Datadog · Schema

MonitorUpdateRequest

Request body for updating an existing monitor configuration

AnalyticsDashboardsMonitoringPlatformT1Visualizations

Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The type of the monitor (changing type may reset other settings)
query	string	The updated monitor query expression
name	string	The updated descriptive name for the monitor
message	string	The updated notification message body
tags	array	The updated list of tags to associate with the monitor
options	object
priority	integer	The updated priority level (1 highest to 5 lowest)

View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datadog/refs/heads/main/json-schema/datadog-monitors-monitor-update-request-schema.json",
  "title": "MonitorUpdateRequest",
  "description": "Request body for updating an existing monitor configuration",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of the monitor (changing type may reset other settings)",
      "example": "metric alert"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The updated monitor query expression",
      "example": "avg:system.cpu.user{*}"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The updated descriptive name for the monitor",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The updated notification message body",
      "example": "CPU usage is high on {{host.name}}"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The updated list of tags to associate with the monitor",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "options": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MonitorOptions"
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The updated priority level (1 highest to 5 lowest)",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5,
      "example": 42
    }
  }
}