Metric events anomaly detection API - PUT an event

Updates the specified metric event rule.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

PUT
  • Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}
  • SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}
  • Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write configuration (WriteConfig) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

To find all JSON models that depend on the type of the model, refer to JSON models.

Parameter Type Description In Required
id string

The ID of the metric event to be updated.

If you also set the ID in the body, it must match this ID.

 path required
body MetricEvent

The JSON body of the request. Contains updated parameters of the metric event.

 body optional

Body format

The MetricEvent object

The configuration of the metric event.

Element Type Description Required
id string

The ID of the metric event.

 optional
metricId string

The ID of the metric evaluated by the metric event.

 optional
metricSelector string

The metric selector that should be executed.

 optional
name string

The name of the metric event displayed in the UI.

 required
description string

The description of the metric event.

 required
aggregationType string

How the metric data points are aggregated for the evaluation.

The timeseries must support this aggregation.

 optional
severity string

The type of the event to trigger on the threshold violation.

The CUSTOM_ALERT type is not correlated with other alerts. The INFO type does not open a problem.

 optional
enabled boolean

The metric event is enabled (true) or disabled (false).

 required
alertingScope MetricEventAlertingScope[]

Defines the scope of the metric event. Only one filter is allowed per filter type, except for tags, where up to 3 are allowed. The filters are combined by conjunction.

 optional
metricDimensions MetricEventDimensions[]

Defines the dimensions of the metric to alert on. The filters are combined by conjunction.

 optional
monitoringStrategy MetricEventMonitoringStrategy required
primaryDimensionKey string

Defines which dimension key should be used for the alertingScope.

 optional

The MetricEventMonitoringStrategy object

A monitoring strategy for a metric event config.

This is the base version of the monitoring strategy, depending on the type, the actual JSON may contain additional fields.

Element Type Description Required
type string

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

  • STATIC_THRESHOLD -> MetricEventStaticThresholdMonitoringStrategy
  • AUTO_ADAPTIVE_BASELINE -> MetricEventAutoAdaptiveBaselineMonitoringStrategy
 required

The MetricEventDimensions object

A single filter for the metrics dimensions.

This is the base version of the filter, depending on the type, the actual JSON may contain additional fields.

Element Type Description Required
filterType string

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

  • ENTITY -> MetricEventEntityDimensions
  • STRING -> MetricEventStringDimensions
 required
key string

The dimensions key on the metric.

 optional

The MetricEventAlertingScope object

A single filter for the alerting scope.

This is the base version of the filter, depending on the type, the actual JSON may contain additional fields.

Element Type Description Required
filterType string

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

  • ENTITY_ID -> EntityIdAlertingScope
  • MANAGEMENT_ZONE -> ManagementZoneAlertingScope
  • TAG -> TagFilterAlertingScope
  • NAME -> NameAlertingScope
  • CUSTOM_DEVICE_GROUP_NAME -> CustomDeviceGroupNameAlertingScope
  • HOST_GROUP_NAME -> HostGroupNameAlertingScope
  • HOST_NAME -> HostNameAlertingScope
  • PROCESS_GROUP_ID -> ProcessGroupIdAlertingScope
  • PROCESS_GROUP_NAME -> ProcessGroupNameAlertingScope
 required

Response

Response codes

Code Description
201

Success. The new metric event has been created. The response contains the ID of the newly created metric event
204

Success. The metric event has been updated. The response is empty.
400

Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body

The EntityShortRepresentation object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element Type Description
id string

The ID of the Dynatrace entity.
name string

The name of the Dynatrace entity.
description string

A short description of the Dynatrace entity.

Validate payload

We recommend that you validate the payload before submitting it with an actual request. A response code of 204 indicates a valid payload.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST
  • Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}/validator
  • SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}/validator
  • Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/{id}/validator

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Write configuration (WriteConfig) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Response

Response codes

Code Description
204

Validated. The submitted configuration is valid. Response doesn't have a body.
400

Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body

A successful request doesn't return any content.

Example

In this example, the request updates the Low disk space rule we created in the POST request example. It changes the threshold to 4% in 9 out of 10 samples. It restricts the scope of the alert to the HOST-IG-1 host, which has the Dynatrace entity ID of HOST-DE7EB04EB33F3040.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own.

Curl

curl -X PUT \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/1b06b18a-82df-4e18-a4aa-d4543b227734 \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-token abcdefjhij1234567890' \  
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  
  -d '{
  "metricId": "com.dynatrace.builtin:host.disk.freespacepercentage",
  "name": "Low disk space",
  "description": "The available disk space is below 4%",
  "aggregationType": "AVG",
  "eventType": "CUSTOM_ALERT",
  "alertCondition": "BELOW",
  "samples": 10,
  "violatingSamples": 9,
  "dealertingSamples": 10,
  "threshold": 4,
  "entity": "HOST-DE7EB04EB33F3040",
  "enabled": true,
  "tagFilters": []
}
'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/anomalyDetection/metricEvents/1b06b18a-82df-4e18-a4aa-d4543b227734

Request body

Download 
{
  "metricId": "com.dynatrace.builtin:host.disk.freespacepercentage",
  "name": "Low disk space",
  "description": "The available disk space is below 4%",
  "aggregationType": "AVG",
  "eventType": "CUSTOM_ALERT",
  "alertCondition": "BELOW",
  "samples": 10,
  "violatingSamples": 9,
  "dealertingSamples": 10,
  "threshold": 4,
  "entity": "HOST-DE7EB04EB33F3040",
  "enabled": true,
  "tagFilters": []
}

Response code

204

Result

The updated configuration has the following parameters:

Metric event rule - updated