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Get an action execution log

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Retrieve the log output for a specific action execution in Dynatrace with the Automation API by UUID, and optionally use admin access.

GETSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/automation/v1/action-executions/{id}/log

Overview

You provide the action execution UUID in the path, and you can also set adminAccess to allow access to all workflows and executions. Dynatrace returns the log output for the selected ActionExecution.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with automation:workflows:read scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
adminAccessboolean

Allow access to all workflows/executions - additionally requires automation:workflows:admin

queryOptional
idstring

A UUID string identifying this action execution.

pathRequired

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
200string-
4XXErrorEnvelope-

Response body objects

The ResponseBody object

The ErrorEnvelope object

ElementTypeDescription
errorError-

The Error object

ElementTypeDescription
messagestring-
codeinteger-
detailsErrorDetails-

The ErrorDetails object

ElementTypeDescription
errorCodestring-
errorRefstring-

Response body JSON models

{
"error": {
"message": "string",
"code": 1,
"details": {
"errorCode": "string",
"errorRef": "string"
}
}
}
Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace Platform