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Segments

  • Latest Dynatrace
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  • 1-min read
  • Published Mar 29, 2023

Use segments to logically structure and conveniently filter observability data across apps on the Dynatrace platform.

Use cases

Segments are typically modeled to allow filtering monitored entities, logs, metrics, events, and other types of data about the following dimensions:

  • Business applications operated by the customer
  • Organizational units, to understand responsibility and ownership
  • Infrastructural components, to understand and plan the allocation of resources

Concepts

Includes

Learn how data of different types can be included in segments.

Variables

Learn how to leverage variables in segments.

Visibility

Learn how to control visibility of segments.

Queries

Learn how Grail evaluates segments during query execution.

Getting started

Analyze monitoring data

How to work with segments in apps in the latest Dynatrace.

Examples

  • Segment logs by bucket
  • Segment data by Kubernetes clusters

Reference

Data types

Reference material on data types supported by segments.

Limits

Reference material on limits for segments.

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