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stage: Monitor
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group: Monitor
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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type: concepts, howto
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---
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# Dashboard annotations API **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/29089) in GitLab 12.10 behind a disabled feature flag.
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Metrics dashboard annotations allow you to indicate events on your graphs at a single point in time or over a time span.
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## Create a new annotation
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```plaintext
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POST /environments/:id/metrics_dashboard/annotations/
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POST /clusters/:id/metrics_dashboard/annotations/
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```
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Parameters:
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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|:---------------|:---------------|:---------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `dashboard_path` | string | yes | ID of the dashboard which needs to be annotated. Treated as a CGI-escaped path, and automatically un-escaped. |
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| `starting_at` | string | yes | Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, such as `2016-03-11T03:45:40Z`. Timestamp marking start point of annotation. |
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| `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, an annotation displays as a single event at the start point. |
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| `description` | string | yes | Description of the annotation. |
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```shell
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curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/environments/1/metrics_dashboard/annotations" \
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--data-urlencode "dashboard_path=.gitlab/dashboards/custom_metrics.yml" \
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--data-urlencode "starting_at=2016-03-11T03:45:40Z" \
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--data-urlencode "description=annotation description"
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```
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Example Response:
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```json
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{
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"id": 4,
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"starting_at": "2016-04-08T03:45:40.000Z",
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"ending_at": null,
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"dashboard_path": ".gitlab/dashboards/custom_metrics.yml",
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"description": "annotation description",
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"environment_id": 1,
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"cluster_id": null
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}
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```
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