Create an APM span retention filter
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Create an APM span retention filter
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Use Datadog: its Datadog Create API lets you create an APM span retention filter in a single step (POST /api/v2/apm/config/retention-filters). Datadog also has an MCP server, so an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can do it for you. capabilities.work can help you get signed up and connected.
- Can I choose which spans get indexed and retained in APM?
- Is there a way to add a retention filter so certain traces are kept?
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- Create an APM retention filter {filter} to index matching spans.
- Add a span retention filter with definition {filter}.
For your developer
POST /api/v2/apm/config/retention-filters in Datadog Create API. Full spec on APIs.io.