Dictionary service

The dictionary service provides more readable or compact alternatives to computer-generated metric and event field names, as well as other supplemental information. Dictionary entries enhance the usability of Virtana Service Observability wherever metric and event information is displayed.

Metric resources

• Create an entry (POST /v1/dictionary/metrics)
• Get one entry (GET /v1/dictionary/metrics/{name})
• Get multiple entries (POST /v1/dictionary/metrics:batchGet)
• Get all entries (GET /v1/dictionary/metrics)
• Update an entry (PATCH /v1/dictionary/metrics/{name})
• Delete an entry (DELETE /v1/dictionary/metrics/{name})

Entity fields resources

• Create an entry (POST /v1/dictionary/entity_fields)
• Get one entry (GET /v1/dictionary/entity_fields/{name})
• Get all entries (GET /v1/dictionary/entity_fields)
• Update an entry (PATCH /v1/dictionary/entity_fields/{name})
• Delete an entry (DELETE /v1/dictionary/entity_fields/{name})

Event fields resources

• Create an entry (POST /v1/dictionary/event_fields)
• Get one entry (GET /v1/dictionary/event_fields/{name})
• Get all entries (GET /v1/dictionary/event_fields)
• Update an entry (PATCH /v1/dictionary/event_fields/{name})
• Delete an entry (DELETE /v1/dictionary/event_fields/{name})