Collaborate with other apps

Dynatrace offers you the flexibility to interact with other apps for additional insights. You can either navigate to other apps from Security Investigator or navigate to Security Investigator from other apps.

For example, from Security Investigator, you can

  • Open queries in another app

    1. Select Open with at the right below the query input
    2. Select an app from the available options.

    open with for queries

  • Open monitored entities field values in another app

    1. In the query results table, select a dt.entity.[...] field value.
    2. Select Open with Open with and select an app from the available options.

    open with from query results table

  • Open a distributed trace by its trace ID in another app.

    1. In the query results table, select the field that contains a trace ID value, such as trace_id or trace.id.
    2. Select Open with Open with and select an app from the available options.

To open Security Investigator from other apps, such as Logs and events, Kubernetes or Vulnerabilities, look for and select the Open with option in the respective apps.

For example, from Kubernetes, you can instantly view pod logs using Security Investigator.

  1. In Kubernetes, go to Pods and select a pod for which you want to view logs.

  2. Select More actions, then select Open with.

  3. Select Security Investigator from the list of available apps.

    This generates a query in Security Investigator to fetch all relevant logs from the pod and allows you to carry on the investigation from there.

open kubernetes pods in security investigator

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