Synthetic metrics API - POST a metric

Creates a new calculated synthetic metric.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

POST	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/synthetic SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/synthetic

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	CalculatedSyntheticMetric	The JSON body of the request. Contains definition of the new calculated synthetic metric.	body	optional

Request parameters JSON model

The CalculatedSyntheticMetric object

Definition of the calculated synthetic metric.

Element	Type	Description	Required
monitorIdentifier	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the synthetic monitor to which the metric belongs.	required
name	string	The name of the metric, displayed in the UI.	required
metricKey	string	The unique key of the metric. The key must have the `calc:synthetic` prefix.	required
enabled	boolean	The metric is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
metric	string	The type of the synthetic metric. The metric element can hold these values.	required
dimensions	SyntheticMetricDimension[]	A list of metric dimensions.	optional
filter	SyntheticMetricFilter		optional

The SyntheticMetricFilter object

Filter of the calculated synthetic metric.

Element	Type	Description	Required
actionType	string	Only user actions of the specified type are included in the metric calculation. The actionType element can hold these values.	optional
hasError	boolean	The execution status of the monitors to be included in the metric calculation: `true`: Only failed executions are included. `false`: All executions are included.	optional
errorCode	integer	Only executions finished with the specified error code are included in the metric calculation.	optional
event	string	Only the specified browser clickpath event is included in the metric calculation. Specify the Dynatrace entity ID of the event here. You can fetch the list of clickpath events of the monitor with the GET a synthetic monitor request from the Environment API	optional
location	string	Only executions from the specified location are included in the metric calculation. Specify the Dynatrace entity ID of the location here. You can fetch the list of locations the monitor is running from with the GET a synthetic monitor request from the Environment API.	optional

The SyntheticMetricDimension object

Dimension of the calculated synthetic metric.

Element	Type	Description	Required
topX	integer	The number of top values to be calculated.	optional
dimension	string	The dimension of the metric. The dimension element can hold these values.	required

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request. See the Example expandable section for working sample request.

      
  {
  "enabled": true,
  "name": "MyMetric",
  "metricKey": "calc:synthetic.browser.mymetric",
  "metric": "UserActionDuration",
  "monitorIdentifier": "SYNTHETIC_TEST-1234",
  "filter": {
    "event": "SYNTHETIC_TEST_STEP-1234",
    "hasError": true
  },
  "dimensions": [
    {
      "dimension": "Location"
    }
  ]
}

Possible values

Possible values for the actionType element in the SyntheticMetricFilter object:

Custom
Load
Xhr

Possible values for the dimension element in the SyntheticMetricDimension object:

Event
Location
ResourceOrigin

Possible values for the metric element in the CalculatedSyntheticMetric object:

ApplicationCache
Callback
DNSLookup
DOMComplete
DOMContentLoaded
DOMInteractive
FailedRequestsResources
FirstContentfulPaint
FirstInputDelay
FirstInputStart
FirstPaint
HTMLDownloaded
HttpErrors
JavaScriptErrors
LargestContentfulPaint
LoadEventEnd
LoadEventStart
NavigationStart
OnDOMContentLoaded
OnLoad
Processing
RedirectTime
Request
RequestStart
ResourceCount
Response
SecureConnect
SpeedIndex
TCPConnect
TimeToFirstByte
TotalDuration
TransferSize
UserActionDuration
VisuallyComplete

Response format

Response parameters JSON model

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.

    
{
  "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
  "name": "Dynatrace entity",
  "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example\n"
}

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.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

POST	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/synthetic/validator SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/calculatedMetrics/synthetic/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 codes

Code	Description
204	Validated. The submitted calculated synthetic metric is valid. The response doesn't have a body.
400	Failed. The input is invalid.