Smartscape

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  • 5-min read
  • Published Jan 28, 2026

Prerequisites

Permissions

The following table describes the required permissions.

Permission
Description
storage:buckets:read
Necessary to read problems from 'dt.davis.problems'
storage:smartscape:read
Read data from Grail table "smartscape"
storage:events:read
Events permission is needed to query problems
storage:filter-segments:read
Permission to read filter segments
storage:metrics:read
Necessary to display entity metrics
storage:spans:read
Necessary to read segment variables
storage:logs:read
Necessary to read segment variables
storage:security.events:read
Necessary to read segment variables
storage:bizevents:read
Necessary to read segment variables
storage:entities:read
Necessary to read segment variables

Get started

Smartscape Smartscape is an interactive map of your digital ecosystem powered by Smartscape on Grail. Use it to visually analyze topology and relationships between all of your entities in real time with the help of customized Smartscape Smartscape views and modals.

Get the full picture with a real-time representation of all your digital systems.Instant, domain-specific insights, with no configuration required.Discover hidden patterns through multidimensional, visual analytics.Assess and visualize impact and blast radius of problems.
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Concepts

Go through the following topics to gain a better understanding of Smartscape concepts and Smartscape Smartscape features.

01Smartscape concepts
  • Explanation
  • Learn about Smartscape-specific concepts and UI capabilities.
02Smartscape modals
  • Overview
  • Use Smartscape modals to visualize your environment in any Dynatrace app and gain insights into problem resolution and service dependencies
03Smartscape views
  • Overview
  • Visualize your environment with customized Smartscape views to gain insight into relationships and dependencies between your services.

Use cases

  • Smartscape on Grail: Explore your entire digital ecosystem end-to-end with a unified model that connects everything from services to infrastructure for a complete architectural context.
  • Clouds overview: Gain a unified, real-time topology of AWS EC2 instances and surrounding components to analyze security posture, optimize costs, and validate architecture.
  • Kubernetes: Gain full-stack visibility by mapping clusters, namespaces, and components. Detect misconfigurations and troubleshoot issues across workloads.
  • Problems Graph: Instantly understand root cause and blast radius by mapping anomalies to impacted entities and dependency chains.
  • Service Dependency Graph: Trace call flows, isolate performance hotspots, and uncover unexpected communication paths for better service reliability.
  • Infrastructure: Navigate a real-time map of hosts, VMs, and network relationships to validate architecture, diagnose infrastructure-driven issues, and spot bottlenecks or drift patterns.
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