Spans Metrics

Manage configuration of span-based metrics for your organization. See Generate Metrics from Spans for more information.

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics

Overview

Get the list of configured span-based metrics with their definitions. This endpoint requires the apm_read permission.

Response

OK

All the available span-based metric objects.

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Field

Type

Description

data

[object]

A list of span-based metric objects.

attributes

object

The object describing a Datadog span-based metric.

compute

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

aggregation_type

enum

The type of aggregation to use. Allowed enum values: count,distribution

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will aggregate on (only used if the aggregation type is a "distribution").

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

id

string

The name of the span-based metric.

type

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "compute": {
          "aggregation_type": "distribution",
          "include_percentiles": false,
          "path": "@duration"
        },
        "filter": {
          "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service"
        },
        "group_by": [
          {
            "path": "resource_name",
            "tag_name": "resource_name"
          }
        ]
      },
      "id": "my.metric",
      "type": "spans_metrics"
    }
  ]
}

Not Authorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

# Get all span-based metrics returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricsAPI.new
p api_instance.list_spans_metrics()

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"

POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics

Overview

Create a metric based on your ingested spans in your organization. Returns the span-based metric object from the request body when the request is successful. This endpoint requires the apm_generate_metrics permission.

Request

Body Data (required)

The definition of the new span-based metric.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

The new span-based metric properties.

attributes [required]

object

The object describing the Datadog span-based metric to create.

compute [required]

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

aggregation_type [required]

enum

The type of aggregation to use. Allowed enum values: count,distribution

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will aggregate on (only used if the aggregation type is a "distribution").

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

default: *

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path [required]

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

id [required]

string

The name of the span-based metric.

type [required]

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "compute": {
        "aggregation_type": "distribution",
        "include_percentiles": false,
        "path": "@duration"
      },
      "filter": {
        "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service"
      },
      "group_by": [
        {
          "path": "resource_name",
          "tag_name": "resource_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "ExampleSpansMetric",
    "type": "spans_metrics"
  }
}

Response

OK

The span-based metric object.

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Field

Type

Description

data

object

The span-based metric properties.

attributes

object

The object describing a Datadog span-based metric.

compute

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

aggregation_type

enum

The type of aggregation to use. Allowed enum values: count,distribution

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will aggregate on (only used if the aggregation type is a "distribution").

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

id

string

The name of the span-based metric.

type

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "compute": {
        "aggregation_type": "distribution",
        "include_percentiles": false,
        "path": "@duration"
      },
      "filter": {
        "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service"
      },
      "group_by": [
        {
          "path": "resource_name",
          "tag_name": "resource_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "my.metric",
    "type": "spans_metrics"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Authorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Conflict

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

# Create a span-based metric returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricsAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricCreateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricCreateData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricCreateAttributes.new({
      compute: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricCompute.new({
        aggregation_type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricComputeAggregationType::DISTRIBUTION,
        include_percentiles: false,
        path: "@duration",
      }),
      filter: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricFilter.new({
        query: "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service",
      }),
      group_by: [
        DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricGroupBy.new({
          path: "resource_name",
          tag_name: "resource_name",
        }),
      ],
    }),
    id: "ExampleSpansMetric",
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricType::SPANS_METRICS,
  }),
})
p api_instance.create_spans_metric(body)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}

Overview

Get a specific span-based metric from your organization. This endpoint requires the apm_read permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

metric_id [required]

string

The name of the span-based metric.

Response

OK

The span-based metric object.

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Field

Type

Description

data

object

The span-based metric properties.

attributes

object

The object describing a Datadog span-based metric.

compute

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

aggregation_type

enum

The type of aggregation to use. Allowed enum values: count,distribution

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will aggregate on (only used if the aggregation type is a "distribution").

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

id

string

The name of the span-based metric.

type

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "compute": {
        "aggregation_type": "distribution",
        "include_percentiles": false,
        "path": "@duration"
      },
      "filter": {
        "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service"
      },
      "group_by": [
        {
          "path": "resource_name",
          "tag_name": "resource_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "my.metric",
    "type": "spans_metrics"
  }
}

Not Authorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

# Get a span-based metric returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricsAPI.new

# there is a valid "spans_metric" in the system
SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID = ENV["SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID"]
p api_instance.get_spans_metric(SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"

PATCH https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}

Overview

Update a specific span-based metric from your organization. Returns the span-based metric object from the request body when the request is successful. This endpoint requires the apm_generate_metrics permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

metric_id [required]

string

The name of the span-based metric.

Request

Body Data (required)

New definition of the span-based metric.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

The new span-based metric properties.

attributes [required]

object

The span-based metric properties that will be updated.

compute

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

default: *

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path [required]

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

type [required]

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "compute": {
        "include_percentiles": false
      },
      "filter": {
        "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service-updated"
      },
      "group_by": [
        {
          "path": "resource_name",
          "tag_name": "resource_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": "spans_metrics"
  }
}

Response

OK

The span-based metric object.

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Field

Type

Description

data

object

The span-based metric properties.

attributes

object

The object describing a Datadog span-based metric.

compute

object

The compute rule to compute the span-based metric.

aggregation_type

enum

The type of aggregation to use. Allowed enum values: count,distribution

include_percentiles

boolean

Toggle to include or exclude percentile aggregations for distribution metrics. Only present when the aggregation_type is distribution.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will aggregate on (only used if the aggregation type is a "distribution").

filter

object

The span-based metric filter. Spans matching this filter will be aggregated in this metric.

query

string

The search query - following the span search syntax.

group_by

[object]

The rules for the group by.

path

string

The path to the value the span-based metric will be aggregated over.

tag_name

string

Eventual name of the tag that gets created. By default, the path attribute is used as the tag name.

id

string

The name of the span-based metric.

type

enum

The type of resource. The value should always be spans_metrics. Allowed enum values: spans_metrics

default: spans_metrics

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "compute": {
        "aggregation_type": "distribution",
        "include_percentiles": false,
        "path": "@duration"
      },
      "filter": {
        "query": "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service"
      },
      "group_by": [
        {
          "path": "resource_name",
          "tag_name": "resource_name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "my.metric",
    "type": "spans_metrics"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Authorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

# Update a span-based metric returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricsAPI.new

# there is a valid "spans_metric" in the system
SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTES_FILTER_QUERY = ENV["SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTES_FILTER_QUERY"]
SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID = ENV["SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricUpdateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricUpdateData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricUpdateAttributes.new({
      compute: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricUpdateCompute.new({
        include_percentiles: false,
      }),
      filter: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricFilter.new({
        query: "@http.status_code:200 service:my-service-updated",
      }),
      group_by: [
        DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricGroupBy.new({
          path: "resource_name",
          tag_name: "resource_name",
        }),
      ],
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricType::SPANS_METRICS,
  }),
})
p api_instance.update_spans_metric(SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID, body)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"

DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}

Overview

Delete a specific span-based metric from your organization. This endpoint requires the apm_generate_metrics permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

metric_id [required]

string

The name of the span-based metric.

Response

OK

Not Authorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

# Delete a span-based metric returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansMetricsAPI.new

# there is a valid "spans_metric" in the system
SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID = ENV["SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID"]
api_instance.delete_spans_metric(SPANS_METRIC_DATA_ID)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"

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