Dashboards API - GET a dashboard

Gets parameters of the specified dashboard.

The request produces an application/json payload.

Early Adopter

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

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

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Read configuration (ReadConfig) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The ID of the required dashboard.	path	required

Response format

Refer to Tile JSON models to find JSON models for each tile type.

Response parameters JSON model

The Dashboard object

Configuration of a dashboard.

Element	Type	Description
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata
id	string	The ID of the dashboard.
dashboardMetadata	DashboardMetadata
tiles	Tile[]	The list of tiles on the dashboard.

The Tile object

Configuration of a tile.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of the tile. See the description of the tileType field.

Element	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the tile.
tileType	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `CUSTOM_CHARTING` -> CustomChartingTile `DTAQL` -> UserSessionQueryTile `MARKDOWN` -> MarkdownTile `HOSTS` -> FilterableEntityTile `APPLICATIONS` -> FilterableEntityTile `SERVICES` -> FilterableEntityTile `DATABASES_OVERVIEW` -> FilterableEntityTile `SYNTHETIC_TESTS` -> FilterableEntityTile `APPLICATION_WORLDMAP` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `RESOURCES` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `THIRD_PARTY_MOST_ACTIVE` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `UEM_CONVERSIONS_PER_GOAL` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `HOST` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `PROCESS_GROUPS_ONE` -> AssignedEntitiesWithMetricTile `SYNTHETIC_SINGLE_WEBCHECK` -> SyntheticSingleWebcheckTile `APPLICATION` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `VIRTUALIZATION` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `AWS` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `SERVICE_VERSATILE` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `SESSION_METRICS` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `USERS` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `UEM_KEY_USER_ACTIONS` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `BOUNCE_RATE` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `UEM_CONVERSIONS_OVERALL` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `UEM_JSERRORS_OVERALL` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `MOBILE_APPLICATION` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `SYNTHETIC_SINGLE_EXT_TEST` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `SYNTHETIC_HTTP_MONITOR` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `DATABASE` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `CUSTOM_APPLICATION` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `APPLICATION_METHOD` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `LOG_ANALYTICS` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `OPENSTACK` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `OPENSTACK_PROJECT` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `OPENSTACK_AV_ZONE` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `DEVICE_APPLICATION_METHOD` -> AssignedEntitiesTile `DEM_KEY_USER_ACTION` -> AssignedEntitiesTile The tileType element can hold these values.
configured	boolean	The tile is configured and ready to use (`true`) or just placed on the dashboard (`false`).
bounds	TileBounds
tileFilter	TileFilter

The TileFilter object

A filter applied to a tile.

It overrides dashboard's filter.

Element	Type	Description
timeframe	string	The default timeframe of the tile.
managementZone	EntityShortRepresentation

The TileBounds object

The position and size of a tile.

Element	Type	Description
top	integer	The vertical distance from the top left corner of the dashboard to the top left corner of the tile, in pixels.
left	integer	The horizontal distance from the top left corner of the dashboard to the top left corner of the tile, in pixels.
width	integer	The width of the tile, in pixels.
height	integer	The height of the tile, in pixels.

The DashboardMetadata object

Parameters of a dashboard.

Element	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the dashboard.
shared	boolean	The dashboard is shared (`true`) or private (`false`).
owner	string	The owner of the dashboard.
sharingDetails	SharingInfo
dashboardFilter	DashboardFilter
tags	string[]	A set of tags assigned to the dashboard.
preset	boolean[]	The dashboard is a preset (`true`)

The DashboardFilter object

Filters, applied to a dashboard.

Element	Type	Description
timeframe	string	The default timeframe of the dashboard.
managementZone	EntityShortRepresentation

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.

The SharingInfo object

Sharing configuration of a dashboard.

Element	Type	Description
linkShared	boolean	If `true`, the dashboard is shared via link and authenticated users with the link can view.
published	boolean	If `true`, the dashboard is published to anyone on this environment.

The ConfigurationMetadata object

Metadata useful for debugging

Element	Type	Description
configurationVersions	integer[]	A Sorted list of the version numbers of the configuration.
clusterVersion	string	Dynatrace server version.

    
{
  "metadata": {
    "configurationVersions": [
      4,
      2
    ],
    "clusterVersion": "Mock version"
  },
  "dashboardMetadata": {
    "name": "Example Dashboard",
    "shared": true,
    "sharingDetails": {
      "linkShared": true,
      "published": false
    },
    "dashboardFilter": {
      "timeframe": "l_72_HOURS",
      "managementZone": {
        "id": "3438779970106539862",
        "name": "Example Management Zone"
      }
    }
  },
  "tiles": [
    {
      "name": "Hosts",
      "tileType": "HEADER",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 0,
        "left": 0,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 38
      },
      "tileFilter": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "Applications",
      "tileType": "HEADER",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 0,
        "left": 304,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 38
      },
      "tileFilter": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "Host health",
      "tileType": "HOSTS",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 38,
        "left": 0,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 304
      },
      "tileFilter": {
        "managementZone": {
          "id": "3438779970106539862",
          "name": "Example Management Zone"
        }
      },
      "chartVisible": true
    },
    {
      "name": "Application health",
      "tileType": "APPLICATIONS",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 38,
        "left": 304,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 304
      },
      "tileFilter": {
        "managementZone": {
          "id": "3438779970106539862",
          "name": "Example Management Zone"
        }
      },
      "chartVisible": true
    }
  ]
}

Possible values

Possible values for the tileType element in the Tile object:

APPLICATION
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATION_METHOD
APPLICATION_WORLDMAP
AWS
BOUNCE_RATE
CUSTOM_APPLICATION
CUSTOM_CHARTING
DATABASE
DATABASES_OVERVIEW
DEM_KEY_USER_ACTION
DEVICE_APPLICATION_METHOD
DTAQL
HOST
HOSTS
LOG_ANALYTICS
MARKDOWN
MOBILE_APPLICATION
OPENSTACK
OPENSTACK_AV_ZONE
OPENSTACK_PROJECT
PROCESS_GROUPS_ONE
RESOURCES
SERVICES
SERVICE_VERSATILE
SESSION_METRICS
SYNTHETIC_HTTP_MONITOR
SYNTHETIC_SINGLE_EXT_TEST
SYNTHETIC_SINGLE_WEBCHECK
SYNTHETIC_TESTS
THIRD_PARTY_MOST_ACTIVE
UEM_CONVERSIONS_OVERALL
UEM_CONVERSIONS_PER_GOAL
UEM_JSERRORS_OVERALL
UEM_KEY_USER_ACTIONS
USERS
VIRTUALIZATION

Example

In this example, the request lists the parameters of the Sample dashboard, which has the ID of 2768e6ca-e199-4433-9e0d-2922aec2099b.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

The dashboard looks like this in the UI:

Sample dashboard

Curl

curl -X GET \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/dashboards/2768e6ca-e199-4433-9e0d-2922aec2099b \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-token abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/dashboards/2768e6ca-e199-4433-9e0d-2922aec2099b

Response body

{
  "metadata": {
    "clusterVersion": "1.166.0.20190311-110828",
    "configurationVersions": [
      2
    ]
  },
  "id": "2768e6ca-e199-4433-9e0d-2922aec2099b",
  "dashboardMetadata": {
    "name": "Sample dashboard",
    "shared": true,
    "owner": "john.smith",
    "sharingDetails": {
      "linkShared": true,
      "published": true
    },
    "dashboardFilter": {
      "timeframe": "l_2_HOURS",
      "managementZone": null
    }
  },
  "tiles": [
    {
      "name": "Host health",
      "tileType": "HOSTS",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 0,
        "left": 304,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 304
      },
      "tileFilter": {
        "managementZone": {
          "id": "9130632296508575249",
          "name": "Easytravel"
        }
      },
      "filterConfig": null,
      "chartVisible": true
    },
    {
      "name": "User behavior",
      "tileType": "SESSION_METRICS",
      "configured": true,
      "bounds": {
        "top": 0,
        "left": 0,
        "width": 304,
        "height": 304
      },
      "tileFilter": {
        "managementZone": null
      },
      "assignedEntities": [
        "APPLICATION-8E41C8C247910758"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200