Semantic attributes (Logs Classic)

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  • Published Jan 30, 2026

Log Monitoring Classic

For the newest Dynatrace version, see Log ingestion API.

Semantic attributes are key-value pairs that provide additional context about log events. They help in categorizing, filtering, and analyzing logs effectively. Semantic attributes are indexed in Log Monitoring Classic to enhance log search and analysis capabilities.

Supported semantic attribute keys in Log Monitoring Classic:

  • audit.action
  • audit.identity
  • audit.result
  • aws.account.id
  • aws.arn
  • aws.log_group
  • aws.log_stream
  • aws.region
  • aws.resource.id
  • aws.resource.type
  • aws.service
  • azure.location
  • azure.resource.group
  • azure.resource.id
  • azure.resource.name
  • azure.resource.type
  • azure.subscription
  • cloud.account.id
  • cloud.availability_zone
  • cloud.provider
  • cloud.region
  • container.image.name
  • container.image.tag
  • container.name
  • db.cassandra.keyspace
  • db.connection_string
  • db.hbase.namespace
  • db.jdbc.driver_classname
  • db.mongodb.collection
  • db.mssql.instance_name
  • db.name
  • db.operation
  • db.redis.database_index
  • db.statement
  • db.system
  • db.user
  • device.address
  • dt.active_gate.group.name
  • dt.active_gate.id
  • dt.code.filepath
  • dt.code.func
  • dt.code.lineno
  • dt.code.ns
  • dt.ctg.calltype
  • dt.ctg.extendmode
  • dt.ctg.gatewayurl
  • dt.ctg.program
  • dt.ctg.rc
  • dt.ctg.requesttype
  • dt.ctg.serverid
  • dt.ctg.termid
  • dt.ctg.transid
  • dt.ctg.userid
  • dt.entity.cloud_application_instance
  • dt.entity.cloud_application_namespace
  • dt.entity.cloud_application
  • dt.entity.container_group_instance
  • dt.entity.container_group
  • dt.entity.custom_device
  • dt.entity.host_group
  • dt.entity.host
  • dt.entity.kubernetes_cluster
  • dt.entity.kubernetes_node
  • dt.entity.process_group_instance
  • dt.entity.process_group
  • dt.entity.service
  • dt.event.group_label
  • dt.event.key
  • dt.events.root_cause_relevant
  • dt.exception.messages
  • dt.exception.serialized_stacktraces
  • dt.exception.types
  • dt.extension.config.id
  • dt.extension.ds
  • dt.extension.name
  • dt.extension.status
  • dt.host.ip
  • dt.host.smfid
  • dt.host.snaid
  • dt.host_group.id
  • dt.http.application_id
  • dt.http.context_root
  • dt.ingest.debug_messages
  • dt.ingest.origin
  • dt.ingest.warnings
  • dt.kubernetes.cluster.id
  • dt.kubernetes.cluster.name
  • dt.kubernetes.config.id
  • dt.kubernetes.event.involved_object.kind
  • dt.kubernetes.event.involved_object.name
  • dt.kubernetes.event.reason
  • dt.kubernetes.node.name
  • dt.kubernetes.node.system_uuid
  • dt.kubernetes.topmost_controller.kind
  • dt.kubernetes.workload.kind
  • dt.kubernetes.workload.name
  • dt.network_zone.id
  • dt.openpipeline.source
  • dt.os.description
  • dt.os.type
  • dt.process.commandline
  • dt.process.executable
  • dt.process.name
  • dt.security_context
  • dt.source_entity_name
  • dt.source_entity_type
  • dt.source_entity
  • event.unique_identifier
  • faas.id
  • faas.instance
  • faas.name
  • faas.version
  • gcp.instance.id
  • gcp.instance.name
  • gcp.project.id
  • gcp.region
  • gcp.resource.type
  • geo.city_name
  • geo.country_name
  • geo.name
  • geo.region_name
  • host.hostname
  • host.id
  • host.image.id
  • host.image.name
  • host.image.version
  • host.name
  • host.type
  • http.client_ip
  • http.flavor
  • http.host
  • http.method
  • http.route
  • http.scheme
  • http.server_name
  • http.status_code
  • http.status_text
  • http.target
  • http.url
  • journald.unit
  • k8s.cluster.name
  • k8s.cluster.uid
  • k8s.container.name
  • k8s.cronjob.name
  • k8s.cronjob.uid
  • k8s.daemonset.name
  • k8s.daemonset.uid
  • k8s.deployment.name
  • k8s.deployment.uid
  • k8s.job.name
  • k8s.job.uid
  • k8s.namespace.name
  • k8s.node.name
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.pod.uid
  • k8s.replicaset.name
  • k8s.replicaset.uid
  • k8s.service.name
  • k8s.statefulset.name
  • k8s.statefulset.uid
  • k8s.workload.kind
  • k8s.workload.name
  • log.source.origin
  • log.source
  • net.host.ip
  • net.host.name
  • net.host.port
  • net.peer.ip
  • net.peer.name
  • net.peer.port
  • net.transport
  • otel.scope.name
  • process.technology
  • service.instance.id
  • service.name
  • service.namespace
  • service.version
  • snmp.trap_oid
  • span_id
  • trace_id
  • winlog.eventid
  • winlog.keywords
  • winlog.level
  • winlog.opcode
  • winlog.provider
  • winlog.task
  • winlog.username
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