UpdateQualificationType

The UpdateQualificationType operation modifies the attributes of an existing Qualification type, which is represented by a QualificationType data structure. Only the owner of a Qualification type can modify its attributes.

Most attributes of a Qualification type can be changed after the type has been created. However, the Name and Keywords fields cannot be modified. The RetryDelayInSeconds parameter can be modified or added to change the delay or to enable retries, but RetryDelayInSeconds cannot be used to disable retries.

Each Qualification type name must be unique across all of your Qualification types. If you want to reuse the name of an existing Qualification type, you must first dispose of the existing Qualification type using DisposeQualificationType and then create a new Qualification type with the name of the disposed type using CreateQualificationType.

If you want to disable retries, you must dispose of the existing retry-enabled Qualification type using DisposeQualificationType and then create a new Qualification type with retries disabled using CreateQualificationType.

You can use this operation to update the test for a Qualification type. The test is updated based on the values specified for the Test, TestDurationInSeconds and AnswerKey parameters. All three parameters specify the updated test. If you are updating the test for a type, you must specify the Test and TestDurationInSeconds parameters. The AnswerKey parameter is optional; omitting it specifies that the updated test does not have an answer key.

If you omit the Test parameter, the test for the Qualification type is unchanged. There is no way to remove a test from a Qualification type that has one. If the type already has a test, you cannot update it to be AutoGranted. If the Qualification type does not have a test and one is provided by an update, the type will henceforth have a test.

If you want to update the test duration or answer key for an existing test without changing the questions, you must specify a Test parameter with the original questions, along with the updated values.

If you provide an AnswerKey parameter, Amazon Mechanical Turk processes requests for the Qualification automatically, and assigns the Worker a Qualification with a value calculated from the AnswerKey and the answers submitted by the Worker.

If you provide an updated Test but no AnswerKey, the new test will not have an answer key. Requests for such Qualifications must be granted manually.

You can also update the AutoGranted and AutoGrantedValue attributes of the Qualification type.

The UpdateQualificationType operation accepts parameters common to all operations. Some common parameters are required. See Common Parameters for more information.

The following parameters are specific to the UpdateQualificationType operation:

A successful request for the UpdateQualificationType operation has a QualificationType element in the response, as described in the following table:

The following example shows how to use the UpdateQualificationType operation.

https://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
&AWSAccessKeyId=[the Requester's Access Key ID]
&Version=2012-03-25
&Operation=UpdateQualificationType
&Signature=[signature for this request]
&Timestamp=[your system's local time]
&QualificationTypeId=789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE
&QualificationTypeStatus=Inactive
         

<UpdateQualificationTypeResult>
  <Request>
    <IsValid>True</IsValid>
  </Request>
  <QualificationType>
    <QualificationTypeId>789RVWYBAZW00EXAMPLE</QualificationTypeId>
    <CreationTime>2009-06-15T12:00:01Z</CreationTime>
    <Name>EnglishWritingAbility</Name>
    <Description>The ability to write and edit text...</Description>
    <Keywords>English, text, write, edit, language</Keywords>
    <QualificationTypeStatus>Active</QualificationTypeStatus>
    <RetryDelayInSeconds>86400</RetryDelayInSeconds>
    <IsRequestable>true</IsRequestable>
  </QualificationType>
</UpdateQualificationTypeResult>