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# Update accounting account

Update description of an accounting account.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Core platform - Accounting",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "API used to manage the accounting context",
    "contact": {
      "name": "API Support",
      "url": "https://developers.pismo.io/support/"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "Copyright Pismo"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://sandbox.pismolabs.io/accounting",
      "description": "Sandbox API server for testing"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "AccountingAccount": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "description": "Accounting account ID"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Description of the accounting account",
            "maximum": 100
          },
          "account": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Accounting account number",
            "maximum": 50
          },
          "program_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "description": "Program ID"
          },
          "created_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "description": "Date and time when the accounting account was created (ISO 8601)."
          },
          "deactivated_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "description": "Date and time when the accounting account was deactivated (ISO 8601). Filled when the account is deactivated."
          }
        },
        "example": {
          "id": 1,
          "description": "SAMPLE ACCOUNT",
          "account": "123123132-x",
          "program_id": 12,
          "created_at": "2021-10-10T10:10:00.000Z"
        }
      },
      "AccountingAccountPatch": {
        "required": [
          "description"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Description that helps to identify the accounting account",
            "maximum": 100
          }
        },
        "example": {
          "description": "SAMPLE ACCOUNT"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Accounting accounts",
      "description": "Endpoints to manage the accounting plan, which is a set of accounting accounts."
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v1/accounting-accounts/{accountingAccountId}": {
      "patch": {
        "operationId": "UpdateAccountingAccount",
        "summary": "Update accounting account",
        "description": "Update description of an accounting account.",
        "tags": [
          "Accounting accounts"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "accountingAccountId",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int64"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Accounting account ID"
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingAccountPatch"
              }
            }
          },
          "required": true
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "items": {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AccountingAccount"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad request when a provided parameter is invalid."
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Accounting account not found."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```