Conditional naming API - POST a new naming rule

Reference

Creates a new conditional naming rule.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/conditionalNaming/{type}`
POST	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/conditionalNaming/{type}`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Refer to JSON models to find all JSON models that depend on the type of the model.

Parameter Type Description In Required

type

string

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
type	string	The type of the rule, defined by the type of Dynatrace entities to which the rule applies. `processGroup` `host` `service`	path	required
body	ConditionalNamingRule	The JSON body of the request. Contains parameters of the new naming rule. Do not specify the id of the rule. The value of the type field must match the type path parameter.	body	optional

The type of the rule, defined by the type of Dynatrace entities to which the rule applies.

processGroup
host
service

path

required

body

ConditionalNamingRule

The JSON body of the request. Contains parameters of the new naming rule.

Do not specify the id of the rule.

The value of the type field must match the type path parameter.

body

optional

Request body objects

The `ConditionalNamingRule` object

The rule for the conditional naming.

Element	Type	Description	Required
displayName	string	The name of the rule	required
enabled	boolean	The rule is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
id	string	The ID of the naming rule.	optional
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata	Metadata useful for debugging	optional
nameFormat	string	The name to be assigned to matching entities. You can use the following placeholders here: `{AwsAutoScalingGroup:Name}` `{AwsAvailabilityZone:Name}` `{AwsElasticLoadBalancer:Name}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:DBName}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:Endpoint}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:Engine}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:InstanceClass}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:Name}` `{AwsRelationalDatabaseService:Port}` `{AzureRegion:Name}` `{AzureScaleSet:Name}` `{AzureVm:Name}` `{CloudFoundryOrganization:Name}` `{CustomDevice:DetectedName}` `{CustomDevice:DnsName}` `{CustomDevice:IpAddress}` `{CustomDevice:Port}` `{DockerContainerGroupInstance:ContainerName}` `{DockerContainerGroupInstance:FullImageName}` `{DockerContainerGroupInstance:ImageVersion}` `{ESXIHost:HardwareModel}` `{ESXIHost:HardwareVendor}` `{ESXIHost:Name}` `{ESXIHost:ProductName}` `{ESXIHost:ProductVersion}` `{Ec2Instance:AmiId}` `{Ec2Instance:BeanstalkEnvironmentName}` `{Ec2Instance:InstanceId}` `{Ec2Instance:InstanceType}` `{Ec2Instance:LocalHostName}` `{Ec2Instance:Name}` `{Ec2Instance:PublicHostName}` `{Ec2Instance:SecurityGroup}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:Id}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:IpAddresses}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:MachineType}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:Name}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:ProjectId}` `{GoogleComputeInstance:Project}` `{Host:AWSNameTag}` `{Host:AixLogicalCpuCount}` `{Host:AzureHostName}` `{Host:AzureSiteName}` `{Host:BoshDeploymentId}` `{Host:BoshInstanceId}` `{Host:BoshInstanceName}` `{Host:BoshName}` `{Host:BoshStemcellVersion}` `{Host:CpuCores}` `{Host:DetectedName}` `{Host:Environment:AppName}` `{Host:Environment:BoshReleaseVersion}` `{Host:Environment:Environment}` `{Host:Environment:Link}` `{Host:Environment:Organization}` `{Host:Environment:Owner}` `{Host:Environment:Support}` `{Host:IpAddress}` `{Host:LogicalCpuCores}` `{Host:OneAgentCustomHostName}` `{Host:OperatingSystemVersion}` `{Host:PaasMemoryLimit}` `{HostGroup:Name}` `{KubernetesCluster:Name}` `{KubernetesNode:DetectedName}` `{OpenstackAvailabilityZone:Name}` `{OpenstackZone:Name}` `{OpenstackComputeNode:Name}` `{OpenstackProject:Name}` `{OpenstackVm:InstanceType}` `{OpenstackVm:Name}` `{OpenstackVm:SecurityGroup}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECRImageAccountId}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECRImageRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECSCluster}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECSContainerName}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECSFamily}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonECSRevision}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonLambdaFunctionName}` `{ProcessGroup:AmazonRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:ApacheConfigPath}` `{ProcessGroup:ApacheSparkMasterIpAddress}` `{ProcessGroup:AspDotNetCoreApplicationPath}` `{ProcessGroup:AspDotNetCoreApplicationPath}` `{ProcessGroup:AzureHostName}` `{ProcessGroup:AzureSiteName}` `{ProcessGroup:CassandraClusterName}` `{ProcessGroup:CatalinaBase}` `{ProcessGroup:CatalinaHome}` `{ProcessGroup:CloudFoundryAppId}` `{ProcessGroup:CloudFoundryAppName}` `{ProcessGroup:CloudFoundryInstanceIndex}` `{ProcessGroup:CloudFoundrySpaceId}` `{ProcessGroup:CloudFoundrySpaceName}` `{ProcessGroup:ColdFusionJvmConfigFile}` `{ProcessGroup:ColdFusionServiceName}` `{ProcessGroup:CommandLineArgs}` `{ProcessGroup:DetectedName}` `{ProcessGroup:DotNetCommandPath}` `{ProcessGroup:DotNetCommand}` `{ProcessGroup:DotNetClusterId}` `{ProcessGroup:DotNetNodeId}` `{ProcessGroup:ElasticsearchClusterName}` `{ProcessGroup:ElasticsearchNodeName}` `{ProcessGroup:EquinoxConfigPath}` `{ProcessGroup:ExeName}` `{ProcessGroup:ExePath}` `{ProcessGroup:GlassFishDomainName}` `{ProcessGroup:GlassFishInstanceName}` `{ProcessGroup:GoogleAppEngineInstance}` `{ProcessGroup:GoogleAppEngineService}` `{ProcessGroup:GoogleCloudProject}` `{ProcessGroup:HybrisBinDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:HybrisConfigDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:HybrisConfigDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:HybrisDataDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMCicsRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMCicsTransactionGateway}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMImsConnectRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMImsControlRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMImsMessageProcessingRegion}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMImsSoapGwName}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMIntegrationNodeName}` `{ProcessGroup:IBMIntegrationServerName}` `{ProcessGroup:IISAppPool}` `{ProcessGroup:IISRoleName}` `{ProcessGroup:JbossHome}` `{ProcessGroup:JbossMode}` `{ProcessGroup:JbossServerName}` `{ProcessGroup:JavaJarFile}` `{ProcessGroup:JavaJarPath}` `{ProcessGroup:JavaMainCLass}` `{ProcessGroup:KubernetesBasePodName}` `{ProcessGroup:KubernetesContainerName}` `{ProcessGroup:KubernetesFullPodName}` `{ProcessGroup:KubernetesNamespace}` `{ProcessGroup:KubernetesPodUid}` `{ProcessGroup:MssqlInstanceName}` `{ProcessGroup:NodeJsAppBaseDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:NodeJsAppName}` `{ProcessGroup:NodeJsScriptName}` `{ProcessGroup:OracleSid}` `{ProcessGroup:PHPScriptPath}` `{ProcessGroup:PHPWorkingDirectory}` `{ProcessGroup:Ports}` `{ProcessGroup:RubyAppRootPath}` `{ProcessGroup:RubyScriptPath}` `{ProcessGroup:SoftwareAGInstallRoot}` `{ProcessGroup:SoftwareAGProductPropertyName}` `{ProcessGroup:SpringBootAppName}` `{ProcessGroup:SpringBootProfileName}` `{ProcessGroup:SpringBootStartupClass}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksAppNodeName}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksAppSpaceName}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksCeAppName}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksCeVersion}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksDomainName}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksEnginePropertyFilePath}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksEnginePropertyFile}` `{ProcessGroup:TIBCOBusinessWorksHome}` `{ProcessGroup:VarnishInstanceName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebLogicClusterName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebLogicDomainName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebLogicHome}` `{ProcessGroup:WebLogicName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebSphereCellName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebSphereClusterName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebSphereNodeName}` `{ProcessGroup:WebSphereServerName}` `{ProcessGroup:ActorSystem}` `{Service:STGServerName}` `{Service:DatabaseHostName}` `{Service:DatabaseName}` `{Service:DatabaseVendor}` `{Service:DetectedName}` `{Service:EndpointPath}` `{Service:EndpointPathGatewayUrl}` `{Service:IIBApplicationName}` `{Service:MessageListenerClassName}` `{Service:Port}` `{Service:PublicDomainName}` `{Service:RemoteEndpoint}` `{Service:RemoteName}` `{Service:WebApplicationId}` `{Service:WebContextRoot}` `{Service:WebServerName}` `{Service:WebServiceNamespace}` `{Service:WebServiceName}` `{VmwareDatacenter:Name}` `{VmwareVm:Name}`	required
rules	EntityRuleEngineCondition[]	A list of matching conditions of the rule. The rule applies only if all conditions are fulfilled.	required
type	string	The type of Dynatrace entities to which the rule applies. `HOST` `PROCESS_GROUP` `SERVICE`	required

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

Metadata useful for debugging

Element	Type	Description	Required
clusterVersion	string	Dynatrace version.	optional
configurationVersions	integer[]	A sorted list of the version numbers of the configuration.	optional
currentConfigurationVersions	string[]	A sorted list of version numbers of the configuration.	optional

The `EntityRuleEngineCondition` object

A condition defines how to execute matching logic for an entity.

Element	Type	Description	Required
comparisonInfo	ComparisonBasic	Defines how the matching is actually performed: what and how are we comparing. The actual set of fields and possible values of the operator field depend on the type of the comparison. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see JSON models.	required
key	ConditionKey	The key to identify the data we're matching. The actual set of fields and possible values depend on the type of the key. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see JSON models.	required

Element

Type

Description

Required

comparisonInfo

ComparisonBasic

Defines how the matching is actually performed: what and how are we comparing.

The actual set of fields and possible values of the operator field depend on the type of the comparison. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see JSON models.

required

key

ConditionKey

The key to identify the data we're matching.

The actual set of fields and possible values depend on the type of the key. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see JSON models.

required

The `ComparisonBasic` object

Defines how the matching is actually performed: what and how are we comparing.

Element	Type	Description	Required
negate	boolean	Reverses the comparison operator. For example it turns the begins with into does not begin with.	required
operator	string	Operator of the comparison. You can reverse it by setting negate to `true`. Possible values depend on the type of the comparison. Find the list of actual models in the description of the type field and check the description of the model you need.	required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `STRING` -> StringComparison `INDEXED_NAME` -> IndexedNameComparison `INDEXED_STRING` -> IndexedStringComparison `INTEGER` -> IntegerComparison `SERVICE_TYPE` -> ServiceTypeComparison `PAAS_TYPE` -> PaasTypeComparison `CLOUD_TYPE` -> CloudTypeComparison `AZURE_SKU` -> AzureSkuComparision `AZURE_COMPUTE_MODE` -> AzureComputeModeComparison `ENTITY_ID` -> EntityIdComparison `SIMPLE_TECH` -> SimpleTechComparison `SIMPLE_HOST_TECH` -> SimpleHostTechComparison `SERVICE_TOPOLOGY` -> ServiceTopologyComparison `DATABASE_TOPOLOGY` -> DatabaseTopologyComparison `OS_TYPE` -> OsTypeComparison `HYPERVISOR_TYPE` -> HypervisorTypeComparision `IP_ADDRESS` -> IpAddressComparison `OS_ARCHITECTURE` -> OsArchitectureComparison `BITNESS` -> BitnessComparision `APPLICATION_TYPE` -> ApplicationTypeComparison `MOBILE_PLATFORM` -> MobilePlatformComparison `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_TYPE` -> CustomApplicationTypeComparison `DCRUM_DECODER_TYPE` -> DcrumDecoderComparison `SYNTHETIC_ENGINE_TYPE` -> SyntheticEngineTypeComparison `TAG` -> TagComparison `INDEXED_TAG` -> IndexedTagComparison `APPLICATION_TYPE` `AZURE_COMPUTE_MODE` `AZURE_SKU` `BITNESS` `CLOUD_TYPE` `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_TYPE` `DATABASE_TOPOLOGY` `DCRUM_DECODER_TYPE` `ENTITY_ID` `HYPERVISOR_TYPE` `INDEXED_NAME` `INDEXED_STRING` `INDEXED_TAG` `INTEGER` `IP_ADDRESS` `MOBILE_PLATFORM` `OS_ARCHITECTURE` `OS_TYPE` `PAAS_TYPE` `SERVICE_TOPOLOGY` `SERVICE_TYPE` `SIMPLE_HOST_TECH` `SIMPLE_TECH` `STRING` `SYNTHETIC_ENGINE_TYPE` `TAG`	required
value	string	The value to compare to.	optional

The `AnyValue` object

A schema representing an arbitrary value type.

The `ConditionKey` object

The key to identify the data we're matching.

The actual set of fields and possible values depend on the type of the key. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see JSON models.

Element	Type	Description	Required
attribute	string	The attribute to be used for comparison. `APPMON_SERVER_NAME` `APPMON_SYSTEM_PROFILE_NAME` `AWS_ACCOUNT_ID` `AWS_ACCOUNT_NAME` `AWS_APPLICATION_LOAD_BALANCER_NAME` `AWS_APPLICATION_LOAD_BALANCER_TAGS` `AWS_AUTO_SCALING_GROUP_NAME` `AWS_AUTO_SCALING_GROUP_TAGS` `AWS_AVAILABILITY_ZONE_NAME` `AWS_CLASSIC_LOAD_BALANCER_FRONTEND_PORTS` `AWS_CLASSIC_LOAD_BALANCER_NAME` `AWS_CLASSIC_LOAD_BALANCER_TAGS` `AWS_NETWORK_LOAD_BALANCER_NAME` `AWS_NETWORK_LOAD_BALANCER_TAGS` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_DB_NAME` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_ENDPOINT` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_ENGINE` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_INSTANCE_CLASS` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_PORT` `AWS_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_SERVICE_TAGS` `AZURE_ENTITY_NAME` `AZURE_ENTITY_TAGS` `AZURE_MGMT_GROUP_NAME` `AZURE_MGMT_GROUP_UUID` `AZURE_REGION_NAME` `AZURE_SCALE_SET_NAME` `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME` `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_UUID` `AZURE_TENANT_NAME` `AZURE_TENANT_UUID` `AZURE_VM_NAME` `BROWSER_MONITOR_NAME` `BROWSER_MONITOR_TAGS` `CLOUD_APPLICATION_LABELS` `CLOUD_APPLICATION_NAME` `CLOUD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACE_LABELS` `CLOUD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACE_NAME` `CLOUD_FOUNDRY_FOUNDATION_NAME` `CLOUD_FOUNDRY_ORG_NAME` `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_NAME` `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_PLATFORM` `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_TAGS` `CUSTOM_APPLICATION_TYPE` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_DETECTED_NAME` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_DNS_ADDRESS` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_GROUP_NAME` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_GROUP_TAGS` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_METADATA` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_NAME` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_PORT` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_TAGS` `CUSTOM_DEVICE_TECHNOLOGY` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_DECODER_TYPE` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_IP_ADDRESS` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_METADATA` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_NAME` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_PORT` `DATA_CENTER_SERVICE_TAGS` `DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME` `DOCKER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME` `DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION` `DOCKER_STRIPPED_IMAGE_NAME` `EC2_INSTANCE_AMI_ID` `EC2_INSTANCE_AWS_INSTANCE_TYPE` `EC2_INSTANCE_AWS_SECURITY_GROUP` `EC2_INSTANCE_BEANSTALK_ENV_NAME` `EC2_INSTANCE_ID` `EC2_INSTANCE_NAME` `EC2_INSTANCE_PRIVATE_HOST_NAME` `EC2_INSTANCE_PUBLIC_HOST_NAME` `EC2_INSTANCE_TAGS` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_DECODER_TYPE` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_IP_ADDRESS` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_METADATA` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_NAME` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_PORT` `ENTERPRISE_APPLICATION_TAGS` `ESXI_HOST_CLUSTER_NAME` `ESXI_HOST_HARDWARE_MODEL` `ESXI_HOST_HARDWARE_VENDOR` `ESXI_HOST_NAME` `ESXI_HOST_PRODUCT_NAME` `ESXI_HOST_PRODUCT_VERSION` `ESXI_HOST_TAGS` `EXTERNAL_MONITOR_ENGINE_DESCRIPTION` `EXTERNAL_MONITOR_ENGINE_NAME` `EXTERNAL_MONITOR_ENGINE_TYPE` `EXTERNAL_MONITOR_NAME` `EXTERNAL_MONITOR_TAGS` `GEOLOCATION_SITE_NAME` `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PLATFORM_ZONE_NAME` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_ID` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_MACHINE_TYPE` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_NAME` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_PROJECT` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_PROJECT_ID` `GOOGLE_COMPUTE_INSTANCE_PUBLIC_IP_ADDRESSES` `HOST_AIX_LOGICAL_CPU_COUNT` `HOST_AIX_SIMULTANEOUS_THREADS` `HOST_AIX_VIRTUAL_CPU_COUNT` `HOST_ARCHITECTURE` `HOST_AWS_NAME_TAG` `HOST_AZURE_COMPUTE_MODE` `HOST_AZURE_SKU` `HOST_AZURE_WEB_APPLICATION_HOST_NAMES` `HOST_AZURE_WEB_APPLICATION_SITE_NAMES` `HOST_BITNESS` `HOST_BOSH_AVAILABILITY_ZONE` `HOST_BOSH_DEPLOYMENT_ID` `HOST_BOSH_INSTANCE_ID` `HOST_BOSH_INSTANCE_NAME` `HOST_BOSH_NAME` `HOST_BOSH_STEMCELL_VERSION` `HOST_CLOUD_TYPE` `HOST_CPU_CORES` `HOST_CUSTOM_METADATA` `HOST_DETECTED_NAME` `HOST_GROUP_ID` `HOST_GROUP_NAME` `HOST_HYPERVISOR_TYPE` `HOST_IP_ADDRESS` `HOST_KUBERNETES_LABELS` `HOST_LOGICAL_CPU_CORES` `HOST_NAME` `HOST_ONEAGENT_CUSTOM_HOST_NAME` `HOST_OS_TYPE` `HOST_OS_VERSION` `HOST_PAAS_MEMORY_LIMIT` `HOST_PAAS_TYPE` `HOST_TAGS` `HOST_TECHNOLOGY` `HTTP_MONITOR_NAME` `HTTP_MONITOR_TAGS` `KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_NAME` `KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME` `KUBERNETES_SERVICE_NAME` `MOBILE_APPLICATION_NAME` `MOBILE_APPLICATION_PLATFORM` `MOBILE_APPLICATION_TAGS` `NAME_OF_COMPUTE_NODE` `NETWORK_AVAILABILITY_MONITOR_NAME` `NETWORK_AVAILABILITY_MONITOR_TAGS` `OPENSTACK_ACCOUNT_NAME` `OPENSTACK_ACCOUNT_PROJECT_NAME` `OPENSTACK_AVAILABILITY_ZONE_NAME` `OPENSTACK_PROJECT_NAME` `OPENSTACK_REGION_NAME` `OPENSTACK_VM_INSTANCE_TYPE` `OPENSTACK_VM_NAME` `OPENSTACK_VM_SECURITY_GROUP` `PROCESS_GROUP_AZURE_HOST_NAME` `PROCESS_GROUP_AZURE_SITE_NAME` `PROCESS_GROUP_CUSTOM_METADATA` `PROCESS_GROUP_DETECTED_NAME` `PROCESS_GROUP_ID` `PROCESS_GROUP_LISTEN_PORT` `PROCESS_GROUP_NAME` `PROCESS_GROUP_PREDEFINED_METADATA` `PROCESS_GROUP_TAGS` `PROCESS_GROUP_TECHNOLOGY` `PROCESS_GROUP_TECHNOLOGY_EDITION` `PROCESS_GROUP_TECHNOLOGY_VERSION` `QUEUE_NAME` `QUEUE_TECHNOLOGY` `QUEUE_VENDOR` `SERVICE_AKKA_ACTOR_SYSTEM` `SERVICE_CTG_SERVICE_NAME` `SERVICE_DATABASE_HOST_NAME` `SERVICE_DATABASE_NAME` `SERVICE_DATABASE_TOPOLOGY` `SERVICE_DATABASE_VENDOR` `SERVICE_DETECTED_NAME` `SERVICE_ESB_APPLICATION_NAME` `SERVICE_IBM_CTG_GATEWAY_URL` `SERVICE_IIB_APPLICATION_NAME` `SERVICE_MESSAGING_LISTENER_CLASS_NAME` `SERVICE_NAME` `SERVICE_PORT` `SERVICE_PUBLIC_DOMAIN_NAME` `SERVICE_REMOTE_ENDPOINT` `SERVICE_REMOTE_SERVICE_NAME` `SERVICE_TAGS` `SERVICE_TECHNOLOGY` `SERVICE_TECHNOLOGY_EDITION` `SERVICE_TECHNOLOGY_VERSION` `SERVICE_TOPOLOGY` `SERVICE_TYPE` `SERVICE_WEB_APPLICATION_ID` `SERVICE_WEB_CONTEXT_ROOT` `SERVICE_WEB_SERVER_ENDPOINT` `SERVICE_WEB_SERVER_NAME` `SERVICE_WEB_SERVICE_NAME` `SERVICE_WEB_SERVICE_NAMESPACE` `VMWARE_DATACENTER_NAME` `VMWARE_VM_NAME` `WEB_APPLICATION_NAME` `WEB_APPLICATION_NAME_PATTERN` `WEB_APPLICATION_TAGS` `WEB_APPLICATION_TYPE`	required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `PROCESS_CUSTOM_METADATA_KEY` -> CustomProcessMetadataConditionKey `HOST_CUSTOM_METADATA_KEY` -> CustomHostMetadataConditionKey `PROCESS_PREDEFINED_METADATA_KEY` -> ProcessMetadataConditionKey `STRING` -> StringConditionKey `STATIC` -> StaticConditionKey `HOST_CUSTOM_METADATA_KEY` `PROCESS_CUSTOM_METADATA_KEY` `PROCESS_PREDEFINED_METADATA_KEY` `STATIC` `STRING`	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.

{
  "displayName": "TestRule",
  "enabled": true,
  "id": "4e88530c-edec-4e31-9cb4-3f2c63abc2b7",
  "nameFormat": "TestNameFormat",
  "rules": [
    {
      "comparisonInfo": {
        "negate": "false",
        "operator": "EQUALS",
        "type": "SIMPLE_TECH",
        "value": {
          "type": "JAVA"
        }
      },
      "key": {
        "attribute": "PROCESS_GROUP_TECHNOLOGY"
      }
    },
    {
      "comparisonInfo": {
        "caseSensitive": true,
        "negate": "false",
        "operator": "CONTAINS",
        "type": "STRING",
        "value": "test"
      },
      "key": {
        "attribute": "PROCESS_GROUP_PREDEFINED_METADATA",
        "dynamicKey": "EXE_NAME",
        "type": "PROCESS_PREDEFINED_METADATA_KEY"
      }
    }
  ],
  "type": "PROCESS_GROUP"
}

Response

The request returns the short representation of the newly created rule.

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	EntityShortRepresentation	Success. The naming rule has been created. The response contains the ID of the new rule
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body objects

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description
description	string	A short description of the Dynatrace entity.
id	string	The ID of the Dynatrace entity.
name	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity.

Response body JSON model

{
  "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example",
  "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
  "name": "Dynatrace entity"
}

Validate payload

We recommend that you validate the payload before submitting it with an actual request. A response code of 204 indicates a valid payload.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/conditionalNaming/{type}/validator`
POST	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/conditionalNaming/{type}/validator`

Authentication

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

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

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204	-	Validated. The submitted configuration is valid. Response doesn't have a body.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.

Conditional naming API - POST a new naming rule

Authentication

Parameters

Request body objects

The ConditionalNamingRule object

The ConfigurationMetadata object

The EntityRuleEngineCondition object

The ComparisonBasic object

The AnyValue object

The ConditionKey object

Request body JSON model

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The EntityShortRepresentation object

Response body JSON model

Validate payload

Authentication

Response

Response codes

Related topics

The `ConditionalNamingRule` object

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

The `EntityRuleEngineCondition` object

The `ComparisonBasic` object

The `AnyValue` object

The `ConditionKey` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object