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Generate a summary of a settings value

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Generate a readable summary of a Dynatrace settings value with the Settings API, for example to preview how the value appears in a list view.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/settings/v1/values/{schema-id}:summarize

Overview

You use the schema-id path parameter to choose the schema and send the schemaVersion and the value to summarize in the request body. A 200 response returns a human-readable summary of the value. Typical usage is previewing how a settings object will appear in list views of your app.

Authentication

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

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
schema-idstring

The ID of the required schema.

pathRequired
bodySettingsObjectSummarize

The JSON body of the request. Contains the settings value to summarize. Must conform to the specified schema.

bodyRequired

Request body objects

The SettingsObjectSummarize object

The settings object to summarize.

ElementTypeDescriptionRequired
schemaVersionstring

The version of the schema on which the object is based.

Optional
valueSettingsValue

The value of the setting.

It defines the actual values of settings' parameters.

The actual content depends on the object's schema.

Required

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.

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.

{
"schemaVersion": "1.0",
"value": {
"autoMonitoring": true
}
}

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
200SettingsObjectSummary

Success.

400--
403--
404--
429--
503--
4XX--
5XX--

Response body objects

The SettingsObjectSummary object

The summary of the provided settings object according to the schema.

ElementTypeDescription
summarystring

A short summary of the settings object. This can contain Markdown and will be escaped accordingly.

searchSummarystring

A searchable summary string of the setting value. Plain text without Markdown.

propertiesobject

The summaries of the child properties by their name.

itemsSettingsObjectSummary[]

The summaries of the items in this property (if this property is a collection).

The SettingsObjectSummary object

The summary of the provided settings object according to the schema.

ElementTypeDescription
summarystring

A short summary of the settings object. This can contain Markdown and will be escaped accordingly.

searchSummarystring

A searchable summary string of the setting value. Plain text without Markdown.

propertiesobject

The summaries of the child properties by their name.

itemsSettingsObjectSummary[]

The summaries of the items in this property (if this property is a collection).

Response body JSON models

{
"summary": "string",
"searchSummary": "string",
"properties": {},
"items": [
{}
]
}
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