topic Reading DEM Consumption with API in Dynatrace API

Reading DEM Consumption with API

urs_fischer — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:21:13 GMT

Hello, is there a possible way to read the monthly DEM Consumption on Applications. For Host Units there is a possible way with "consumedHostUnits" from "/entity/infrastructure/hosts", but what is with the DEM? I search something like "consumedDEMUnits" 🙂

Since we have to charge the DEM consumption per application per month internally, this would be very helpful.

Re: Reading DEM Consumption with API

JamesKitson — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:34:03 GMT

Have you looked at if any of the metrics under the 'Billing' category will help? You should be able to calculate DEM consumption based off of these:

Re: Reading DEM Consumption with API

urs_fischer — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:57:44 GMT

Thanks, well i need the DEM Consumption from API because i have to give this Numbers forward to another system (i already use python for that).

Re: Reading DEM Consumption with API

JamesKitson — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:08:25 GMT

I used the custom chart just to show what metrics are available, but all of these that are available there are also available through the v2 metrics API:

Re: Reading DEM Consumption with API

larry_roberts — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:34:25 GMT

We currently use these as well. It will be even better once custom metrics are added as well.

Re: Reading DEM Consumption with API

Julius_Loman — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:16:14 GMT

I do believe calculation of spent DEMs based on these values is just an approximation of the real DEMs spent. A user session might be split into several ones (sessions with more than 200 actions). I think each of such session will be counted here, but just a first one will be billed. You can see that when opening a session: