02 Oct 2025 12:35 PM
Dear All,
How can I incorporate the ingested metric into the management zone? I have attempted the following method, but it did not work.
Regards
Babar
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02 Oct 2025 01:02 PM
Hi,
Are ingested metrics in relation to some entity?
Best regards
02 Oct 2025 03:27 PM
Management zones in Dynatrace work based on entities and their properties/tags, not directly on metric keys. The condition you tried
(METRIC_KEY begins with 'abc')
won’t work for ingested metrics, because metric keys themselves are not an entity property that management zones can evaluate.
You can try link this metric to an entity.
f your ingested metric includes dimensions like dt.entity.host, dt.entity.service, or k8s.namespace.name, you can build a management zone based on those entity dimensions.
Example: include all entities where k8s.namespace.name = easytrade.
08 Oct 2025 11:20 AM
Hi @Babar_Qayyum
just to clarify — when I mentioned dt.entity.host, dt.entity.service, etc., those were only examples of possible entity bindings. The important part is that an ingested metric must be tied to some Dynatrace entity if you want to scope it in a management zone.
For example, if you want to attach your metric to a host, you can send it like this:
server.cpu.temperature,dt.entity.host=HOST-2A3DEDFXXXXXXXX,cpu.id=0 42
Here:
server.cpu.temperature = your metric name
dt.entity.host=HOST-2A3DEDFXXXXXXX = binding the metric to a specific host entity
cpu.id=0 = a custom dimension you’ve added
42 = the metric value
13 Oct 2025 05:30 AM
Hello @t_pawlak
Thank you once more for your feedback. The subsequent information is functioning well for us.
Regards,
Babar Qayyum
08 Oct 2025 06:22 PM - edited 08 Oct 2025 06:25 PM
Hello @Babar_Qayyum
Associating a metric with a Management Zone is a bit confusing, as it's not technically possible.
A metric can be associated with an entity.
The entity has properties/tags.
The Management Zone uses properties/tags, among other things, to identify the entities that are part of a Management Zone.
With that detail, the entity is part of a Management Zone.
Perhaps your question is about policies and permissions.
so, you can create a Grail-based policy and restrict access to certain information and metrics if needed.
If you provide more details about your needs, we can help you. 💪
09 Oct 2025 05:15 AM
Hello @PierreGutierrez
I appreciate your feedback. As we are utilizing the classic/managed setup, we are unable to take advantage of the benefits of Grail that you mentioned.
Regards,
Babar Qayyum