> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.vanta.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update questionnaire > Update an existing questionnaire. Updates one or more fields of a questionnaire. This endpoint cannot be used to set a questionnaire's status to `APPROVED` or `COMPLETED`. To perform those specific transitions, please use the `approveQuestionnaire` and `completeQuestionnaire` endpoints, respectively. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /reference/manage-vanta.json patch /customer-trust/questionnaires/{questionnaireId} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Manage Vanta version: 1.0.0 description: >- The REST API lets customers query and mutate Vanta's data. Use this API to automate bulk actions, query data for custom workflows and dashboards, and bolster your security operations **Note for Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) customers:** Select `Vanta Gov (FedRAMP)` from the server dropdown to issue requests against `https://api.vanta-gov.com`. The OAuth token URL shown below defaults to the commercial host — replace it with `https://api.vanta-gov.com/oauth/token`. termsOfService: https://www.vanta.com/terms license: name: UNLICENSED contact: name: API Support url: https://help.vanta.com/ email: support@vanta.com servers: - url: https://api.vanta.com/v1 description: Vanta (Commercial) - url: https://api.vanta-gov.com/v1 description: Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) security: [] paths: /customer-trust/questionnaires/{questionnaireId}: patch: tags: - Customer Trust summary: Update questionnaire description: >- Update an existing questionnaire. Updates one or more fields of a questionnaire. This endpoint cannot be used to set a questionnaire's status to `APPROVED` or `COMPLETED`. To perform those specific transitions, please use the `approveQuestionnaire` and `completeQuestionnaire` endpoints, respectively. operationId: UpdateQuestionnaire parameters: - in: path name: questionnaireId required: true schema: type: string requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateQuestionnaireArgs' responses: '200': description: Ok content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerTrustQuestionnaire' examples: Example 1: value: id: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439011 displayName: SOC 2 Security Questionnaire type: SPREADSHEET status: IN_PROGRESS statusLog: [] dueDate: '2024-12-31T00:00:00.000Z' metadata: - key: priority value: high tagAndCategoryIds: [] createdDate: '2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z' updatedDate: '2024-12-14T00:00:00.000Z' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: UpdateQuestionnaireArgs: properties: displayName: type: string description: Display name of the questionnaire dueDate: type: string nullable: true description: >- Due date for questionnaire completion (ISO 8601 string, null to clear) status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SettableQuestionnaireStatus' description: Status transition (limited to settable statuses) ownerAssignment: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateActorAssignment' nullable: true description: Owner assignment as Actor (null to unassign) approverAssignment: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateActorAssignment' nullable: true description: >- Approver assignment as Actor (null to unassign, requires QuestionnaireAutomationAdvanced) metadata: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireMetadata' type: array description: Metadata key-value pairs tagAndCategoryIds: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagInput' type: array description: >- Tags to assign to the questionnaire. Each entry must include a categoryId and tagId. Replaces all existing tags. type: object additionalProperties: false CustomerTrustQuestionnaire: properties: id: type: string displayName: type: string url: type: string type: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerTrustQuestionnaireType' status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireStatus' statusLog: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireStatusChangeEntry' type: array description: |- The status change history log for the questionnaire. Entries are ordered by the most recent status change first. ownerAssignment: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorAssignment' description: The owner assignment in actor form (User or Team). approverAssignment: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorAssignment' description: The approver assignment in actor form (User or Team). customerTrustAccountId: type: string dueDate: type: string format: date-time metadata: items: properties: value: type: string key: type: string required: - value - key type: object type: array tagAndCategoryIds: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagInput' type: array description: >- Tags assigned to this questionnaire. Each entry contains a categoryId and tagId. createdDate: type: string format: date-time updatedDate: type: string format: date-time completedDate: type: string format: date-time required: - id - displayName - type - status - statusLog - tagAndCategoryIds - createdDate - updatedDate type: object additionalProperties: false SettableQuestionnaireStatus: type: string enum: - IN_PROGRESS - IN_REVIEW - READY_FOR_REVIEW - WAITING_ON_ANSWERS - ON_HOLD - NO_LONGER_NEEDED UpdateActorAssignment: description: Actor assignment for setting an owner or approver. properties: type: type: string enum: - User - Team description: 'The type of actor: "User" for an individual user, "Team" for a team.' id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the user or team. required: - type - id type: object additionalProperties: false QuestionnaireMetadata: properties: key: type: string value: type: string required: - key - value type: object additionalProperties: false TagInput: properties: categoryId: type: string tagId: type: string required: - categoryId - tagId type: object additionalProperties: false CustomerTrustQuestionnaireType: type: string enum: - SPREADSHEET - WEBSITE - DOCUMENT QuestionnaireStatus: type: string enum: - APPROVED - IN_PROGRESS - IN_REVIEW - READY_FOR_REVIEW - WAITING_ON_ANSWERS - ON_HOLD - NO_LONGER_NEEDED - COMPLETE - ERROR - EXTRACTING_QUESTIONS - QUEUED_FOR_EXTRACTION - PROCESSING - QUEUED_FOR_PROCESSING - WAITING_ON_COLUMN_SELECTION - WAITING_ON_COLUMN_APPROVAL - QUEUED_FOR_COLUMN_DETECTION - DETECTING_COLUMNS QuestionnaireStatusChangeEntry: properties: updatedBy: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireUser' description: The user who made the status change updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: The date and time when the status was changed status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireStatus' description: The new status of the questionnaire message: type: string nullable: true description: An optional message associated with the status change required: - updatedBy - updatedAt - status - message type: object additionalProperties: false ActorAssignment: properties: type: type: string enum: - User - Team id: type: string displayName: type: string nullable: true required: - type - id - displayName type: object additionalProperties: false QuestionnaireUser: properties: id: type: string displayName: type: string nullable: true email: type: string nullable: true required: - id - displayName - email type: object additionalProperties: false securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ````