Error on trying to publish a new workflow using Terraform and Dynatrace API

cometa — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:46:59 GMT

I am trying to publish a manually exported working Dynatrace JSON workflow as a Terraform file in a Github pipeline and it fails to be published via Dynatrace POST https://{environmentid}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/automation/v1/workflows?adminAccess=true

The Terraform config:

# dynatrace_automation_workflow.this["Custom workflow"] will be created resource "dynatrace_automation_workflow" "this" { description = "Custom workflow" id = (known after apply) owner = "GUID" private = false title = "Custom workflow" type = "STANDARD" tasks { task { action = "dynatrace.automations:execute-dql-query" active = true description = "Task 1" input = jsonencode( { query = <<-EOT timeseries {...}, by: {...}, filter: {...}, from: "{{ event()['event.start'] }}", to: now() EOT } ) name = "task1" # (4 unchanged attributes hidden) conditions { else = "STOP" # (1 unchanged attribute hidden) } position { x = -1 y = 1 } } task { action = "dynatrace.automations:execute-dql-query" active = true description = "Task 2" input = jsonencode( { query = <<-EOT timeseries sum(test.results, scalar: true), by: {...}, filter: { run_id == "{{ result('task1').records[0].runId }}" }, from: "{{ event()['event.start'] }}", to: now() EOT } ) name = "task2" # (4 unchanged attributes hidden) conditions { custom = "{{ result('task1').records | length > 0 }}" else = "STOP" states = { "task1" = "SUCCESS" } } position { x = 1 y = 2 } } task { action = "dynatrace.msteams:send-message" active = true description = "Task 3" input = jsonencode( { connectionId = "ConnectionID" message = jsonencode({...}) } ) name = "task3" # (4 unchanged attributes hidden) conditions { custom = "{{ result('task1').records | length > 0 }}" else = "STOP" states = { "task1" = "SUCCESS" "task2" = "SUCCESS" } } position { x = 0 y = 3 } } } trigger { event { active = true config { davis_problem { custom_filter = "custom_filter" entity_tags_match = "all" on_problem_close = false categories { availability = false custom = true error = false info = false monitoring_unavailable = false resource = false slowdown = false } } } } } }

The request is:
POST https://{environmentid}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/automation/v1/workflows?adminAccess=true
The response is HTTP 400:

{ "error": { "message": "Invalid request.", "code": 400, "details": { "trigger": { "eventTrigger": "Error occurred when creating Event Trigger. Reason: custom_filter isn't allowed here." } } } }

It seems that the issue has to do with the event filter defined here: custom_filter = "custom_filter", but why can't I create a workflow with a custom event that perfectly works in a similar workflow created manually?

Does anybody know what I can do to resolve the issue? Is there a way to export a custom alert and then create it in a JSON or Terraform via Dynatrace API?

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Error on trying to publish a new workflow using Terraform and Dynatrace API