# Create dashboards URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/o11y/createdashboardv2 > Creates a dashboard in the v2 format that follows the Perses spec and answers with the stored dashboard. `POST /v1/o11y/dashboards` > [O11y →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/o11y) · [All API references →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Get started →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/guides) | | | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | **Address** | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/o11y/dashboards` | | **Method** | `POST` | | **Operation** | `CreateDashboardV2` | | **Auth** | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY` | Creates a dashboard in the v2 format that follows the Perses spec and answers with the stored dashboard. Callers need the editor role; the runtime's own gate enforces it. ## Request 8 fields, body `application/json` (required). | Field | In | Type | Required | Description | | --------------- | ---- | -------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `generateName` | body | boolean | — | GenerateName derives a fresh unique name from spec.display.name instead of taking Name. | | `image` | body | string | — | Image is an optional cover image reference. | | `name` | body | string | — | Name is the dashboard's unique internal name (a DNS-1123 label). | | `schemaVersion` | body | string | — | SchemaVersion is the dashboard schema version; must be the current v6. | | `spec` | body | any | — | Spec is the Perses dashboard spec (display, variables, panels, layouts, datasources). | | `tags` | body | o11y.O11yDashboardPostableTag\[] | — | Tags are the dashboard's tags; at most ten, and none may use a reserved DSL key. | | `tags[].key` | body | string | — | Key is the tag key. | | `tags[].value` | body | string | — | Value is the tag value. | ## Response | Status | Body | Meaning | | --------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | | `201` | o11y.O11yDashboardOut | created | | `202` | Approval | held for approval | | `default` | problem-details | refused | `201` body — 17 fields. | Field | In | Type | Always | Description | | -------------------- | ---- | ------------------------ | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `data` | body | o11y.O11yDashboard | — | | | `data.createdAt` | body | string (date-time) | — | CreatedAt is when the dashboard was created. | | `data.createdBy` | body | string | — | CreatedBy is who created it. | | `data.id` | body | string | — | ID is the dashboard's id. | | `data.image` | body | string | — | Image is an optional cover image reference. | | `data.locked` | body | boolean | — | Locked reports whether the dashboard is locked against edits. | | `data.name` | body | string | — | Name is the dashboard's unique internal name. | | `data.orgId` | body | string | — | OrgID is the org the dashboard belongs to. | | `data.schemaVersion` | body | string | — | SchemaVersion is the dashboard schema version. | | `data.source` | body | string | — | Source is where the dashboard came from: user, system or integration. | | `data.spec` | body | any | — | Spec is the Perses dashboard spec, carried verbatim as open JSON. | | `data.tags` | body | o11y.O11yDashboardTag\[] | — | Tags are the dashboard's tags. | | `data.tags[].key` | body | string | — | Key is the tag key. | | `data.tags[].value` | body | string | — | Value is the tag value. | | `data.updatedAt` | body | string (date-time) | — | UpdatedAt is when it last changed. | | `data.updatedBy` | body | string | — | UpdatedBy is who last changed it. | | `status` | body | string | — | Status is "success". | Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors). ## Examples **CLI** ```bash hanzo o11y dashboards create ``` **SDK** **.ts** ```ts import { Configuration, O11yApi } from 'hanzoai'; const api = new O11yApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY })); const { data } = await api.createDashboardV2({ generateName: false, image: "" }); ``` **.py** ```python from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration from hanzoai.cloud.api import O11yApi client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"])) result = O11yApi(client).create_dashboard_v2(generate_name=False, image="") ``` **.go** ```go cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration() cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg) resp, _, err := client.O11yAPI.CreateDashboardV2(context.Background()).Execute() if err != nil { return err } ``` **.rs** ```rust use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, o11y_api}; let mut cfg = Configuration::new(); cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok(); let result = o11y_api::create_dashboard_v2(&cfg, Default::default()).await?; ``` **.java** ```java import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient; import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.O11yApi; ApiClient client = new ApiClient(); client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")); var result = new O11yApi(client).createDashboardV2(); ``` **HTTP** ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/o11y/dashboards \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "generateName": false, "image": "" }' ``` **MCP** Tool `o11y`, op `CreateDashboardV2` — POST the JSON-RPC envelope to `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp`. ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "o11y", "arguments": { "op": "CreateDashboardV2", "input": { "generateName": false, "image": "" } } } }' ``` --- [O11y API](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/o11y) · [All Hanzo APIs](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Interactive reference](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/reference)