https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/dt-entity-deprecated/m-p/295039#M3158 <P>I noticed the other day that DQL has started flagging&nbsp;dt.entity.host as deprecated.&nbsp; Is this really true?&nbsp; It seems to me that such a change will break almost everything.&nbsp; Here's a couple incomplete DQL queries to illustrate.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="smartscape.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32070iCCED3C832B5F12B8/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="smartscape.png" alt="smartscape.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="smartscape_fields.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32071i638009902A6EC587/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="smartscape_fields.png" alt="smartscape_fields.png" /></span></P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:40:46 GMT ljonsson 2026-02-20T13:40:46Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/dt-entity-deprecated/m-p/295039#M3158 <P>I noticed the other day that DQL has started flagging&nbsp;dt.entity.host as deprecated.&nbsp; Is this really true?&nbsp; It seems to me that such a change will break almost everything.&nbsp; Here's a couple incomplete DQL queries to illustrate.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="smartscape.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32070iCCED3C832B5F12B8/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="smartscape.png" alt="smartscape.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="smartscape_fields.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32071i638009902A6EC587/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="smartscape_fields.png" alt="smartscape_fields.png" /></span></P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:40:46 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/dt-entity-deprecated/m-p/295039#M3158 ljonsson 2026-02-20T13:40:46Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/dt-entity-deprecated/m-p/295052#M3159 <P>&nbsp;</P><DIV>These are classic entities that will be gradually phased out over time.<BR />Dynatrace is transitioning to Grail-based (dt.smartscape.*) entities, which is why the classic entity types are now marked as deprecated.<BR />Rest assured, this change will not cause any disruption, and you will have ample time to adapt.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-02-20 at 19.11.22.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32076iDA3D616E709D0C46/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-02-20 at 19.11.22.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-20 at 19.11.22.png" /></span></P><P> </P> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:16:02 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/dt-entity-deprecated/m-p/295052#M3159 mark_bley 2026-02-20T19:16:02Z