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Service Level Indicator (SLI)

Last updated August 24, 2026
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CLI 
di get-glossary --slug service-level-indicator-sli
REST 
GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/9b6473ec-eed4-48aa-ace4-f9c144ab180d
Test via MCP 
curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"service-level-indicator-sli"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

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          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-objective-slo/",
          "name": "Service Level Objective"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreement-sla/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreement-sla/",
          "name": "Service Level Agreement"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-level-agreements-slas/",
          "name": "Service Level Agreements"
        },
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          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
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        },
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          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
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          "name": "Service Health Index"
        },
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          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-impact-analysis-sia/",
          "name": "Service Impact Analysis"
        },
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        },
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          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/service-set-identifier-ssid/",
          "name": "Service Set Identifier"
        }
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    }
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  },
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}
WebSite 
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  },
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  "sameAs": [
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  ],
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}
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}
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