---
type: api
title: Enable an entity resolution rule
description: Enable a managed entity resolution rule in this space.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: securitySolution AND securitySolution-entity-analytics.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-put-security-entity-store-resolution-rules-id-enable
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-put-security-entity-store-resolution-rules-id-enable
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Enable an entity resolution rule

Availability: 9.5+

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `PUT` `/api/security/entity_store/resolution/rules/{id}/enable`

- [Api key auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#apikeyauth)
- [Basic auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#basicauth)

#### Path Parameters

- `id` (string · max: 100)
  The stable identifier of the entity resolution rule.

## Description

Enable a managed entity resolution rule in this space.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: securitySolution AND securitySolution-entity-analytics.

## Responses

#### `200`

Updated entity resolution rule.

#### `404`

Unknown entity resolution rule.

## Code Examples

#### Console

```console
PUT /api/security/entity_store/resolution/rules/{id}/enable
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X PUT "https://{kibana_url}/api/security/entity_store/resolution/rules/{id}/enable" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true"
```

## Response Examples

#### Rule enabled

The related user alias resolution rule was enabled in the current space.

```json
{
  "description": "Related user alias resolution across identity providers",
  "enabled": true,
  "id": "related_user_alias_resolution",
  "kind": "related_user_alias_resolution",
  "managed": true
}
```

#### Unknown rule

The requested entity resolution rule does not exist.

```json
{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Saved object [entity-resolution-rule/unknown] not found",
  "statusCode": 404
}
```