Copy request attributes/service naming rules between Dynatrace environments

[sureshKumarK]

Hi, I am trying to copy the Request attributes and Service naming rules from QA Dynatrace Environment to PROD Dynatrace Environments across all datacenters. Please suggest if there is a way I can do import/export instead of manually creating the same rules in each Environment/Datacenter? Appreciate your help! Thanks, Suresh.

[Radoslaw_Szulgo · Accepted solution]

Hi Suresh!

This is the typical use case for REST API:

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/configuration-api/service-api/request-attribute...

Get the configuration from one environment and PUT it to the other. Same with service naming rules.

[Julius_Loman]

Don't forget you can also do a POST instead of PUT and use the same UUID identifier for the rules between environments. This will save you a lot of time and effort when trying to update the rules between tenants. Otherwise you will have different identifiers in each environment and this will be a nightmare to update and maintain.

[sureshKumarK]

Thanks @Radoslaw S. @Július L. Do we know whether there is an API available for Request naming at the Service level? I see it is available for Global request naming only. If there is no API available, could you suggest the best approach for the following?

https://community.dynatrace.com/spaces/482/dynatrace-open-qa/questions/248061/defining-request-namin...

[Julius_Loman]

No at the moment you can only use global naming rules. However, you can leverage service properties or tags to narrow down and specify list of services where these rules should apply.