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title: Spans Metrics
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
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# Spans Metrics

Manage configuration of [span-based metrics](https://app.datadoghq.com/apm/traces/generate-metrics) for your organization. See [Generate Metrics from Spans](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_pipeline/generate_metrics.md) for more information.

## Get all span-based metrics →{% #get-all-span-based-metrics %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics  |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |

## Create a span-based metric →{% #create-a-span-based-metric %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                 |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics |

## Get a span-based metric →{% #get-a-span-based-metric %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                            |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |

## Update a span-based metric →{% #update-a-span-based-metric %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                              |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | PATCH https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | PATCH https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | PATCH https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | PATCH https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | PATCH https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | PATCH https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | PATCH https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | PATCH https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |

## Delete a span-based metric →{% #delete-a-span-based-metric %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                               |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}  |
| app.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id} |