Update Case
elastic_security.update_case
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the Elastic Security API with the connection's credentials.
Change a case's status, severity, assignees or text. The version from the last read is required, so a concurrent edit is rejected rather than lost.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- Elastic Security
- Secret shape
- the Kibana API key ("ApiKey <encoded>" or the bare encoded value), or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- kibana_url, space_id, owner
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
11 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case_id Identifier of the case, as returned by Create Case or Search Cases. | string | Yes | — | — | 1b4f9a10-8c2e-11ee-9c3a-0242ac120002 |
version The case's current version token, from Get Case or Search Cases. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
status New lifecycle state for the case. | string | No | — | one of "open", "in-progress", "closed" | — |
severity New severity for the case. | string | No | — | one of "low", "medium", "high", "critical" | — |
title New title for the case, up to 160 characters. | string | No | — | ≤ 160 characters | — |
description New Markdown description, up to 30000 characters. | string | No | — | ≤ 30000 characters | — |
tags Replacement tag list for the case. | array | No | — | array of string | — |
category New category for the case, up to 50 characters. | string | No | — | ≤ 50 characters | — |
assignees Replacement assignee list of user profile uids, at most 10. | array | No | — | ≤ 10 characters; array of string | — |
connector Replacement connector for the case as {id, name, type, fields}. | object | No | — | — | — |
custom_fields Replacement custom field values as {key, type, value} objects. | array | No | — | array of object | — |
- At least one of status, severity, title, description, tags, category, assignees, connector, custom_fields must be set.
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"case_id": "1b4f9a10-8c2e-11ee-9c3a-0242ac120002"
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
cases Every case Elastic returned for the update. | array | — |
count How many cases came back. | number | — |
case The first updated case, or null when none came back. | object | — |
{
"case": {},
"cases": [],
"count": 0
}Notes
- Elastic's update route is a bulk one and answers with an array; the node reports that array and its count rather than implying a single result.
See Update Case run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Elastic Security connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.