Update a unit cost

v2 (latest)

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PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}

Overview

Replace an ROI metric (unit cost) with a new set of attributes. This endpoint requires the cloud_cost_management_read permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

unit_cost_id [required]

string

The UUID of the unit cost.

Request

Body Data (required)

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

The data object of a unit cost replace request.

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "denominator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "description": "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
      "name": "Cloud cost per active user",
      "numerator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "unit_label": "user"
    },
    "id": "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
    "type": "unit_cost"
  }
}

Response

A response containing a single unit cost.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

The data object of a unit cost response.

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2026-09-01T18:46:15.933716Z",
      "created_by": "36ea1610-8866-4bd3-bb6d-9bb9fc87cad2",
      "denominator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "denominator_type": "metrics",
      "description": "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
      "name": "Cloud cost per active user",
      "numerator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "org_id": 321813,
      "unit_label": "user",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-01T19:52:08.820536Z",
      "updated_by": "13cc0adf-2595-479e-b448-5051c180dddb"
    },
    "id": "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
    "type": "unit_cost"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

                  ## default
# 

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

# Curl command
curl -X PUT "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com"https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.eu"https://api.ddog-gov.com"https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com"https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "denominator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          {
            "formula": "denominator"
          }
        ],
        "queries": [
          {
            "data_source": "metrics",
            "name": "denominator",
            "query": "avg:system.cpu.user{*}"
          }
        ],
        "response_format": "timeseries"
      },
      "name": "Cloud cost per active user",
      "numerator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          {
            "formula": "numerator"
          }
        ],
        "queries": [
          {
            "data_source": "cloud_cost",
            "name": "numerator",
            "query": "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)"
          }
        ],
        "response_format": "timeseries"
      },
      "unit_label": "user"
    },
    "id": "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
    "type": "unit_cost"
  }
}
EOF

                

"""
Update a unit cost returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.cloud_cost_management_api import CloudCostManagementApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_formula import UnitCostFormula
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_query import UnitCostQuery
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_query_definition import UnitCostQueryDefinition
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_request_attributes import UnitCostRequestAttributes
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_type import UnitCostType
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_update_request import UnitCostUpdateRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.unit_cost_update_request_data import UnitCostUpdateRequestData
from uuid import UUID

body = UnitCostUpdateRequest(
    data=UnitCostUpdateRequestData(
        attributes=UnitCostRequestAttributes(
            denominator_query=UnitCostQueryDefinition(
                formulas=[
                    UnitCostFormula([("formula", "numerator")]),
                ],
                queries=[
                    UnitCostQuery(
                        [
                            ("data_source", "cloud_cost"),
                            ("name", "numerator"),
                            ("query", "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)"),
                        ]
                    ),
                ],
            ),
            description="Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
            name="Cloud cost per active user",
            numerator_query=UnitCostQueryDefinition(
                formulas=[
                    UnitCostFormula([("formula", "numerator")]),
                ],
                queries=[
                    UnitCostQuery(
                        [
                            ("data_source", "cloud_cost"),
                            ("name", "numerator"),
                            ("query", "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)"),
                        ]
                    ),
                ],
            ),
            unit_label="user",
        ),
        id=UUID("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"),
        type=UnitCostType.UNIT_COST,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["update_unit_cost"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = CloudCostManagementApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.update_unit_cost(unit_cost_id=UUID("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d"), body=body)

    print(response)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.py and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"

# Update a unit cost returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
  config.unstable_operations["v2.update_unit_cost".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::CloudCostManagementAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostUpdateRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostUpdateRequestData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostRequestAttributes.new({
      denominator_query: DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostQueryDefinition.new({
        formulas: [
          DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostFormula.new({}),
        ],
        queries: [
          DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostQuery.new({}),
        ],
      }),
      description: "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
      name: "Cloud cost per active user",
      numerator_query: DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostQueryDefinition.new({
        formulas: [
          DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostFormula.new({}),
        ],
        queries: [
          DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostQuery.new({}),
        ],
      }),
      unit_label: "user",
    }),
    id: "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::UnitCostType::UNIT_COST,
  }),
})
p api_instance.update_unit_cost("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d", body)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"

// Update a unit cost returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
	"github.com/google/uuid"
)

func main() {
	body := datadogV2.UnitCostUpdateRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.UnitCostUpdateRequestData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.UnitCostRequestAttributes{
				DenominatorQuery: datadogV2.UnitCostQueryDefinition{
					Formulas: []map[string]interface{}{
						map[string]interface{}{
							"formula": "numerator",
						},
					},
					Queries: []map[string]interface{}{
						map[string]interface{}{
							"data_source": "cloud_cost",
							"name":        "numerator",
							"query":       "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
						},
					},
				},
				Description: *datadog.NewNullableString(datadog.PtrString("Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.")),
				Name:        "Cloud cost per active user",
				NumeratorQuery: datadogV2.UnitCostQueryDefinition{
					Formulas: []map[string]interface{}{
						map[string]interface{}{
							"formula": "numerator",
						},
					},
					Queries: []map[string]interface{}{
						map[string]interface{}{
							"data_source": "cloud_cost",
							"name":        "numerator",
							"query":       "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
						},
					},
				},
				UnitLabel: "user",
			},
			Id:   uuid.MustParse("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"),
			Type: datadogV2.UNITCOSTTYPE_UNIT_COST,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.UpdateUnitCost", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewCloudCostManagementApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.UpdateUnitCost(ctx, uuid.MustParse("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d"), body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `CloudCostManagementApi.UpdateUnitCost`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `CloudCostManagementApi.UpdateUnitCost`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to main.go and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"

// Update a unit cost returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.CloudCostManagementApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostQueryDefinition;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostRequestAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostUpdateRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostUpdateRequestData;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.UUID;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.updateUnitCost", true);
    CloudCostManagementApi apiInstance = new CloudCostManagementApi(defaultClient);

    UnitCostUpdateRequest body =
        new UnitCostUpdateRequest()
            .data(
                new UnitCostUpdateRequestData()
                    .attributes(
                        new UnitCostRequestAttributes()
                            .denominatorQuery(
                                new UnitCostQueryDefinition()
                                    .formulas(
                                        Collections.singletonList(
                                            Map.ofEntries(Map.entry("formula", "numerator"))))
                                    .queries(
                                        Collections.singletonList(
                                            Map.ofEntries(
                                                Map.entry("data_source", "cloud_cost"),
                                                Map.entry("name", "numerator"),
                                                Map.entry(
                                                    "query",
                                                    "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum,"
                                                        + " daily)")))))
                            .description(
                                "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.")
                            .name("Cloud cost per active user")
                            .numeratorQuery(
                                new UnitCostQueryDefinition()
                                    .formulas(
                                        Collections.singletonList(
                                            Map.ofEntries(Map.entry("formula", "numerator"))))
                                    .queries(
                                        Collections.singletonList(
                                            Map.ofEntries(
                                                Map.entry("data_source", "cloud_cost"),
                                                Map.entry("name", "numerator"),
                                                Map.entry(
                                                    "query",
                                                    "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum,"
                                                        + " daily)")))))
                            .unitLabel("user"))
                    .id(UUID.fromString("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"))
                    .type(UnitCostType.UNIT_COST));

    try {
      UnitCostResponse result =
          apiInstance.updateUnitCost(UUID.fromString("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"), body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling CloudCostManagementApi#updateUnitCost");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to Example.java and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"

// Update a unit cost returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_cloud_cost_management::CloudCostManagementAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::UnitCostQueryDefinition;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::UnitCostRequestAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::UnitCostType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::UnitCostUpdateRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::UnitCostUpdateRequestData;
use serde_json::Value;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
use uuid::Uuid;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body =
        UnitCostUpdateRequest::new(
            UnitCostUpdateRequestData::new(
                UnitCostRequestAttributes::new(
                    UnitCostQueryDefinition::new(
                        vec![BTreeMap::from([("formula".to_string(), Value::from("numerator"))])],
                        vec![
                            BTreeMap::from(
                                [
                                    ("data_source".to_string(), Value::from("cloud_cost")),
                                    ("name".to_string(), Value::from("numerator")),
                                    (
                                        "query".to_string(),
                                        Value::from(
                                            "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
                                        ),
                                    ),
                                ],
                            )
                        ],
                    ),
                    "Cloud cost per active user".to_string(),
                    UnitCostQueryDefinition::new(
                        vec![BTreeMap::from([("formula".to_string(), Value::from("numerator"))])],
                        vec![
                            BTreeMap::from(
                                [
                                    ("data_source".to_string(), Value::from("cloud_cost")),
                                    ("name".to_string(), Value::from("numerator")),
                                    (
                                        "query".to_string(),
                                        Value::from(
                                            "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
                                        ),
                                    ),
                                ],
                            )
                        ],
                    ),
                    "user".to_string(),
                ).description(Some("Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.".to_string())),
                Uuid::parse_str("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8").expect("invalid UUID"),
                UnitCostType::UNIT_COST,
            ),
        );
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.UpdateUnitCost", true);
    let api = CloudCostManagementAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .update_unit_cost(
            Uuid::parse_str("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000").expect("invalid UUID"),
            body,
        )
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to src/main.rs and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

/**
 * Update a unit cost returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.updateUnitCost"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.CloudCostManagementApi(configuration);

const params: v2.CloudCostManagementApiUpdateUnitCostRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        denominatorQuery: {
          formulas: [
            {
              formula: "numerator",
            },
          ],
          queries: [
            {
              data_source: "cloud_cost",
              name: "numerator",
              query:
                "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
            },
          ],
        },
        description:
          "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
        name: "Cloud cost per active user",
        numeratorQuery: {
          formulas: [
            {
              formula: "numerator",
            },
          ],
          queries: [
            {
              data_source: "cloud_cost",
              name: "numerator",
              query:
                "sum:aws.cost.net.amortized.shared.resources.allocated{*}.rollup(sum, daily)",
            },
          ],
        },
        unitLabel: "user",
      },
      id: "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
      type: "unit_cost",
    },
  },
  unitCostId: "9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d",
};

apiInstance
  .updateUnitCost(params)
  .then((data: v2.UnitCostResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.ts and run following commands:

    DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"

Update a unit cost

Overview

Arguments

Path Parameters

Request

Body Data (required)

Response

Code Example

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