About the Device Group Resource

Last updated on 06 December, 2020

The device group resource allows you to programmatically manage your LogicMonitor device groups.

Resource URI:

/device/groups

Resource Properties

All device groups have the following properties:

Property

Description

Type

id The id of the device group Integer
parentId The id of the parent group for this device group (the root device group has an Id of 1) Integer
name The name of the device group String
description The description of the device group String
groupType The type of device group: normal and dynamic device groups will have groupType=Normal, and AWS groups will have a groupType value of AWS/SERVICE (e.g. AWS/S3) Integer
awsRegionsInfo The number of instances in each AWS region (only applies to AWS groups) JSON Object
awsTestResult The String result returned by the transaction that tests the AWS credentials associated with the AWS group String
awsTestResultCode The Status code result returned by the transaction that tests the AWS credentials associated with the AWS group Integer
createdOn The time, in epoch seconds format, that the device group was created Long
disableAlerting Indicates whether alerting is disabled (true) or enabled (false) for this device group Boolean
appliesTo The Applies to custom query for this group (only for dynamic groups) String
customProperties The properties associated with this device group JSON object
fullPath The full path of the device group (i.e. if the group ‘Dev’ is under a parent group named ‘Production’, the fullPath would be ‘Production/Dev’ String
numOfHosts The number of total devices, including both AWS and normal devices, that belong to this device group (includes normal devices in sub groups) Integer
numOfAWSDevices The number of AWS devices that belong to this device group (includes AWS devices in sub groups) Integer
numOfDirectDevices The number of AWS and normal devices that belong only to this device group (doesn’t include devices in sub-groups) Integer
numOfDirectSubGroups The number of sub-groups that belong only to this device group (doesn’t include groups under sub-groups) Integer
effectiveAlertEnabled Whether or not alerting is effectively disabled for this device group (alerting may be disabled at a higher level, e.g. parent group) Integer
sdtStatus This parameter has three values separated by ‘-‘. The first value indicates whether there is an active SDT for a parent device group, the second value indicates whether there is an active SDT for the device group itself, and the third value indicates whether there is an active SDT for a device within the device group String
alertStatus none | [confirmed | unconfirmed – warn | error | critical]

Indicates whether or not there is an active alert for this device group, and if so what the alert severity and acknowledgement status are
String
alertStatusPriority An priority integer associated with the alert, as used to determine how alert icons are rolled up in the device tree Integer
clusterAlertStatus none | [confirmed | unconfirmed – warn | error | critical]

Indicates whether or not there is an active cluster alert for this device group, and if so what the alert severity and acknowledgement status are
String
clusterAlertStatusPriority A priority integer associated with the cluster alert, as used to determine how alert icons are rolled up in the device tree Integer
alertDisableStatus This parameter has three values separated by ‘-‘. The first value indicates whether alerting is disabled for a parent group, the second value indicates whether alerting is disabled for the device group itself, and the third value indicates whether alerting is disabled for a device within the device group String
groupStatus normal | dead

The status of this device group, where possible statuses are normal and dead. A group with a status of dead may indicate that one or more devices are dead within the group
String
userPermission The permissions for the device group that are granted to the user that made this API request String
subGroups The child device groups within this device group JSON Object
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