Dynatrace Entities API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dynatrace API v2 Entities API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: The Dynatrace Entities API v2 enables querying of monitored entities such as services, hosts, processes, process groups, and applications within a Dynatrace environment. It supports filtering entities by type, tags, management zones, and time range. Entity responses include topology relationships, properties, tags, and management zone assignments for dependency mapping and infrastructure analysis.
  contact:
    name: Dynatrace Support
    url: https://www.dynatrace.com/support/
  license:
    name: Dynatrace Terms of Service
    url: https://www.dynatrace.com/company/trust-center/terms/
  x-last-validated: '2026-04-18'
servers:
- url: https://{environmentId}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2
  description: Dynatrace SaaS environment
  variables:
    environmentId:
      description: The unique identifier of your Dynatrace environment
      default: mySampleEnv
security:
- api-token: []
tags:
- name: Entities
  description: Operations for querying monitored entities and entity types
paths:
  /entities:
    get:
      operationId: listEntities
      summary: Dynatrace List Entities
      description: Returns a list of monitored entities matching the specified entity selector. The entity selector is required and must specify at least one condition, such as entity type. Results can be enriched with additional fields including properties, tags, management zones, and relationships. Results are paginated.
      tags:
      - Entities
      parameters:
      - name: nextPageKey
        in: query
        description: The cursor for the next page of results, obtained from the nextPageKey field of a previous response. When this parameter is set, all other query parameters except pageSize are ignored.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        description: The number of entities to return per page. Default is 50, maximum is 500.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
          default: 50
        example: 500
      - name: entitySelector
        in: query
        description: 'Defines the scope of the query by specifying entity filter conditions. Required. Use the entity selector syntax, for example: type(SERVICE) to select all services, or type(HOST),tag(production) to select production hosts. Multiple conditions are ANDed together.'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: type(SERVICE)
      - name: fields
        in: query
        description: Defines additional fields to include in the entity response beyond the default set. Use a comma-separated list. For example, +properties,+tags,+toRelationships.runsOn to include entity properties, tags, and specific relationship types.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: from
        in: query
        description: The start of the time range for entity discovery. Entities seen within this range are returned. Use a relative expression (now-7d), ISO 8601, or Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: to
        in: query
        description: The end of the time range for entity discovery. Default is now.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: sort
        in: query
        description: Defines the sort order of results. Use the field name prefixed with + (ascending) or - (descending). For example, +displayName or -lastSeenTms.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of monitored entities
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityCollection'
              examples:
                ListEntities200Example:
                  summary: Default listEntities 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    nextPageKey: example-value
                    totalCount: 500
                    pageSize: 500
                    entities:
                    - entityId: abc123
                      displayName: Production Service
                      type: STANDARD
                      firstSeenTms: 500
                      lastSeenTms: 500
                      properties: {}
                      tags:
                      - context: example-value
                        key: example-value
                        value: example-value
                        stringRepresentation: example-value
                      managementZones:
                      - id: abc123
                        name: Production Service
                      toRelationships: {}
                      fromRelationships: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /entities/{entityId}:
    get:
      operationId: getEntity
      summary: Dynatrace Get Entity
      description: Returns the details of a specific monitored entity by its entity ID. The entity ID format is TYPE-HEXADECIMALID, e.g., SERVICE-1234567890ABCDEF. You can request additional fields including properties, tags, relationships, and management zone assignments.
      tags:
      - Entities
      parameters:
      - name: entityId
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of the entity to retrieve, in the format TYPE-HEXADECIMALID, e.g., SERVICE-1234567890ABCDEF.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: abc123
      - name: fields
        in: query
        description: Defines additional fields to include in the response. Use a comma-separated list prefixed with +, e.g., +properties,+tags.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: from
        in: query
        description: The start of the time range for properties and relationships. Defaults to now-3d.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: to
        in: query
        description: The end of the time range. Defaults to now.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The entity details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
              examples:
                GetEntity200Example:
                  summary: Default getEntity 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    entityId: abc123
                    displayName: Production Service
                    type: STANDARD
                    firstSeenTms: 500
                    lastSeenTms: 500
                    properties: {}
                    tags:
                    - context: example-value
                      key: example-value
                      value: example-value
                      stringRepresentation: example-value
                    managementZones:
                    - id: abc123
                      name: Production Service
                    toRelationships: {}
                    fromRelationships: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /entityTypes:
    get:
      operationId: listEntityTypes
      summary: Dynatrace List Entity Types
      description: Returns a list of all entity types available in the Dynatrace environment. Entity types describe the categories of monitored entities, such as SERVICE, HOST, PROCESS_GROUP, APPLICATION, etc. Results are paginated.
      tags:
      - Entities
      parameters:
      - name: nextPageKey
        in: query
        description: Cursor for the next page of results.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-value
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        description: The number of entity types to return per page.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
          default: 50
        example: 500
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of entity types
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTypeCollection'
              examples:
                ListEntityTypes200Example:
                  summary: Default listEntityTypes 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    nextPageKey: example-value
                    totalCount: 500
                    types:
                    - type: STANDARD
                      displayName: Production Service
                      description: Example description.
                      properties:
                      - id: abc123
                        displayName: Production Service
                        type: STANDARD
                      fromRelationships:
                      - id: abc123
                        toTypes:
                        - {}
                      toRelationships:
                      - id: abc123
                        toTypes:
                        - {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /entityTypes/{type}:
    get:
      operationId: getEntityType
      summary: Dynatrace Get Entity Type Definition
      description: Returns the definition of a specific entity type, including its display name, description, available properties, and supported relationship types. This is useful for understanding what fields are available when querying entities of a given type.
      tags:
      - Entities
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        description: The entity type identifier, e.g., SERVICE, HOST, PROCESS_GROUP, APPLICATION.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: STANDARD
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The entity type definition
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityType'
              examples:
                GetEntityType200Example:
                  summary: Default getEntityType 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    type: STANDARD
                    displayName: Production Service
                    description: Example description.
                    properties:
                    - id: abc123
                      displayName: Production Service
                      type: STANDARD
                    fromRelationships:
                    - id: abc123
                      toTypes:
                      - {}
                    toRelationships:
                    - id: abc123
                      toTypes:
                      - {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /entities/lookup:
    post:
      operationId: lookupEntity
      summary: Dynatrace Look up Entity by Name
      description: Looks up a specific entity by its display name and type. This is useful when you know the human-readable name of an entity but need its Dynatrace entity ID for use in other API calls or selectors. Returns the matching entity or a 404 if not found.
      tags:
      - Entities
      requestBody:
        description: The entity name and type to look up
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityLookupRequest'
            example:
              name: my-production-service
              type: SERVICE
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The matching entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
              examples:
                LookupEntity200Example:
                  summary: Default lookupEntity 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    entityId: abc123
                    displayName: Production Service
                    type: STANDARD
                    firstSeenTms: 500
                    lastSeenTms: 500
                    properties: {}
                    tags:
                    - context: example-value
                      key: example-value
                      value: example-value
                      stringRepresentation: example-value
                    managementZones:
                    - id: abc123
                      name: Production Service
                    toRelationships: {}
                    fromRelationships: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    ConstraintViolation:
      type: object
      description: Details of a single constraint violation in a request.
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          description: The JSON path to the field that caused the violation.
          example: example-value
        message:
          type: string
          description: A description of the constraint violation.
          example: Example description.
        parameterLocation:
          type: string
          description: The location of the violating parameter (QUERY, PATH, BODY).
          example: example-value
        location:
          type: string
          description: The location detail for the violation.
          example: example-value
    EntityType:
      type: object
      description: Defines an entity type including its display name, available properties, and supported relationship types.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The entity type identifier, e.g., SERVICE.
          example: STANDARD
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: The human-readable display name of the entity type.
          example: Production Service
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description of what this entity type represents.
          example: Example description.
        properties:
          type: array
          description: The list of properties available for this entity type.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTypeProperty'
          example:
          - id: abc123
            displayName: Production Service
            type: STANDARD
        fromRelationships:
          type: array
          description: The relationship types where entities of this type are the source.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTypeRelationship'
          example:
          - id: abc123
            toTypes:
            - {}
        toRelationships:
          type: array
          description: The relationship types where entities of this type are the target.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTypeRelationship'
          example:
          - id: abc123
            toTypes:
            - {}
    EntityTag:
      type: object
      description: A tag applied to a monitored entity.
      properties:
        context:
          type: string
          description: The origin context of the tag. For example, CONTEXTLESS, ENVIRONMENT, AWS, KUBERNETES, etc.
          example: example-value
        key:
          type: string
          description: The key of the tag.
          example: example-value
        value:
          type: string
          description: The value of the tag, if applicable.
          nullable: true
          example: example-value
        stringRepresentation:
          type: string
          description: The full string representation of the tag as displayed in the Dynatrace UI, e.g., [KUBERNETES]app:my-service.
          example: example-value
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Error response envelope returned when a request fails.
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    EntityTypeProperty:
      type: object
      description: Describes a single property of an entity type.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The property key identifier.
          example: abc123
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: The human-readable display name of the property.
          example: Production Service
        type:
          type: string
          description: The data type of the property value.
          example: STANDARD
    ManagementZone:
      type: object
      description: A management zone reference.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier of the management zone.
          example: abc123
        name:
          type: string
          description: The display name of the management zone.
          example: Production Service
    EntityLookupRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for looking up an entity by name and type.
      required:
      - name
      - type
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The display name of the entity to look up.
          example: Production Service
        type:
          type: string
          description: The entity type to search within, e.g., SERVICE, HOST.
          example: STANDARD
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Details of an API error.
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 500
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the error.
          example: Example description.
        constraintViolations:
          type: array
          description: A list of constraint violations for validation errors (HTTP 400).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConstraintViolation'
          example:
          - path: example-value
            message: Example description.
            parameterLocation: example-value
            location: example-value
    EntityTypeRelationship:
      type: object
      description: Describes a relationship type for an entity type.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The relationship type identifier, e.g., runsOn.
          example: abc123
        toTypes:
          type: array
          description: The entity types that can participate in this relationship.
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - STANDARD
    Entity:
      type: object
      description: Represents a monitored entity in Dynatrace. Entities are the components of your monitored environment such as services, hosts, processes, and applications. Each entity has a unique ID, a type, properties, tags, and relationships to other entities.
      properties:
        entityId:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier of the entity in the format TYPE-HEXADECIMALID, e.g., SERVICE-1234567890ABCDEF.
          example: abc123
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: The human-readable display name of the entity.
          example: Production Service
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of the entity, e.g., SERVICE, HOST, PROCESS_GROUP, APPLICATION, SYNTHETIC_TEST.
          example: STANDARD
        firstSeenTms:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the entity was first seen.
          example: 500
        lastSeenTms:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the entity was last seen.
          example: 500
        properties:
          type: object
          description: A map of entity-type-specific properties. Available properties vary by entity type. For example, a HOST entity may include osType, cpuCores, and memoryTotalBytes.
          additionalProperties: true
          example: {}
        tags:
          type: array
          description: The list of tags applied to the entity, including auto-detected and manually defined tags.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTag'
          example:
          - context: example-value
            key: example-value
            value: example-value
            stringRepresentation: example-value
        managementZones:
          type: array
          description: The management zones that the entity belongs to, used for access control and organizational scoping.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ManagementZone'
          example:
          - id: abc123
            name: Production Service
        toRelationships:
          type: object
          description: 'Relationships where this entity is the target. Keys are relationship types (e.g., isProcessOf), values are arrays of entity IDs. For example, {"isProcessOf": ["PROCESS_GROUP-123"]}.'
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          example: {}
        fromRelationships:
          type: object
          description: 'Relationships where this entity is the source. Keys are relationship types (e.g., runsOn), values are arrays of entity IDs. For example, {"runsOn": ["HOST-456"]}.'
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          example: {}
    EntityTypeCollection:
      type: object
      description: A paginated collection of entity type definitions.
      properties:
        nextPageKey:
          type: string
          description: Cursor for the next page of results.
          nullable: true
          example: example-value
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The total number of entity types.
          example: 500
        types:
          type: array
          description: The list of entity types on this page.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityType'
          example:
          - type: STANDARD
            displayName: Production Service
            description: Example description.
            properties:
            - id: abc123
              displayName: Production Service
              type: STANDARD
            fromRelationships:
            - id: abc123
              toTypes:
              - {}
            toRelationships:
            - id: abc123
              toTypes:
              - {}
    EntityCollection:
      type: object
      description: A paginated collection of monitored entities.
      properties:
        nextPageKey:
          type: string
          description: Cursor for the next page of results. Null if no more pages.
          nullable: true
          example: example-value
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The total number of entities matching the query.
          example: 500
        pageSize:
          type: integer
          description: The number of results returned on this page.
          example: 500
        entities:
          type: array
          description: The list of entities on this page.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
          example:
          - entityId: abc123
            displayName: Production Service
            type: STANDARD
            firstSeenTms: 500
            lastSeenTms: 500
            properties: {}
            tags:
            - context: example-value
              key: example-value
              value: example-value
              stringRepresentation: example-value
            managementZones:
            - id: abc123
              name: Production Service
            toRelationships: {}
            fromRelationships: {}
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid query parameters or request body
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid API token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden — the API token lacks the required scope
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found — the specified entity or entity type does not exist
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    api-token:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Dynatrace API token. Use the format: Api-Token {your-token} Required scopes: entities.read'
externalDocs:
  description: Dynatrace Entities API v2 Documentation
  url: https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/discover-dynatrace/references/dynatrace-api/environment-api/entity-v2