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About the Datasource Instance Resource

You can use LogicMonitor’s REST API to programmatically manage the datasource instances for a particular device.  Note that instances can only be added, deleted & updated via API if Active Discovery is disabled for the datasource.

Using LogicMonitor’s REST API, you can:

Note: As with all of our API calls, authentication is required.

 

Resource URI:

/device/devices/{deviceId}/devicedatasources/{deviceDatasourceId}/instances

 

Resource Properties:

All datasources have the following properties:

Property

Description

Type
id The Id of the datasource instance Integer
dataSourceId The id of the datasource definition that the instance represents Integer
deviceDataSourceId The id of the unique device-datasource the instance is associated with String
groupId The id of the instance group associated with the datasource instance Integer
groupName The name of the instance group associated with the datasource instance Integer
name The name of the datasource instance, in the format of: datasourceName-instanceAlias String
displayName The instance alias. This is the descriptive name of the instance, and should be unique for the device/datasource combination. String
description The description of the datasource instance String
lockDescription Whether or not Active Discovery is enabled, and thus whether or not the instance description is editable Boolean
deviceId The id of the device the datasource instance is associated with Integer
deviceDisplayName The display name of the device the datasource instance is associated with String
wildValue The variable part of the instance, used to query data from a device. For example, variable part of the SNMP OID tree. This value must be unique for the device/datasource combination, unless two-dimensional active discovery is used. String
wildValue2 Only used for two dimensional active discovery. When used, during Active Discovery runs, the token ##WILDVALUE## is replaces with the value of ALIAS and the token ##WILDVALUE2## is replaced with the value of the second part alias. This value must be unique for the device/datasource/WILDVALUE combination. String
disableAlerting Whether or not alerting is disabled for the instance Boolean
stopMonitoring Whether or not monitoring is disabled for the instance Boolean
alertStatus Whether or not this instance is in alert, and and whether or not the alert has been acknowledged. This status property has three values in the following format {acknowledged status} – {alertLevel} – {sdt status}, where acknowledged: confirmed | unconfirmed & alertLevel: warn | error | critical String
alertStatusPriority The priority associated with the alert, as used in rolling up alert icons in the Device Tree Integer
sdtStatus Whether or not this instance is effectively in SDT, and where the SDT is set, in the format: deviceSDTStatus – instanceSDTStatus – none String
alertDisableStatus Whether or not alerting is disabled for this instance, and where it is disabled, in the format: deviceDisabledStatus – instanceDisabledStatus – datapointDisabledStatus String
alertingDisabledOn If alerting is disabled, this object indicates the level at which it is disabled. JSON Object
groupDisabledThisSource Indicates whether or not this Datasource has been disabled at the group level Boolean
sdtAt If the instance is in SDT, this parameter displays what entity the SDT was set at (device, instance, etc.) String
dataSourceType The type of LogicModule, e.g. DS (datasource) String
lastCollectedTime The time that data was last collected for the instance Integer
lastUpdatedTime The time that the instance was last updated Integer
customProperties Any instance level properties assigned to the instance JSON Object

 

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