SLO for custom metrics

[RM]

Hi all!

I've a use case on ingested custom metrics. I need to do a SLO depending on the value of that ingested custom metric.

My case: 
I have multiple hosts with a custom metric
with value range of 0 to 3 (0- OFF, 1- ON,...)

i have three questions:

1. Can i create a SLO with that custom metric?
2. Is it possible to create a filter for the values of a custom metric(ex: metricvalue ==1, metricvalue == 2,...)?
3. And if it is can i have a example?

Thanks all,
RM

[abbachr · Accepted solution]

You are trying to monitor states with your metric.

Metrics in Dynatrace are timeseries and therefore suited for capturing measurements, and not states. This is something I cannot recommend, for monitoring states "Business Analytics in Dynatrace"
powered by Grail would be the better choice: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/platform-modules/business-analytics

However, to answer your original questions:

1. Yes, you can use any metric in an SLO.
2. Yes, that's possible with the series condition of the filter: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/metric-selector#condi...
   Or the partition transformation: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/metric-v2/metric-selector#parti... 
   Depends on what behavior you want to have.