Settings API - GET effective values

Lists effective settings values for the specified schemas at the specified scope.

If there are no settings objects available for the specified schema/scope combination, the request returns default values for the settings.

The request produces an application/json payload.

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

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with settings.read scope.

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
schemaIds	string	A list of comma-separated schema IDs to which the requested objects belong. Only considered on load of the first page, when the nextPageKey is not set.	query	optional
scope	string	The scope that the requested objects target. The selection only matches objects directly targeting the specified scope. For example, `environment` will not match objects that target a host within environment. To load the first page, when the nextPageKey is not set, this parameter is required.	query	optional
fields	string	A list of fields to be included to the response. The provided set of fields replaces the default set. Specify the required top-level fields, separated by commas (for example, `origin,value`). Supported fields: `summary`, `searchSummary`, `created`, `modified`, `author`, `origin`, `schemaId`, `schemaVersion`, `value`, `externalId`.	query	optional
nextPageKey	string	The cursor for the next page of results. You can find it in the nextPageKey field of the previous response. The first page is always returned if you don't specify the nextPageKey query parameter. When the nextPageKey is set to obtain subsequent pages, you must omit all other query parameters.	query	optional
pageSize	integer	The amount of settings objects in a single response payload. The maximal allowed page size is 500. If not set, 100 is used.	query	optional

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	EffectiveSettingsValuesList	Success
404	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The specified schema or scope is not found.

Response body objects

The `EffectiveSettingsValuesList` object

A list of effective settings values.

Element	Type	Description
items	EffectiveSettingsValue[]	A list of effective settings values.
pageSize	integer	The number of entries per page.
totalCount	integer	The total number of entries in the result.
nextPageKey	string	The cursor for the next page of results. Has the value of `null` on the last page. Use it in the nextPageKey query parameter to obtain subsequent pages of the result.

The `EffectiveSettingsValue` object

An effective settings value.

Element	Type	Description
modified	integer	The timestamp of the last modification.
author	string	The user (identified by a user ID or a public token ID) who performed that most recent modification.
externalId	string	The external identifier of the settings object.
origin	string	The origin of the settings value.
created	integer	The timestamp of the creation.
schemaId	string	The schema on which the object is based.
value	SettingsValue	The value of the setting. It defines the actual values of settings' parameters. The actual content depends on the object's schema.
schemaVersion	string	The version of the schema on which the object is based.
searchSummary	string	A searchable summary string of the setting value. Plain text without Markdown.
summary	string	A short summary of settings. This can contain Markdown and will be escaped accordingly.

The `SettingsValue` object

The value of the setting.

It defines the actual values of settings' parameters.

The actual content depends on the object's schema.

The object doesn't provide any parameters.

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "modified": 1,
      "author": "john.doe@example.com",
      "externalId": "string",
      "origin": "HOST-D3A3C5A146830A79",
      "created": 1,
      "schemaId": "builtin:container.built-in-monitoring-rule",
      "value": {
        "autoMonitoring": true
      },
      "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
      "searchSummary": "string",
      "summary": "string"
    }
  ],
  "pageSize": 1,
  "totalCount": 1,
  "nextPageKey": "AQAAABQBAAAABQ=="
}