# Changing a standard parameter to an advanced parameter
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Use the following procedure to change an existing standard parameter to an advanced parameter. For information about how to create a new advanced parameter, see [Creating Parameter Store parameters in Systems Manager](sysman-paramstore-su-create.md).

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#### [ Console ]

**To change a standard parameter to an advanced parameter**

1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Parameter Store**.

1. Choose a parameter, and then choose **Edit**.

1. For **Description**, enter information about this parameter.

1. Choose **Advanced**.

1. For **Value**, enter the value of this parameter. Advanced parameters have a maximum value limit of 8 KB.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

You can override the default setting by specifying the parameter tier using the `[PutParameter](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_PutParameter.html)` operation. For example, you might want to share the default AMI value across AWS accounts. The following AWS CLI example explicitly sets the parameter tier to `Advanced` for the `default-ami` parameter in Linux & macOS.

```
aws ssm put-parameter \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --name "default-ami" \
    --type "String" \
    --value "t3.micro" \
    --tier "Advanced"
```

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