# Can we have a feature to completely disable synthetic monitoring while maintenance duration?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-have-a-feature-to-completely-disable-synthetic-monitoring-while-maintenance-duration/21132>\
**Category:** Synthetic Monitoring\
**Tags:** browser-monitors, synthetic-monitoring\
**Created:** [December 31, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-have-a-feature-to-completely-disable-synthetic-monitoring-while-maintenance-duration/21132 "2020-12-31T10:25:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![abbas\_neemuchwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@abbas\_neemuchwa](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/abbas_neemuchwa)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-have-a-feature-to-completely-disable-synthetic-monitoring-while-maintenance-duration/21132/1 "2020-12-31T10:25:26Z")

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While setting up maintenance window for a synthetic monitor, we have 3 feature i.e “DETECT\_PROBLEMS\_AND\_ALERT” , “DETECT\_PROBLEMS\_DONT\_ALERT” , “DONT\_DETECT\_PROBLEMS”. However can one more feature be added as “Do\_No\_Monitor”, where the script is completely disabled and we do not require any kind of logging in to the website?

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**Author:** ![AntonioSousa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/antoniosousa/32/50_2.png) [@AntonioSousa](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonioSousa)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-have-a-feature-to-completely-disable-synthetic-monitoring-while-maintenance-duration/21132/2 "2020-12-31T11:28:12Z")

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At the moment, you can do it through the API, as discussed here:

> **[Automated way to disable synthetic monitors for a particular time period](https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Synthetic-Monitoring/Automated-way-to-disable-synthetic-monitors-for-a-particular/m-p/118874)**
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> Hi Folks, Is there a way we can disable the few selected synthetic monitors for the day of week and also enabled them back? Basically, I'm looking to automate this task. I checked on synthetic API but we need to pass complete synthetic monitor JSON...

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**Author:** ![Tomasz\_Wozniak](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/tomasz_wozniak/32/31321_2.png) [@Tomasz\_Wozniak](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Tomasz_Wozniak)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-have-a-feature-to-completely-disable-synthetic-monitoring-while-maintenance-duration/21132/3 "2021-01-11T07:33:55Z")

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Hi Abbas,

The implementation of the “Maintenance window” feature has already started.  
For now, please use the API to enable/disable chosen monitors.

Regards,

Tomek