Settings API - GET a schema

Gets parameters of the specified settings schema.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GETSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/settings/schemas/{schemaId}
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/settings/schemas/{schemaId}

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
schemaId
string

The ID of the required schema.

path
required
schemaVersion
string

The version of the required schema.

If not set, the most recent version is returned.

query
optional

Response

Response codes

Code
Type
Description
403

Failed. Forbidden.

404

Failed. The specified schema doesn't exist.

4XX

Client side error.

5XX

Server side error.

Response body objects

The SchemaDefinitionRestDto object

Element
Type
Description
allowedScopes
string[]

A list of scopes where the schema can be used.

constraints

A list of constrains limiting the values to be accepted by the schema.

deletionConstraints

Constraints limiting the values to be deleted.

description
string

A short description of the schema.

displayName
string

The display name of the schema.

documentation
string

An extended description of the schema and/or links to documentation.

dynatrace
string

The version of the data format.

enums
object

A list of definitions of enum properties.

keyProperty
string

Name of the key property in this schema.

maxObjects
integer

The maximum amount of objects per scope.

Only applicable when multiObject is set to true.

metadata
object

Metadata of the setting.

multiObject
boolean

Multiple (true) objects per scope are permitted or a single (false) object per scope is permitted.

ordered
boolean

If true the order of objects has semantic significance.

Only applicable when multiObject is set to true.

properties
object

A list of schema's properties.

schemaConstraints

Constraints limiting the values as a whole to be accepted in this configuration element.

schemaGroups
string[]

Names of the groups, which the schema belongs to.

schemaId
string

The ID of the schema.

tableColumns
object

Table column definitions for use in the ui.

types
object

A list of definitions of types.

A type is a complex property that contains its own set of subproperties.

uiCustomization

Customization for UI elements

version
string

The version of the schema.

The ComplexConstraint object

A constraint on the values accepted for a complex settings property.

Element
Type
Description
checkAllProperties
boolean

Defines if modification of any property triggers secret resubmission check.

customMessage
string

A custom message for invalid values.

customValidatorId
string

The ID of a custom validator.

maximumPropertyCount
integer

The maximum number of properties that can be set.

minimumPropertyCount
integer

The minimum number of properties that must be set.

properties
string[]

A list of properties (defined by IDs) that are used to check the constraint.

skipAsyncValidation
boolean

Whether to skip validation on a change made from the UI.

type
string

The type of the constraint.

  • CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF
  • GREATER_THAN
  • GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL
  • LESS_THAN
  • LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL
  • PROPERTY_COUNT_RANGE
  • SECRET_RESUBMISSION
  • UNKNOWN

The DeletionConstraint object

A constraint on the values that are going to be deleted.

Element
Type
Description
customMessage
string

A custom message for invalid values.

customValidatorId
string

The ID of a custom validator.

The EnumType object

Definition of an enum property.

Element
Type
Description
description
string

A short description of the property.

displayName
string

The display name of the property.

documentation
string

An extended description and/or links to documentation.

enumClass
string

An existing Java enum class that holds the allowed values of the enum.

items

A list of allowed values of the enum.

type
string

The type of the property.

  • enum

The EnumValue object

An allowed value for an enum property.

Element
Type
Description
description
string

A short description of the value.

displayName
string

The display name of the value.

enumInstance
string

The name of the value in an existing Java enum class.

icon
string

The icon of the value.

value
string

The allowed value of the enum.

The AnyValue object

A schema representing an arbitrary value type.

The PropertyDefinition object

Configuration of a property in a settings schema.

Element
Type
Description
constraints

A list of constraints limiting the values to be accepted.

datasource

Configuration of a datasource for a property.

default
string

The default value to be used when no value is provided.

If a non-singleton has the value of null, it means an empty collection.

description
string

A short description of the property.

displayName
string

The display name of the property.

documentation
string

An extended description and/or links to documentation.

forceSecretResubmission
boolean

Defines if value is allowed to be modified when secret properties are not

items

An item of a collection property.

maxObjects
integer

The maximum number of objects in a collection property.

Has the value of 1 for singletons.

metadata
object

Metadata of the property.

migrationPattern
string

Pattern with references to properties to create a new value.

minObjects
integer

The minimum number of objects in a collection property.

modificationPolicy
string

Modification policy of the property.

  • ALWAYS
  • DEFAULT
  • NEVER
nullable
boolean

The value can (true) or can't (false) be null.

precondition

A precondition for visibility of a property.

referencedType
string

The type referenced by the property value

subType
string

The subtype of the property's value.

type
string

The type of the property's value.

uiCustomization

Customization for UI elements

The Constraint object

A constraint on the values accepted for a settings property.

Element
Type
Description
customMessage
string

A custom message for invalid values.

customValidatorId
string

The ID of a custom validator.

maxLength
integer

The maximum allowed length of string values.

maximum
number

The maximum allowed value.

minLength
integer

The minimum required length of string values.

minimum
number

The minimum allowed value.

pattern
string

The regular expression pattern for valid string values.

skipAsyncValidation
boolean

Whether to skip validation on a change made from the UI.

type
string

The type of the constraint.

  • CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF
  • LENGTH
  • NOT_BLANK
  • NOT_EMPTY
  • NO_WHITESPACE
  • PATTERN
  • RANGE
  • REGEX
  • TRIMMED
  • UNIQUE
  • UNKNOWN
uniqueProperties
string[]

A list of properties for which the combination of values must be unique.

The DatasourceDefinition object

Configuration of a datasource for a property.

Element
Type
Description
filterProperties
string[]

The properties to filter the datasource options on.

fullContext
boolean

Whether this datasource expects full setting payload as the context.

identifier
string

The identifier of a custom data source of the property's value.

resetValue
string

When to reset datasource value in the UI on filter change.

  • ALWAYS
  • INVALID_ONLY
  • NEVER
useApiSearch
boolean

If true, the datasource should use the api to filter the results instead of client-side filtering.

validate
boolean

Whether to validate input to only allow values returned by the datasource.

The Item object

An item of a collection property.

Element
Type
Description
constraints

A list of constraints limiting the values to be accepted.

datasource

Configuration of a datasource for a property.

description
string

A short description of the item.

displayName
string

The display name of the item.

documentation
string

An extended description and/or links to documentation.

metadata
object

Metadata of the items.

referencedType
string

The type referenced by the item's value.

subType
string

The subtype of the item's value.

type
string

The type of the item's value.

uiCustomization

Customization for UI elements

The UiCustomization object

Customization for UI elements

Element
Type
Description
callback

UI customization options for defining custom callbacks

expandable

UI customization for expandable section

table

Customization for UI tables

tabs

UI customization for tabs

The UiCallbackCustomization object

UI customization options for defining custom callbacks

Element
Type
Description
buttons

UI customization for defining buttons that call functions when pressed

The UiButtonCustomization object

UI customization for defining a button that calls a function when pressed

Element
Type
Description
description
string

The description to be shown in a tooltip when hovering over the button

displayName
string

The label of the button

identifier
string

The identifier of the function to be called when the button is pressed

insert
string

The position where the button should be shown in the UI

  • FIRST
  • LAST

The UiExpandableCustomization object

UI customization for expandable section

Element
Type
Description
displayName
string

The display name

expanded
boolean

Defines if the item should be expanded by default

sections

A list of sections

The UiExpandableSectionCustomization object

Expandable section customization for UI

Element
Type
Description
description
string

The description

displayName
string

The display name

expanded
boolean

Defines if the section should be expanded by default

properties
string[]

A list of properties

The UiTableCustomization object

Customization for UI tables

Element
Type
Description
columns

A list of columns for the UI table

emptyState

UI customization for empty state in a table

The UiTableColumnCustomization object

Customization for UI table columns

Element
Type
Description
builtinColumnRef
string

The ui specific builtin column-implementation for this column.

columnRef
string

The referenced column from the 'tableColumns' property of the schema for this column.

displayName
string

The display name for this column.

id
string

The id for this column used for filtering. Required for conflicting or pathed columns - otherwise the ref is used.

items

The possible items of this column.

propertyRef
string

The referenced property for this column.

type
string

The ui specific type for this column.

width
string

The width this column should take up on the table.

The UiTableColumnItemCustomization object

Customization for UI table column items

Element
Type
Description
displayName
string

The display name of this item.

icon
string

The icon of this item.

value
string

The value of this item.

The UiEmptyStateCustomization object

UI customization for empty state in a table

Element
Type
Description
text
string

The text to be shown in the empty state

The UiTabsCustomization object

UI customization for tabs

Element
Type
Description
groups

A list of groups

The UiTabGroupCustomization object

Tab group customization for UI

Element
Type
Description
description
string

The description

displayName
string

The display name

properties
string[]

A list of properties

The Precondition object

A precondition for visibility of a property.

Element
Type
Description
expectedValue
string

The expected value of the property.

Only applicable to properties of the EQUALS type.

expectedValues
-

A list of valid values of the property.

Only applicable to properties of the IN type.

pattern
string

The Regular expression which is matched against the property.

Only applicable to properties of the REGEX_MATCH type.

precondition

A precondition for visibility of a property.

preconditions

A list of child preconditions to be evaluated.

Only applicable to properties of the AND and OR types.

property
string

The property to be evaluated.

type
string

The type of the precondition.

  • AND
  • EQUALS
  • IN
  • NOT
  • NULL
  • OR
  • REGEX_MATCH

The SchemaConstraintRestDto object

Element
Type
Description
customMessage
string

A custom message for invalid values.

customValidatorId
string

The ID of a custom validator.

skipAsyncValidation
boolean

Whether to skip validation on a change made from the UI.

type
string

The type of the schema constraint.

  • CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF
  • MULTI_SCOPE_CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF
  • MULTI_SCOPE_UNIQUE
  • UNIQUE
  • UNKNOWN
uniqueProperties
string[]

The list of properties for which the combination of values needs to be unique

The TableColumn object

The definition of a table column to be used in the ui.

Element
Type
Description
pattern
string

Pattern with references to properties to create a single value for the column.

The SchemaType object

A list of definitions of types.

A type is a complex property that contains its own set of subproperties.

Element
Type
Description
constraints

A list of constraints limiting the values to be accepted.

description
string

A short description of the property.

displayName
string

The display name of the property.

documentation
string

An extended description and/or links to documentation.

properties
object

Definition of properties that can be persisted.

searchPattern
string

The pattern for the summary search(for example, "Alert after X minutes.") of the configuration in the UI.

summaryPattern
string

The pattern for the summary (for example, "Alert after X minutes.") of the configuration in the UI.

type
string

Type of the reference type.

  • object
version
string

The version of the type.

versionInfo
string

A short description of the version.

Response body JSON model

{
"allowedScopes": [
"host",
"application"
],
"constraints": [
{
"checkAllProperties": false,
"customMessage": "string",
"customValidatorId": "my-min-max",
"maximumPropertyCount": 2,
"minimumPropertyCount": 1,
"properties": [
"string"
],
"skipAsyncValidation": false,
"type": "CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF"
}
],
"deletionConstraints": [
{
"customMessage": "string",
"customValidatorId": "my-min-max"
}
],
"description": "Dynatrace disables monitoring of containers that do not run any applications",
"displayName": "Built-in container monitoring rules",
"documentation": "string",
"dynatrace": "1",
"enums": {},
"keyProperty": "keyProperty",
"maxObjects": 10,
"metadata": {},
"multiObject": true,
"ordered": true,
"properties": {},
"schemaConstraints": [
{
"customMessage": "string",
"customValidatorId": "my-min-max",
"skipAsyncValidation": false,
"type": "CUSTOM_VALIDATOR_REF",
"uniqueProperties": [
"my-prop-1",
"my-prop-2"
]
}
],
"schemaGroups": [
"group:some.1",
"group:some.2"
],
"schemaId": "builtin:container.built-in-monitoring-rule",
"tableColumns": {},
"types": {},
"uiCustomization": {
"callback": {
"buttons": [
{
"description": "string",
"displayName": "string",
"identifier": "string",
"insert": "FIRST"
}
]
},
"expandable": {
"displayName": "string",
"expanded": true,
"sections": [
{
"description": "string",
"displayName": "string",
"expanded": true,
"properties": [
"string"
]
}
]
},
"table": {
"columns": [
{
"builtinColumnRef": "summary",
"columnRef": "myCustomColumn",
"displayName": "Color",
"id": "color",
"items": [
{
"displayName": "Active",
"icon": "CRITICAL",
"value": "ACTIVE"
}
],
"propertyRef": "apiColor",
"type": "cell-color-picker",
"width": "10%"
}
],
"emptyState": {
"text": "string"
}
},
"tabs": {
"groups": [
{
"description": "string",
"displayName": "string",
"properties": [
"string"
]
}
]
}
},
"version": "1.4.2"
}