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Datadog Events Event Attributes Structure

The attributes of an event returned from the Events Explorer

Type: object Properties: 11
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EventAttributes is a JSON Structure definition published by Datadog, describing 11 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

title message timestamp priority host tags alert_type aggregation_key source_type_name status attributes

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datadog/refs/heads/main/json-structure/datadog-events-event-attributes-structure.json",
  "name": "EventAttributes",
  "description": "The attributes of an event returned from the Events Explorer",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event title as displayed in the Events Explorer",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event body text containing details about the event",
      "example": "CPU usage is high on {{host.name}}"
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the event was recorded",
      "example": "2026-04-17T12:00:00Z"
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event priority level",
      "enum": [
        "normal",
        "low"
      ],
      "example": "normal"
    },
    "host": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The hostname associated with this event",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of tags associated with the event in key:value format",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "alert_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The alert type category for visual display",
      "enum": [
        "error",
        "warning",
        "info",
        "success",
        "user_update",
        "recommendation",
        "snapshot"
      ],
      "example": "error"
    },
    "aggregation_key": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The arbitrary string used to group related events into a rollup",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "source_type_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The source technology or integration that generated this event",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event status (active or expired)",
      "example": "OK"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Custom key-value attributes associated with the event",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  }
}