topic Key Requests in Open Q&A https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Key-Requests/m-p/304035#M40179 <P>Hi everyone,</P><P>I hope you're all doing well.</P><P>I came across something that raised a question for me.</P><P>I ran some tests while creating a Dashboard for a few endpoints. Since I was using <STRONG>metrics</STRONG> rather than <STRONG>spans</STRONG>, I noticed that some endpoints seemed to use timeseries {... in their queries.</P><P>Why do some endpoints appear without the need to be marked as <STRONG>Key Requests</STRONG>, while others require it?</P><P>The only difference I was able to identify between the ones that appear and the ones that don't is that the endpoints that already appear in the Dashboard <STRONG>do not go through Kubernetes</STRONG>, while the ones that don't appear <STRONG>do go through Kubernetes</STRONG>.</P><P>Does anyone know why this happens or have any insight into this?</P><P>I've attached two examples for reference.</P> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:36:56 GMT BrunoBaptista 2026-09-02T16:36:56Z Key Requests https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Key-Requests/m-p/304035#M40179 <P>Hi everyone,</P><P>I hope you're all doing well.</P><P>I came across something that raised a question for me.</P><P>I ran some tests while creating a Dashboard for a few endpoints. Since I was using <STRONG>metrics</STRONG> rather than <STRONG>spans</STRONG>, I noticed that some endpoints seemed to use timeseries {... in their queries.</P><P>Why do some endpoints appear without the need to be marked as <STRONG>Key Requests</STRONG>, while others require it?</P><P>The only difference I was able to identify between the ones that appear and the ones that don't is that the endpoints that already appear in the Dashboard <STRONG>do not go through Kubernetes</STRONG>, while the ones that don't appear <STRONG>do go through Kubernetes</STRONG>.</P><P>Does anyone know why this happens or have any insight into this?</P><P>I've attached two examples for reference.</P> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:36:56 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Key-Requests/m-p/304035#M40179 BrunoBaptista 2026-09-02T16:36:56Z