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New Relic Event Custom Event Structure

A custom event to record. Must include eventType. All other attributes are user-defined key-value pairs. Attribute names must not start with nr. (reserved). Values can be strings, numbers, or booleans.

Type: object Properties: 2 Required: 1
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CustomEvent is a JSON Structure definition published by New Relic, describing 2 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema meta-schema.

Properties

eventType timestamp

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema

JSON Structure

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{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A custom event to record. Must include eventType. All other attributes are user-defined key-value pairs. Attribute names must not start with nr. (reserved). Values can be strings, numbers, or booleans.",
  "name": "CustomEvent",
  "properties": {
    "eventType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of event. Used as the NRDB event table name. Must match the pattern [a-zA-Z0-9:_ ]+, max 255 characters."
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unix epoch timestamp in seconds. If omitted, the current time is used. Cannot be more than 48 hours in the past or 24 hours in the future."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "eventType"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}