital-twin-instance-id <digital-twin-instance-OCID> --description "<updated-digital-twin-description>"
```
Use this command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance's free form tags:
```
oci iot digital-twin-instance update --digital-twin-instance-id <digital-twin-instance-OCID>  --freeform-tags
```
Use this command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance's defined tags:
```
oci iot digital-twin-instance update --digital-twin-instance-id <digital-twin-instance-OCID>  --defined-tags
```
Use this command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance's external key:
```
oci iot digital-twin-instance update --digital-twin-instance-id <digital-twin-instance-OCID> --external-key
```
Use this command and required parameters to update a digital twin instance's display name:
```
oci iot digital-twin-instance update --digital-twin-instance-id <digital-twin-instance-OCID>  --display-name "<updated-display-name>"
```
For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see CLI Command Reference.
Run the UpdateDigitalTwinInstance operation to update a digital twin instance.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Updating a Digital Twin Instance