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Datadog Events Event Create Attributes Structure

The attributes for a new event to be created

Type: object Properties: 9 Required: 1
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EventCreateAttributes is a JSON Structure definition published by Datadog, describing 9 properties, of which 1 is required. 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

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-create-attributes-structure.json",
  "name": "EventCreateAttributes",
  "description": "The attributes for a new event to be created",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event title displayed in the Events Explorer (max 100 characters)",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event body text with additional details about the event (max 4000 characters)",
      "maxLength": 4000,
      "example": "CPU usage is high on {{host.name}}"
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "int64",
      "description": "Unix timestamp in seconds for when the event occurred; defaults to current time if not specified",
      "example": 42
    },
    "priority": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event priority level for filtering and sorting in the Events Explorer",
      "enum": [
        "normal",
        "low"
      ],
      "default": "normal",
      "example": "normal"
    },
    "host": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The hostname to associate with this event for infrastructure correlation",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of tags to apply to the event in key:value format for filtering",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "alert_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The alert type category for visual display in the Events Explorer",
      "enum": [
        "error",
        "warning",
        "info",
        "success",
        "user_update",
        "recommendation",
        "snapshot"
      ],
      "default": "info",
      "example": "error"
    },
    "aggregation_key": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An arbitrary string used to group related events into a rollup (max 100 characters)",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "source_type_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The source technology or integration that generated this event (e.g., aws, chef, nagios)",
      "example": "Example Monitor"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "title"
  ]
}