# Datadog connection options
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The following are connection options for Datadog:
+  `ENTITY_NAME`(String) – (Required) Used for Read/Write. The name of your Object in Datadog.
+  `API_VERSION`(String) – (Required) Used for Read/Write. Datadog Rest API version you want to use. `v1` version supports `metrics-timeseries` entity whereas, `v2` version supports `log-queries` entity.
+  `INSTANCE_URL`(String) – (Required) Used for Read. Datadog instance URL. Datadog instance URL varies per region. 
+  `SELECTED_FIELDS`(List<String>) – Default: empty(SELECT \$1). Used for Read. Columns you want to select for the object. 
+  `FILTER_PREDICATE`(String) – Default: empty. Used for Read. It should be in the Spark SQL format. 
+  `QUERY`(String) – Default: empty. Used for Read. Full Spark SQL query.