# In the anomaly detection can I filter out a dims value?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/in-the-anomaly-detection-can-i-filter-out-a-dims-value/55246>\
**Category:** Alerting\
**Tags:** problem-detection, problem-notification, davis, anomaly-detection, problems\
**Created:** [March 12, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/in-the-anomaly-detection-can-i-filter-out-a-dims-value/55246 "2026-03-12T11:02:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![henk\_stobbe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/henk_stobbe/32/30434_2.png) [@henk\_stobbe](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/henk_stobbe)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/in-the-anomaly-detection-can-i-filter-out-a-dims-value/55246/1 "2026-03-12T11:02:39Z")

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Hello,

Trying to create a anomaly detection, to keep it simple, cpu above 80% and dims:hosts.

So what is the elegant way to filter our a host.&nbsp; (or is that not possible without using segments)

KR Henk

(or is it just kill the problem )-😉

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**Author:** ![henk\_stobbe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/henk_stobbe/32/30434_2.png) [@henk\_stobbe](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/henk_stobbe)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/in-the-anomaly-detection-can-i-filter-out-a-dims-value/55246/2 "2026-03-12T13:01:59Z")

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Sorry, this can be done using metric "key"events (-;

 ![image.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/2X/2/2f0fa085db11265d24ccde570ca4ae761041c337.png)