topic How to export all dashboard and workflow JSON definitions from Dynatrace SaaS? in Dashboarding

How to export all dashboard and workflow JSON definitions from Dynatrace SaaS?

zezinando — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:36:15 GMT

I’m using Dynatrace SaaS and I’d like to export the JSON definitions of all dashboards and workflows from my environment.

I know it’s possible to download the JSON manually, one dashboard or workflow at a time from the UI, but that doesn’t scale. My goal is to automate searches across all configurations.

For example, I need to identify:

All dashboards that reference a specific Grail/logs index
All workflows that contain queries using that index

Is there an API-based or automated way to:

Export all dashboard JSON definitions
Export all workflow JSON definitions

...so they can be searched programmatically?

Any guidance, API endpoints, or best practices would be appreciated.

Re: How to export all dashboard and workflow JSON definitions from Dynatrace SaaS?

wouterdt — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:53:55 GMT

I have not done downloads but you yan use the dynatrace platform document API to do this

I have used this to rename, copy, take ownership or make documents public

https://developer.dynatrace.com/develop/sdks/client-document/

Re: How to export all dashboard and workflow JSON definitions from Dynatrace SaaS?

t_pawlak — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:38:54 GMT

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While exporting dashboards and workflows via Dynatrace APIs is technically possible, it doesn’t scale well for full-environment analysis.
Best practice is to use Dynatrace Monaco (or Terraform if already in use) to export all dashboards and workflows as code (JSON/YAML), store them in Git, and easily search for Grail/log indexes, DQL queries, or other references across all configurations.

https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/deliver/configuration-as-code/monaco

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dynatrace-oss/dynatrace/latest