topic Process Group Name in DQL

Process Group Name

errolclements — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:54:51 GMT

I am trying to put together a notebook to see network load by process, I am only seeing an option for seeing the process group and it is only giving it by ID. I would like to see the actual process group entity name on my chart but my lookup fails to provide it, and there is no name option for process group as a by: process option as where host.name exists for the same purpose for looking at your hosts without needing to use a lookup. Can any help me out.

Thanks!

Re: Process Group Name

sinisa_zubic — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:44:27 GMT

Hi @errolclements

Is this the query you are looking for?

timeseries {trafficIn=avg(dt.process.network.traffic.traffic_in),trafficOut=avg(dt.process.network.traffic.traffic_out)}, by: {dt.entity.process_group} | fieldsAdd pgname = lookup([fetch dt.entity.process_group], lookupField:id, sourceField:dt.entity.process_group)[entity.name]

You can try it out in the Discover Dynatrace environment.

Best,
Sini

Re: Process Group Name

errolclements — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:42:56 GMT

Fantastic that worked!

Re: Process Group Name

pds_sis — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:31:27 GMT

Hi Sinisa

I am trying to use this query in DQL in my notepad but its not giving me any out output, I have multiple hosts in our environment. Any clue or suggestion please.

Thanks

Re: Process Group Name

Nick-Montana — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:54:00 GMT

Hi,

In DQL the entityName() function will convert an entityId to its displayName in the results. Try

entityName(dt.entity.process_group)

Re: Process Group Name

pds_sis — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:16:28 GMT

Hi Nick

I understand what you mean however even if I am try to break the query to run the below, I get no output.

timeseries {trafficIn=avg(dt.process.network.traffic.traffic_in),trafficOut=avg(dt.process.network.traffic.traffic_out)}, by: {dt.entity.process_group}