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Transfer document ownership

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Transfer document ownership in Dynatrace with the Document API by setting a new owner, and the previous owner loses access to the document.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/document/v1/documents/{id}:transfer-owner

Overview

You provide the document id in the path and the newOwnerId in the request body. The operation transfers ownership to the new user, returns no content, and only the current document owner can perform it.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with document:documents:write scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
bodyTransferOwner

Input required to transfer document ownership.

bodyOptional

Request body objects

The TransferOwner object

Input required to transfer document ownership.

ElementTypeDescriptionRequired
newOwnerIdstring

SSO id of the new owner.

Required

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.

{
"newOwnerId": "string"
}

Response

Response codes

CodeDescription
204

Ownership has been transferred successfully.

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Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace Platform