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Note that changes to a segment may take some time to propagate to all identities, and that segments will have no effect if segmentation is not enabled for your org. A token with ORG_ADMIN or API authority is required to call this API.
Path Parameters
Request Body array required
A list of Segment update operations according to the [JSON Patch](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902) standard. The following fields are patchable: * name * description * owner * visibilityCriteria * active
Indicates the PATCH operation succeeded, and returns the Segment's new representation.
Schema
    owner object
    The owner of this object.
    visibilityCriteria object
    expression object
    value object
    children object[]
    List of expressions
Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Unauthorized - Returned if there is no authorization header, or if the JWT token is expired.
Schema
Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Not Found - returned if the request URL refers to a resource or object that does not exist
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Too Many Requests - Returned in response to too many requests in a given period of time - rate limited. The Retry-After header in the response includes how long to wait before trying again.
Schema
Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field