Analyze monitoring data with segments

Learn how to analyze monitoring data more efficiently by using segments in Dashboards.

Who this is for

This article is intended for all users aiming to efficiently analyze monitoring data in different apps on the Dynatrace platform.

What you will learn

In this article, you'll learn how to use segments to make analyzing monitoring data more efficient.

Before you begin

Dynatrace apps supporting segments:

Support for segments in further apps will follow. Watch for updates.

  • Dynatrace SaaS environment powered by Grail and AppEngine.
  • You have storage:filter-segments:read permission. To learn how to set up the permissions, see Permissions in Grail.

Steps

Step 1

Apply a segment to filter data on your dashboard

Step 2 optional

Select multiple values for more flexible filtering

Step 3 optional

Pin recent selections for quick access

Step 1 Apply a segment to filter data on your dashboard

Segments provide quick access to predefined logical filters. Like Dashboards, many applications in Dynatrace feature a segment selector, giving access to the list of available segments. You can search by name the segments in the segment selector.

Filter by segments dropdown

  1. Go to Dashboards and select a dashboard
  2. Open the segment selector and, in Filter by segments, select the segment by name
  3. Select one or more values for the variable in the selected segment
  4. Select Apply to apply the selection and filter data on the dashboard

After segments are selected, apps will either automatically update data to match selected segments or require user interaction to update.

Step 2 optional Select multiple values for more flexible filtering

While one-off segments can be selected with a single click, more advanced segments will offer a secondary selection of a dimension value, like in this example, selecting from a dynamic list of individual deployments. This secondary selection of dynamic segment values also supports multi-select.

Filter by segments dropdown

  1. Open the segment selector
  2. Open the list of values to change your selection
  3. Select multiple values to look at data matching either of those values
  4. Select Apply to apply the selection and filter data on the dashboard

If the selected segments or a combination with other aspects (like timeframe, filters, or permissions) lead to empty query results, the app won’t show any data for that selected context.

Step 3 optional Pin recent selections for quick access

The segment selector shows the two most recent selections, and shows up to 10 if you select Show more. This lets you quickly apply recent selections without having to browse the full list of available segments.

  1. Go to Notebooks Notebooks and select Notebook
  2. Select Logs
  3. Open the segment selector and find recently used segments from previous steps
  4. Select Pin in Notebooks to pin a specific selection for quick access
  5. Select to apply the pinned entry

Pin recent segment

Pinned segment selections are unique per app to ensure full control, as most segments won't be universally applicable.

Conclusion

You've managed to filter data on a dashboard using segments and learned to quickly apply recent and pinned selections, increasing efficiency. Try to do the same in other apps to learn how apps choose to utilize segments for their specific use cases.