Add a Dashboard
Overview
You can use LogicMonitor’s REST API to programmatically add dashboards to your account. As with all of our API calls, authentication is required.
Request Information
HTTP Method: POST
URI: /dashboard/dashboards
Request Parameters: You can POST the following properties for all new dashboards.
| Property | Description | Required? | Type |
| groupId | The id of the group the dashboard belongs to. Note that if sharable=false, groupId will be ignored, and the dashboard will be automatically added to a group for the dashboard owner | No. Defaults to 1 (root group) | Integer |
| name | The name of the dashboard | Yes | String |
| description | The description of the dashboard | No. Defaults to a blank string. | String |
| sharable (this property must be spelled “sharable”; “shareable” will not be recognized) |
Whether or not the dashboard is sharable. When true, the dashboard is public. When false, the dashboard is private & group will be set automatically to a group designated to the dashboard owner. | No. Defaults to false. | Boolean |
| owner | This field will be empty unless the dashboard is a private dashboard, in which case the owner will be listed | No. Defaults to the user who adds the dashboard. | String |
| groupName | The name of the group the dashboard belongs to. Note that if sharable=false, groupName will be ignored and the dashboard will be automatically added to a group for the dashboard owner | No. Defaults to the root group. | String |
| useDynamicWidget | Whether or not this will be a dashboard that uses dashboard tokens | No. Defaults to false. | Boolean |
| widgetTokens | If useDynamicWidget=true, this field must at least contain tokens defaultDeviceGroup and defaultServiceGroup, e.g. “widgetTokens”:[{“name”:”defaultDeviceGroup”,”value”:”*”},{“name”:”defaultServiceGroup”,”value”:”*”}] | Only if useDynamicWidget=true | JSON Object |