Creating API Keys and Scoped/Non-Scoped APP Keys
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Create an API Key

1. Log into your Datadog account

2. Hover over your Datadog user (bottom left of your Datadog account) and select Organization Settings

3. Choose API Keys

4. Create an API key with any name you want, such as finout-api-key

5. Copy and add to Finout’s onboarding console

Create An App Key

1. Log into your Datadog account

2. Hover over your Datadog user (bottom left of your Datadog page) and select Organization Settings.

3. Choose Application Keys

4. Create an application key with any name you want, for example, finout-app-key.

5. The default configuration is a not scoped app key. To scope the API key, simply click Edit located under the scope section.

6. Choose the relevant scopes according to the table here. For example: usage_read,metrics_read, timeseries_query.

7. Copy the key value (not ID) and add the value to Finout’s onboarding console.

Still need help? Please feel free to reach out to our team at [email protected].

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