diff --git a/src/nni_manager/common/manager.ts b/src/nni_manager/common/manager.ts
index 1d02a1775d..4deac47387 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/common/manager.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/common/manager.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ type ProfileUpdateType = 'TRIAL_CONCURRENCY' | 'MAX_EXEC_DURATION' | 'SEARCH_SPA
 interface ExperimentParams {
     authorName: string;
     experimentName: string;
+    description?: string;
     trialConcurrency: number;
     maxExecDuration: number; //seconds
     maxTrialNum: number;
     searchSpace: string;
+    trainingServicePlatform: string;
     multiPhase?: boolean;
     tuner: {
         className: string;
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/core/nnimanager.ts b/src/nni_manager/core/nnimanager.ts
index c84688c038..23364d5448 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/core/nnimanager.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/core/nnimanager.ts
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
                 trialConcurrency: 0,
                 maxExecDuration: 0, // unit: second
                 maxTrialNum: 0, // maxTrialNum includes all the submitted trial jobs
+                trainingServicePlatform: '',
                 searchSpace: '',
                 tuner: {
                     className: '',
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/core/test/dataStore.test.ts b/src/nni_manager/core/test/dataStore.test.ts
index 603daa1ac4..d4f5deb394 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/core/test/dataStore.test.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/core/test/dataStore.test.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ describe('Unit test for dataStore', () => {
                 trialConcurrency: 2,
                 maxExecDuration: 10,
                 maxTrialNum: 5,
+                trainingServicePlatform: 'local',
                 searchSpace: `{
                     "dropout_rate": {
                         "_type": "uniform",
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/core/test/nnimanager.test.ts b/src/nni_manager/core/test/nnimanager.test.ts
index 1ca11f69f0..e73e269c2d 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/core/test/nnimanager.test.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/core/test/nnimanager.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe('Unit test for nnimanager', function () {
         trialConcurrency: 2,
         maxExecDuration: 5,
         maxTrialNum: 2,
+        trainingServicePlatform: 'local',
         searchSpace: '{"x":1}',
         tuner: {
             className: 'EvolutionTuner',
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/core/test/sqlDatabase.test.ts b/src/nni_manager/core/test/sqlDatabase.test.ts
index 7a67e98e96..03d1ab5e2a 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/core/test/sqlDatabase.test.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/core/test/sqlDatabase.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const expParams1: ExperimentParams = {
     trialConcurrency: 3,
     maxExecDuration: 100,
     maxTrialNum: 5,
+    trainingServicePlatform: 'local',
     searchSpace: 'SS',
     tuner: {
         className: 'testTuner',
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ const expParams2: ExperimentParams = {
     trialConcurrency: 5,
     maxExecDuration: 1000,
     maxTrialNum: 5,
+    trainingServicePlatform: 'local',
     searchSpace: '',
     tuner: {
         className: 'testTuner',
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/rest_server/restValidationSchemas.ts b/src/nni_manager/rest_server/restValidationSchemas.ts
index 01985cddb2..000ddee6a0 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/rest_server/restValidationSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/rest_server/restValidationSchemas.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ export namespace ValidationSchemas {
     export const STARTEXPERIMENT = {
         body: {
             experimentName: joi.string().required(),
+            description: joi.string(),
             authorName: joi.string(),
             maxTrialNum: joi.number().min(0).required(),
             trialConcurrency: joi.number().min(0).required(),
+            trainingServicePlatform: joi.string(),
             searchSpace: joi.string().required(),
             maxExecDuration: joi.number().min(0).required(),
             multiPhase: joi.boolean(),
diff --git a/src/nni_manager/rest_server/test/mockedNNIManager.ts b/src/nni_manager/rest_server/test/mockedNNIManager.ts
index 5acdd072ce..f93e0165ca 100644
--- a/src/nni_manager/rest_server/test/mockedNNIManager.ts
+++ b/src/nni_manager/rest_server/test/mockedNNIManager.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export class MockedNNIManager extends Manager {
                 trialConcurrency: 2,
                 maxExecDuration: 30,
                 maxTrialNum: 3,
+                trainingServicePlatform: 'local',
                 searchSpace: '{lr: 0.01}',
                 tuner: {
                     className: 'testTuner',
diff --git a/tools/nnicmd/config_schema.py b/tools/nnicmd/config_schema.py
index a4bb503291..ace9621a5a 100644
--- a/tools/nnicmd/config_schema.py
+++ b/tools/nnicmd/config_schema.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 common_schema = {
 'authorName': str,
 'experimentName': str,
+Optional('description'): str,
 'trialConcurrency': And(int, lambda n: 1 <=n <= 999999),
 Optional('maxExecDuration'): Regex(r'^[1-9][0-9]*[s|m|h|d]$'),
 Optional('maxTrialNum'): And(int, lambda x: 1 <= x <= 99999),
diff --git a/tools/nnicmd/launcher.py b/tools/nnicmd/launcher.py
index 1e4bd25f88..a44c263e90 100644
--- a/tools/nnicmd/launcher.py
+++ b/tools/nnicmd/launcher.py
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ def set_experiment(experiment_config, mode, port):
     request_data['maxExecDuration'] = experiment_config['maxExecDuration']
     request_data['maxTrialNum'] = experiment_config['maxTrialNum']
     request_data['searchSpace'] = experiment_config.get('searchSpace')
+    request_data['trainingServicePlatform'] = experiment_config.get('trainingServicePlatform')
+
+    if experiment_config.get('description'):
+        request_data['description'] = experiment_config['description']
     if experiment_config.get('multiPhase'):
         request_data['multiPhase'] = experiment_config.get('multiPhase')
     request_data['tuner'] = experiment_config['tuner']