How to export all dashboard and workflow JSON definitions from Dynatrace SaaS?

[zezinando]

I’m using Dynatrace SaaS and I’d like to export the JSON definitions of all dashboards and workflows from my environment.

I know it’s possible to download the JSON manually, one dashboard or workflow at a time from the UI, but that doesn’t scale. My goal is to automate searches across all configurations.

For example, I need to identify:

• All dashboards that reference a specific Grail/logs index
• All workflows that contain queries using that index

Is there an API-based or automated way to:

• Export all dashboard JSON definitions
• Export all workflow JSON definitions

...so they can be searched programmatically?

Any guidance, API endpoints, or best practices would be appreciated.

[wouterdt · Accepted solution]

I have not done downloads but you yan use the dynatrace platform  document API  to do this

I have used this to rename, copy, take ownership or make documents public

https://developer.dynatrace.com/develop/sdks/client-document/

[t_pawlak]

🇬🇧 English

While exporting dashboards and workflows via Dynatrace APIs is technically possible, it doesn’t scale well for full-environment analysis.
Best practice is to use Dynatrace Monaco (or Terraform if already in use) to export all dashboards and workflows as code (JSON/YAML), store them in Git, and easily search for Grail/log indexes, DQL queries, or other references across all configurations.

https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/deliver/configuration-as-code/monaco

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dynatrace-oss/dynatrace/latest