The Principal Settings API allows admins to manage governance settings for a principal. Use this API to manage settings for a target principal, such as appointing a delegate for governance reviews.
Updates the settings for a principal
targetPrincipalId required | string The |
object Delegates for the principal |
A successful governance principal settings patch response
When governance settings fails as bad request
When authentication fails
When authorization fails
When the requested principal wasn't found
When the rate limit has been exceeded
When there is a server fault due to an unexpected error
{- "delegates": {
- "appointments": [
- {
- "id": "gda123ABCXYZ456DEF",
- "delegate": {
- "type": "OKTA_USER",
- "externalId": "00u2lxfQaw8WRlkQt0g4"
}, - "note": "Johnny Appleseed is on parental leave"
}
]
}
}
{- "delegates": {
- "appointments": [
- {
- "id": "gda123ABCXYZ456DEF",
- "delegate": {
- "type": "OKTA_USER",
- "externalId": "00u2lxfQaw8WRlkQt0g4"
}, - "note": "Johnny Appleseed is on parental leave",
- "created": "2025-08-08T14:15:22Z",
- "createdBy": "00u2lxfQaw8WRlkQt0g4",
- "lastUpdated": "2025-08-28T14:15:22Z",
- "lastUpdatedBy": "00u2lxfQaw8WRlkQt0g4"
}
]
}
}