Timeseries API v1 - DELETE a custom metric
Deletes the specified custom metric. If you delete a metric definition, you lose all of that metric's data, so be careful with deletes.
Built-in metrics can't be deleted.
DELETE |
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Authentication
To execute this request, you need the Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology (DataExport
) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | In | Required |
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timeseriesIdentifier | string |
The ID of the metric to delete. |
path | required |
Response
Response codes
Code | Description |
---|---|
204 | Success. The custom metric has been deleted. |
Response body
A successful request doesn't return any content.
Example
In this example, the request deletes the custom:firewall.connections.dropped custom metric.
The API token is passed in the Authorization header.
Curl
curl -X DELETE \
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/timeseries/custom:firewall.connections.dropped \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token abcdefjhij1234567890'
Request URL
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/timeseries/custom:firewall.connections.dropped
Response code
204