# Filtering results based on hosts or process. Which query param can be used for filtering?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/filtering-results-based-on-hosts-or-process-which-query-param-can-be-used-for-filtering/35596>\
**Category:** Dynatrace API\
**Tags:** hosts-classic, dynatrace-api\
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/filtering-results-based-on-hosts-or-process-which-query-param-can-be-used-for-filtering/35596 "2022-06-24T09:35:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![manjunathcr22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@manjunathcr22](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/manjunathcr22)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/filtering-results-based-on-hosts-or-process-which-query-param-can-be-used-for-filtering/35596/1 "2022-06-24T09:35:47Z")

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[https://AAA12345.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/metrics/query?metricSelector=builtin:host.cpu.gcpu.usage:names&from=1652853660000&to=1652940060000&resolution=60m](https://AAA12345.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/metrics/query?metricSelector=builtin:host.cpu.gcpu.usage:names&from=1652853660000&to=1652940060000&resolution=60m)

For this query I am getting two hosts as result. Is it possible two specify hostname&nbsp; XYZ or&nbsp;ABCD and get result of single host? Which query param can be used for filtering?

{  
“totalCount”: 2,  
“nextPageKey”: null,  
“resolution”: “1h”,  
“result”: [  
{  
“metricId”: “builtin:host.cpu.gcpu.usage:names”,  
“dataPointCountRatio”: 1.2E-4,  
“dimensionCountRatio”: 0.001,  
“data”: [  
{  
“dimensions”: [  
“XYZ”,  
“HOST-ABCDEF”  
],  
“dimensionMap”: {  
“dt.entity.host.name”: “XYZ”,  
“dt.entity.host”: “HOST-ABCDEF”  
},  
“timestamps”: [  
1652857200000,  
1652860800000,  
1652864400000,  
1652868000000,  
1652871600000,  
1652875200000,  
1652878800000,  
1652882400000,  
1652886000000,  
1652889600000,  
1652893200000,  
1652896800000,  
1652900400000,  
1652904000000,  
1652907600000,  
1652911200000,  
1652914800000,  
1652918400000,  
1652922000000,  
1652925600000,  
1652929200000,  
1652932800000,  
1652936400000,  
1652940000000,  
1652943600000  
],  
“values”: [  
4.322033898305085,  
4.083333333333333,  
5.15,  
23.258333333333333,  
8.075,  
4.35,  
6.016666666666667,  
3.0833333333333335,  
3.558333333333333,  
7.308333333333334,  
9.321739130434782,  
2.9916666666666667,  
6.433333333333334,  
3.6333333333333333,  
3.216666666666667,  
3.475,  
4.225,  
3.8333333333333335,  
2.525,  
3.933333333333333,  
3.6333333333333333,  
6.283333333333333,  
4.45,  
6.875,  
4.308333333333334  
]  
},  
{  
“dimensions”: [  
“ABCD”,  
“HOST-XYZ”  
],  
“dimensionMap”: {  
“dt.entity.host.name”: “ABCD”,  
“dt.entity.host”: “HOST-XYZ”  
},  
“timestamps”: [  
1652857200000,  
1652860800000,  
1652864400000,  
1652868000000,  
1652871600000,  
1652875200000,  
1652878800000,  
1652882400000,  
1652886000000,  
1652889600000,  
1652893200000,  
1652896800000,  
1652900400000,  
1652904000000,  
1652907600000,  
1652911200000,  
1652914800000,  
1652918400000,  
1652922000000,  
1652925600000,  
1652929200000,  
1652932800000,  
1652936400000,  
1652940000000,  
1652943600000  
],  
“values”: [  
53.11666666666667,  
59.675,  
63.36666666666667,  
56.88333333333333,  
57.36666666666667,  
57.05833333333333,  
58.708333333333336,  
59.641666666666666,  
54.916666666666664,  
56.61666666666667,  
55.59322033898305,  
55.833333333333336,  
56.56666666666667,  
56.74166666666667,  
55.38333333333333,  
56.4,  
54.53333333333333,  
55.425,  
61.55,  
62.65,  
60.666666666666664,  
66.475,  
73.225,  
73.09166666666667,  
53.708333333333336  
]  
}]  
}  
]  
}

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/filtering-results-based-on-hosts-or-process-which-query-param-can-be-used-for-filtering/35596/2 "2022-06-24T09:45:10Z")

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You can use either the [entitySelector](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/entity-v2/entity-selector)&nbsp;parameter or the&nbsp;[Metrics v2 get-data-points API](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/get-data-points)&nbsp; you are using. Also, it’s possible to use the entitySelector directly in the metricSelector argument by using the [:filter transformation](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/metric-selector#filter).