Web application metrics API - POST a metric

Creates a new calculated web application metric.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

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

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

Parameter Type Description In Required
body WebApplicationMetric

The JSON body of the request. Contains the descriptor of the new calculated web application metric.

 body optional

Body format

The WebApplicationMetric object

Descriptor of the calculated web application metric.

Element Type Description Required
applicationIdentifier string

The Dynatrace entity ID of the application to which the metric belongs.

 required
name string

The displayed name of the metric.

 required
metricKey string

The unique key of the metric.

The key must have the calc:apps prefix.

 required
enabled boolean

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

 required
metricDefinition WebApplicationMetricDefinition required
dimensions WebApplicationDimensionDefinition[]

A list of metric dimensions.

 optional
userActionFilter UserActionFilter optional

The UserActionFilter object

User actions filter of the calculated web application metric.

Only user actions matching the provided criteria are used for metric calculation.

A user action must match all the criteria.

Element Type Description Required
actionDurationFromMilliseconds integer

Only actions with a duration more than or equal to this value (in milliseconds) are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
actionDurationToMilliseconds integer

Only actions with a duration less than or equal to this value (in milliseconds) are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
loadAction boolean

The status of load actions in the metric calculation:

  • true: Load actions are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
xhrAction boolean

The status of XHR actions in the metric calculation:

  • true: XHR actions are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
xhrRouteChangeAction boolean

The status of route change actions in the metric calculation:

  • true: Route change actions are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
customAction boolean

The status of custom actions in the metric calculation:

  • true: Custom actions are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
apdex string

Only actions with the specified Apdex score are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
domain string

Only user actions coming from the specified domain are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
userActionName string

Only actions with this name are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
realUser boolean

The status of actions coming from real users in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions from real users are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
robot boolean

The status of actions coming from robots in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions from robots are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
synthetic boolean

The status of actions coming from synthetic monitors in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions from synthetic monitors are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
browserFamily string

Only user actions coming from the specified browser family are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
browserType string

Only user actions coming from the specified browser type are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
browserVersion string

Only user actions coming from the specified browser version are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
hasCustomErrors boolean

The custom error status of the actions to be included in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions with custom errors are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
hasAnyError boolean

The error status of the actions to be included in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions that have any errors are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
hasHttpErrors boolean

The request error status of the actions to be included in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions with request errors (HTTP errors, failed images, CSP rule violations) are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
hasJavascriptErrors boolean

The JavaScript error status of the actions to be included in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions with JavaScript errors are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
city string

Only actions of users from this city are included in the metric calculation.

Specify geolocation ID here.

 optional
continent string

Only actions of users from this continent are included in the metric calculation.

Specify geolocation ID here.

 optional
country string

Only actions of users from this country are included in the metric calculation.

Specify geolocation ID here.

 optional
region string

Only actions of users from this region are included in the metric calculation.

Specify geolocation ID here.

 optional
ip string

Only actions coming from this IP address are included in the metric calculation.

The EQUALS operator applies.

 optional
ipV6Traffic boolean

The IPv6 status of the actions to be included in the metric calculation:

  • true: Only actions coming from IPv6 are included.
  • false: All actions are included.
 optional
osFamily string

Only actions coming from this OS family are included in the metric calculation.

Specify the OS ID here.

 optional
osVersion string

Only actions coming from this OS version are included in the metric calculation.

Specify the OS ID here.

 optional
httpErrorCode integer

The HTTP error status code of the actions to be included in the metric calculation.

 optional
httpErrorCodeTo integer

Can be used in combination with httpErrorCode to define a range of error codes that will be included in the metric calculation.

 optional
httpPath string

The request path that has been determined to be the origin of an HTTP error of the actions to be included in the metric calculation.

 optional
customErrorType string

The custom error type of the actions to be included in the metric calculation.

 optional
customErrorName string

The custom error name of the actions to be included in the metric calculation.

 optional
userActionProperties UserActionPropertyFilter[]

Only actions with the specified properties are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
targetViewName string

Only actions on the specified view are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
targetViewNameMatchType string

Specifies the match type of the view name filter, e.g. using Contains or Equals. Defaults to Equals.

 optional
targetViewGroup string

Only actions on the specified group of views are included in the metric calculation.

 optional
targetViewGroupNameMatchType string

Specifies the match type of the view group filter, e.g. using Contains or Equals. Defaults to Equals.

 optional

The UserActionPropertyFilter object

User action property filter.

Element Type Description Required
key string

The key of the action property we're checking.

 optional
value string

Only actions that have this value in the specified property are included in the metric calculation.

Only applicable to string values.

 optional
from number

Only actions that have a value greater than or equal to this are included in the metric calculation.

Only applicable to numerical values.

 optional
to number

Only actions that have a value less than or equal to this are included in the metric calculation.

Only applicable to numerical values.

 optional
matchType string

Specifies the match type of a string filter, e.g. using Contains or Equals.

Only applicable to string values.

 optional

The WebApplicationDimensionDefinition object

Dimension of the calculated web application metrics.

Element Type Description Required
topX integer

The number of top values to be calculated.

 required
dimension string

The dimension of the metric.

 required
propertyKey string

The key of the user action property.

Only applicable for the StringProperty dimension.

 optional

The WebApplicationMetricDefinition object

Definition of the web application metric.

Element Type Description Required
metric string

The type of the web application metric.

 required
propertyKey string

The key of the user action property.

Only applicable for DoubleProperty and LongProperty metrics.

 optional

Response

Response codes

Code Description
201

Success. The metric has been created. Response contains its key and name.
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/calculatedMetrics/rum/validator
  • SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/rum/validator
  • Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/rum/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 metric is valid. The response doesn't have a body.
400

Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body

A successful request doesn't return any content.