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Ingest custom metric with time

dcappare — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:44:22 GMT

Hi all,

i need to ingest fake data metric for a little demo.

Is there any approach to insert metric with datetime to build graph line based on my fake date?

Thank a lot for the support

Re: Ingest custom metric with time

dannemca — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:07:08 GMT

Yes, it does. You can use the Metric API v2, for example:

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/metric-ingestion#ingestion-methods

All ingested metrics will have the timeframe based on the time you send the data. You can also include custom data as a dimension too, but Dynatrace will use the timeframe based on the date you sent them.

Re: Ingest custom metric with time

dcappare — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:37:32 GMT

Thanks for your reply but this is the "normal" way and it's necessary schedule with frequency an ingestion of metric. I want insert one shot all data with fake date and obtain the timeseries based on my date.

Thanks again

Re: Ingest custom metric with time

mgome — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:59:14 GMT

The "line protocol" format allows you to ingest multiple data points with timestamps in one request.

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/metrics/metric-ingestion/metric-ingestion-protocol

It looks like the timestamps have to be within <-3600000;+600000> ms of current time like the dynatrace_ingest command.