Open with

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Use Open with to reuse content from one Dynatrace application in another application (to select content in one application and open it with another application).

General usage

  1. In the source document, select the items that you want to reuse in another document.

    You can select multiple items simultaneously if you want to open them all in another app.

  2. Open the menu and select Open with.

  3. In the Open with… window, select the action/application into which you want to copy the selected items.

    The Open with options available vary depending on the apps you have installed.

  4. In Select destination, select an existing document or create a new one.

  5. Select Add.

    The selected application opens with the selected section copied into it.

Examples

The following are just a few common ways people use Open with to pass information between Dynatrace apps.

Notebook to dashboard

To copy a notebook section to a dashboard (as a dashboard tile)

  1. In the notebook, select the notebook section that you want to copy to a dashboard.

  2. Open the menu and select Dashboards Add to dashboard.

  3. In Select destination:

    • If you want to create a new dashboard with the selected notebook section as a tile, select New dashboard.
    • If you want to add the selected notebook section as another tile in an existing dashboard, select the existing dashboard from the list and then select Confirm.

    The dashboard opens with the selected section copied into it as a dashboard tile.

To copy a notebook section to a different app (not Dashboards Dashboards), open the menu and select Open with, and then select the target app.

Dashboard to notebook

To copy a dashboard tile to a notebook (as a notebook section)

  1. In the dashboard, select the tile that you want to copy to a notebook.

  2. Open the menu and select Notebooks Add to notebook.

  3. In Select destination:

    • If you want to create a new notebook with the selected dashboard tile as a section, select New notebook.
    • If you want to add the selected dashboard tile as another section in an existing notebook, select the existing notebook from the list and then select Confirm.

    The notebook opens with the selected tile copied into it as a notebook section.

To copy a dashboard tile to a different app (not Notebooks Notebooks), open the menu and select Open with, and then select the target app.

Dashboard Grail query to workflow

To copy a Grail query from a dashboard to Workflows Workflows as a task in a workflow

  1. In the dashboard, select the query tile that you want to copy to a workflow.

  2. Select > Open with.

  3. In the Open with… window, select the Automate DQL Query Workflows Workflows option.

    Workflows Workflows opens with the selected query added as a workflow task.

  4. Edit the workflow as needed.

Developers only

If you're developing Dynatrace apps, see Intents for everything you need to know about passing the user flow from one app to another.

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