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Delete a fieldset

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Delete a fieldset by UID in Dynatrace with the Grail Fieldsets API, removing the fieldset definition used for field-level access control.

DELETESaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/storage/fieldsets/v1/fieldsets/{fieldsetUid}

Overview

You use the fieldsetUid path parameter to identify the fieldset you want to delete. The operation returns no content and confirms the fieldset was successfully deleted with a 204 response.

Authentication

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

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
fieldsetUidstring

UID of the fieldset

pathRequired

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
204-

fieldset successfully deleted.

404ErrorEnvelope

Not found: the server cannot find the requested fieldset.

5XXErrorEnvelope

Server error.

Response body objects

The ErrorEnvelope object

ElementTypeDescription
errorErrorResponse

The response for error state

The ErrorResponse object

The response for error state

ElementTypeDescription
codeinteger

Error code, which normally matches the HTTP error code.

detailsErrorResponseDetails

Detailed information about the error.

messagestring

A short, clear error message without details

The ErrorResponseDetails object

Detailed information about the error.

ElementTypeDescription
constraintViolationsErrorResponseDetailsConstraintViolations[]

Information about an input parameter that violated some validation rule of the service API.

errorMessagestring

Complete error message.

missingPermissionsstring[]

List of missing IAM permissions necessary to successfully execute the request.

missingScopesstring[]

List of missing IAM scopes necessary to successfully execute the request.

The ErrorResponseDetailsConstraintViolations object

Information about an input parameter that violated some validation rule of the service API.

ElementTypeDescription
messagestring

Message describing the error.

parameterDescriptorstring

Describes the violating parameter.

Response body JSON models

{
"error": {
"message": "Fieldset not found",
"code": 404
}
}
Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace Platform