Assign ownership teams to Smartscape nodes
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- Published Apr 08, 2026
Ownership assignment is based on tags. Tags are key-value pairs stored in Smartscape nodes.
Depending on your setup, there are several ways to apply those tags to your entities.
- Recommended Kubernetes labels and annotations.
- Recommended Custom host tags with
oneagentctl. - Process group environment variables.
By default, Dynatrace provides two keys: owner and dt.owner.
Additionally, you can define up to three custom keys.
Assign ownership to your teams
To access and modify the keys, go to 
Settings > Environment segmentation > Ownership > Configure.
Optionally, add keys as Configuration for Ownership.
You can use any of your defined keys as a prefix.
For example, you can extend the existing keys:
- From
ownertoowner-1. - From
dt.ownertodt.owner-test.
As a value, use the identifier optionally followed by a supplementary identifier to associate the entity with the team you want.
- An identifier is mandatory, and it needs to be unique. You can't change it later.
- A supplementary identifier is optional, and you can modify it.
To add or edit a supplementary identifier:
- Go to Settings > Environment segmentation > Ownership > Teams > Dotmenu.
- Select your team.
- Select Edit. The Edit team dialog opens. You can add or edit a Supplementary identifier.
Example command for associating an entity with a team
Here is an example command for using the team identifier to associate the entity with the team you want.
./oneagentctl --set-host-property owner-1=team-automation
For more information about oneagentctl and how to apply tags to individual entities such as hosts, see Custom host tags.
Next steps
Once you have added your teams, specified the desired key-value pairs, and added the tags to the Smartscape nodes, you can retrieve the ownership team information.