# \#topology **URL:** https://community.dynatrace.com/tag/topology/1004.md [Latest](https://community.dynatrace.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.dynatrace.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.dynatrace.com/tags.md) --- ## [Extract topology with OpenPipeline](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/extract-topology-with-openpipeline/56114)
**Author:** [@FredSelvaGen](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/FredSelvaGen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/extract-topology-with-openpipeline/56114 "2026-06-12T16:14:02Z")
Hi community, Let’s say that a SERVICE named “cart\_service” is called by 2 others one (named “webapp\_service” and “mobileapp\_service”) By using a span openpipeline, for each collected traces that involved “cart\_servic… --- ## [Why topology not stored in Grail, and is there any plan to store in Grail?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/why-topology-not-stored-in-grail-and-is-there-any-plan-to-store-in-grail/49185)
**Author:** [@Leomen](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Leomen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/why-topology-not-stored-in-grail-and-is-there-any-plan-to-store-in-grail/49185 "2026-03-18T12:49:27Z")
Topology (monitored entities) is not yet stored in Grail. Instead, the classic entity storage can be accessed via DQL through predefined views that are all prefixed with dt.entity. 1. Is topology stored in an independen… --- ## [Is there a way to get a list of all entity types in Grail (so something synonymous to the /entityTypes classic v2 API)?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-all-entity-types-in-grail-so-something-synonymous-to-the-entitytypes-classic-v2-api/53499)
**Author:** [@36Krazyfists](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/36Krazyfists)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-all-entity-types-in-grail-so-something-synonymous-to-the-entitytypes-classic-v2-api/53499 "2025-12-30T22:48:35Z")
I know if I just start typing dt.entity. the auto-complete in the DQL query box will offer suggestions, but I want to be able to just get a list of all dt.entity.f5 types in a table. The result I want would look like: E… --- ## [Is it possible to use a Dummy extension to easily configure existing custom metrics/logs parsed by OpenPipeline?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-dummy-extension-to-easily-configure-existing-custom-metrics-logs-parsed-by-openpipeline/53432)
**Author:** [@36Krazyfists](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/36Krazyfists)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-dummy-extension-to-easily-configure-existing-custom-metrics-logs-parsed-by-openpipeline/53432 "2025-10-09T19:00:44Z")
One of the great things about the extensions.yaml is it’s a one-stop shop for configuring all the other things that go along with ingesting telemetry data (like metrics, logs, events, traces, etc…). It contains a pre-de… --- ## [Topology Types - Please explain Extracted Id Pattern like I'm 5](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/topology-types-please-explain-extracted-id-pattern-like-im-5/53415)
**Author:** [@36Krazyfists](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/36Krazyfists)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/topology-types-please-explain-extracted-id-pattern-like-im-5/53415 "2025-09-19T16:05:04Z")
I’ve read the documentation and looked at the very limited examples available in the docs, but I still just do not understand what the “Extracted ID pattern” in the Entity Extraction Rule section of configuring Topology … --- ## [Tie extension metrics to host entity](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/tie-extension-metrics-to-host-entity/51228)
**Author:** [@jordan\_rose](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/jordan_rose)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/tie-extension-metrics-to-host-entity/51228 "2025-04-23T15:08:30Z")
How can I tie prometheus extension metrics to a host entity? I have looked at tons of examples and cant seem to figure this out. The goal is to display the collected metrics on a specific host’s unified analysis screen.… --- ## [Dynatrace Topology Model](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-topology-model/49503)
**Author:** [@kadirhan](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/kadirhan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-topology-model/49503 "2025-04-06T15:17:37Z")
Hello, How to associate 2 metrics on Dynatrace and show the other as an anomaly in the problem window when a problem occurs in one. For example, I want to associate ‘(builtin:host.disc.usedPct)’ and ‘(builtin:host.cpu.u… --- ## [Get the node tags for custom Prometheus extension](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/get-the-node-tags-for-custom-prometheus-extension/50501)
**Author:** [@danijela](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/danijela)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/get-the-node-tags-for-custom-prometheus-extension/50501 "2025-02-28T09:17:34Z")
I have custom extension for Prometheus exporter and now I am trying to create topology. Metrics are related to pacemaker cluster. From the metrics that I am getting from Prometheus I have nodes and their ip addresses, b… --- ## [Limit of custom topology type entities](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/limit-of-custom-topology-type-entities/49396)
**Author:** [@rastislav\_danis](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/rastislav_danis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/limit-of-custom-topology-type-entities/49396 "2025-01-17T11:27:10Z")
Oracle DB extension collects data for Backup jobs and creates lot of entities of type Oracle DB Backup Job. Which is nice until you hit this error and backup jobs stops showing in oracle instance screens (and anywhere el… --- ## [Unified analysis page: List custom extracted event in eventsCard](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/unified-analysis-page-list-custom-extracted-event-in-eventscard/49710)
**Author:** [@detk72](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/detk72)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/unified-analysis-page-list-custom-extracted-event-in-eventscard/49710 "2025-01-16T19:57:22Z")
Hello, I create custom events from Log Lines (ingested from a DB table into dynatrace Log) using Log Monitoring → Events Extraction. These events I want to list in Unified analysis page → eventsCard of a generic custom … --- ## [Export topology relationship](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/export-topology-relationship/48953)
**Author:** [@roberto\_ravo](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/roberto_ravo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/export-topology-relationship/48953 "2024-11-19T16:11:52Z")
Hi all! We would like to try to extract all entities from a given application. We have identified the possibility of using the /api/v2/entities API and extracting entities by type using the relationship part and then ma… --- ## [Python EF2 topology setting](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/python-ef2-topology-setting/46855)
**Author:** [@Yosi\_Neuman](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Yosi_Neuman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/python-ef2-topology-setting/46855 "2024-07-29T15:45:11Z")
Hi guys, We have start to convert python EF1 to EF2, we managed to convert already few of them but and now we are a bit confused on how to create the topology within extension.yaml and how to set the values from \_\_main… --- ## [Correlate generic entity to existing service through extension 2.0](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/correlate-generic-entity-to-existing-service-through-extension-2-0/46104)
**Author:** [@g\_kat](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/g_kat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/correlate-generic-entity-to-existing-service-through-extension-2-0/46104 "2024-06-14T23:16:34Z")
Hi, We are working with the Citrix Netscaler ADC extension and we are having the following situation: we want to somehow correlate the information that is flowing from the extension with the already monitored hosts and… --- ## [Including extensions 2.0 within existing topology](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/including-extensions-2-0-within-existing-topology/45142)
**Author:** [@henk\_stobbe](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/henk_stobbe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/including-extensions-2-0-within-existing-topology/45142 "2024-04-15T20:11:51Z")
Hello, To keep it simple, is it true that for now there in no way to combine extension 2.0 existing " Dynatrace topology" ? (except for a dependency you can create between the host entity where the extension is runnin… --- ## [Prometheus metrics topology](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/prometheus-metrics-topology/44509)
**Author:** [@Jennifer](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Jennifer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/prometheus-metrics-topology/44509 "2024-03-08T14:21:22Z")
I have created a custom extension using the Dynatrace Extensions VSCode app. Everything is working as expected, when I scrape my metrics it is able to find all metrics and generate keys and values. The issue I am havin…