Dashboard annotations API

Version history
  • Introduced in GitLab 12.10 behind a disabled feature flag.

Metrics dashboard annotations allow you to indicate events on your graphs at a single point in time or over a timespan.

Enable the metrics dashboard annotations API

The :metrics_dashboard_annotations feature flag is disabled by default. To turn on this API, ask a GitLab administrator with Rails console access to run the following command: 

Feature.enable(:metrics_dashboard_annotations)

Create a new annotation 

POST /environments/:id/metrics_dashboard/annotations/

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
dashboard_path string yes ID of the dashboard which needs to be annotated.
starting_at string yes Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, such as 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z. Timestamp marking start point of annotation.
ending_at string no Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, such as 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z. Timestamp marking end point of annotation. When not supplied annotation will be displayed as single event at start point.
description string yes Description of the annotation. 
curl --header 'Private-Token: <your_access_token>' https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/environments/1/metrics_dashboard/annotations \
 --data-urlencode "dashboard_path=.gitlab/dashboards/custom_metrics.yml" \
 --data-urlencode "starting_at=2016-03-11T03:45:40Z" \
 --data-urlencode "description=annotation description"

Example Response: 

{
  "id": 4,
  "starting_at": "2016-04-08T03:45:40.000Z",
  "ending_at": null,
  "dashboard_path": ".gitlab/dashboards/custom_metrics.yml",
  "description": "annotation description",
  "environment_id": 1,
  "cluster_id": null
}