Problem with action property in USQL

arobayo17 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:19:18 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to query user action properties using USQL in my Managed environment, but I am not getting any results. Below are the steps I followed:

1. I configured a user action property

2. I verified that the property is correctly captured and visible within the user action details

3. I attempted to query the property using USQL, but the field is not recognized / returns no data

SELECT stringProperties.appointmenttypesummary FROM useraction ORDER BY startTime DESC

I also tried filtering by this property in the User Sessions view, but no results are returned

At this point, I would expect the property to be available for querying and filtering, since it is visible in the user action.
Could you please confirm if there is any additional configuration required for user action properties to be queryable (e.g., indexing, limitations in USQL, etc.)?
Thanks in advance.

Re: Problem with action property in USQL

t_pawlak — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:09:54 GMT

Hi,
One important point to consider here is the difference between user action properties and user session properties in Dynatrace.

When defining your property, you have the option to store it as:

User action property – attached only to a specific action
User session property – attached to the entire session

In your case, you’re currently using it as a user action property, which means:

it’s only available for specific actions (as seen in the waterfall)
in USQL, when querying across many actions, most records won’t have this property → resulting in null

To make it reliably queryable, you can enable:

“Store as session property”

This way:

the value is propagated to the entire user session
it becomes consistently available in USQL and filtering
it works much better for analysis use cases

Example:

SELECT userSession.stringProperties.appointmenttypesummary FROM usersession

This approach is generally recommended for business or analytical data like appointment type.

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