get exact timestamp in response

[jay-udt]

Hi 

I am trying to get the max value of metric data point using API for last 1 hour. I want the exact timestamp returned in response. But I am always getting the timestamp as to value I framed in query. In the below example I am getting timestamp as 2022-10-11T10:00:00.

https://abc.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/metrics/query?metricSelector=builtin:host.cpu.usage:fold(max):...

response:

"timestamps": [

                        1665462600000

                    ],

                    "values": [

                        100

                    ]

Please help me to overcome this problem

Thanks!

[abbachr · Accepted solution]

The finest resolution that Dynatrace is able to provide is 1 minute. You will not be able to get the exact timestamp in seconds, milliseconds, etc.; because Dynatrace does not store it.

If minute resolution is good enough for you, you can request it by using the resolution parameter: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/api-metrics-v2-get-datapoints#parameters