The inner workings of the entity selector

henk_stobbe — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:05:32 GMT

Hello,

When using an entity selector in an API you can use an entity id ('s):

~~Entity type: type("TYPE")~~
Dynatrace entity ID: entityId("id"). You can specify several IDs, separated by a comma (entityId("id-1","id-2")). All requested entities must be of the same type.

And looking at DQL:

fetch dt.entity.host
| filter id == "HOST-461FB6671E771234"

I assume all entities types have there own little bucket (=class in the Graph)

But now the question/remark:

When you want to use, in DQL, an entity id, you would need to look at the TYPE what can be found in the name before the '-', and then you can execute the fetch dt.entity.TYPE

KR Henk

Re: The inner workings of the entity selector

KeeganNelson — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:41:13 GMT

Yes, Henk you've got the right idea here! Here's a DQL query proving your point.

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The inner workings of the entity selector

Re: The inner workings of the entity selector