https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270575#M3618 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It seems to me that for hosts the entity selector entityName:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26545i5F4E60CD30112FAA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" alt="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" /></span></P> <P>is the same as the displayName?</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26546iB263FBCEE965FCA4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" alt="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" /></span></P> <P>KR Henk</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:01:32 GMT henk_stobbe 2025-12-15T12:01:32Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270575#M3618 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It seems to me that for hosts the entity selector entityName:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26545i5F4E60CD30112FAA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" alt="henk_stobbe_0-1740066946942.png" /></span></P> <P>is the same as the displayName?</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26546iB263FBCEE965FCA4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" alt="henk_stobbe_1-1740067056578.png" /></span></P> <P>KR Henk</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:01:32 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270575#M3618 henk_stobbe 2025-12-15T12:01:32Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270583#M3619 <P>Hi Henk, my thinking is that the displayName should be the same as the entityName. This would be the name you see displayed for your hosts on the hosts app. Also referencing this post&nbsp;<A href="https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/massively-automate-enterprise-operations-using-dynatrace-information-discovered-with-the-monitored-entities-api-v2/#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20to%20select%20an%20entity%20by,along%20with%20the%20type%20query%2C%20as%20shown%20below%3A" target="_blank">Automate enterprise operations using the monitored entities API v2.</A></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="KeeganNelson_0-1740068368328.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26550i3BE8E41FC3F777CB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="KeeganNelson_0-1740068368328.png" alt="KeeganNelson_0-1740068368328.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="KeeganNelson_1-1740068368696.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26551i908A61E793E067B1/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="KeeganNelson_1-1740068368696.png" alt="KeeganNelson_1-1740068368696.png" /></span></P><P>Hope this can help!</P> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:20:29 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270583#M3619 KeeganNelson 2025-02-20T16:20:29Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270587#M3620 <P>Hi Keegan,</P><P>Very good,&nbsp; lets assume a very little technical debt and good to know!</P><P>Thanks Henk</P> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:26:31 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-API/Monitored-entities-API-for-entityName-vs-displayName/m-p/270587#M3620 henk_stobbe 2025-02-20T16:26:31Z