Service-level objectives API - POST an SLO

Creates a new service-level objective (SLO).

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/slo`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/slo`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/slo`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with slo.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
body	SloConfigItemDtoImpl	The JSON body of the request. Contains the parameters of the new SLO.	body	required

Request body objects

The `SloConfigItemDtoImpl` object

Element	Type	Description	Required
enabled	boolean	The SLO is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	optional
name	string	The name of the SLO.	optional
description	string	The description of the SLO (optional).	optional
metricName	string	The name for a metric expression	optional
metricExpression	string	The percentage-based metric expression for the calculation of the SLO.	optional
~~useRateMetric~~	boolean	DEPRECATED The type of the metric to use for SLO calculation: `true`: An existing percentage-based metric. `false`: A ratio of two metrics. For a list of available metrics, see Built-in metric page or try the GET metrics API call.	optional
~~metricRate~~	string	DEPRECATED The percentage-based metric for the calculation of the SLO. Required when the useRateMetric is set to `true`.	optional
~~metricNumerator~~	string	DEPRECATED The metric for the count of successes (the numerator in rate calculation). Required when the useRateMetric is set to `false`.	optional
~~metricDenominator~~	string	DEPRECATED The total count metric (the denominator in rate calculation). Required when the useRateMetric is set to `false`.	optional
evaluationType	string	The evaluation type of the SLO. The element can hold these values `AGGREGATE`	optional
filter	string	The entity filter for the SLO evaluation. Use the syntax of entity selector.	optional
target	number	The target value of the SLO.	optional
warning	number	The warning value of the SLO. At warning state the SLO is still fulfilled but is getting close to failure.	optional
errorBudgetBurnRate	SloBurnRateConfig	Error budget burn rate configuration of a service-level objective (SLO).	optional
timeframe	string	The timeframe for the SLO evaluation. Use the syntax of the global timeframe selector.	optional

The `SloBurnRateConfig` object

Error budget burn rate configuration of a service-level objective (SLO).

Element Type Description Required

burnRateVisualizationEnabled

boolean

Element	Type	Description	Required
burnRateVisualizationEnabled	boolean	The error budget burn rate visualization is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`). In case of `false`, no calculated values will be present here.	optional
fastBurnThreshold	number	The threshold between a slow and a fast burn rate.	optional

The error budget burn rate visualization is enabled (true) or disabled (false).

In case of false, no calculated values will be present here.

optional

fastBurnThreshold

number

The threshold between a slow and a fast burn rate.

optional

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

json
{
  "enabled": true,
  "name": "Payment service availability",
  "description": "Rate of successful payments per week",
  "metricName": "payment_service_availability",
  "metricExpression": "(100)*(builtin:service.errors.server.successCount:splitBy())/(builtin:service.requestCount.server:splitBy())",
  "useRateMetric": true,
  "metricRate": "builtin:service.successes.server.rate",
  "metricNumerator": "builtin:service.errors.server.successCount",
  "metricDenominator": "builtin:service.requestCount.server",
  "evaluationType": "AGGREGATE",
  "filter": "type(\"SERVICE\")",
  "target": 95,
  "warning": 97.5,
  "errorBudgetBurnRate": {
    "burnRateVisualizationEnabled": true,
    "fastBurnThreshold": 1.5
  },
  "timeframe": "-1d"
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	-	Success. The new SLO has been created. Response doesn't have a body. The location response header contains the ID of the new SLO.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.
404	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The requested resource doesn't exist.
409	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. Conflicting resource.
500	ErrorEnvelope	Internal server error.