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Datadog Monitors Monitor Update Request Structure

Request body for updating an existing monitor configuration

Type: object Properties: 7
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MonitorUpdateRequest is a JSON Structure definition published by Datadog, describing 7 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

type query name message tags options priority

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-monitors-monitor-update-request-structure.json",
  "name": "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": "int32",
      "description": "The updated priority level (1 highest to 5 lowest)",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 5,
      "example": 42
    }
  }
}