Custom database extension

Custom, self-made Activegate extensions allow you to run queries against the following databases:

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• MySQL
• IBM DB2
• PostgreSQL
• SAP HANA
• Snowflake
• coming soon: Sybase, MariaDB, MongoDB, Teradata, IBM Informix

The results can be sent back to Dynatrace as metrics and logs.

You can already start creating your own DB extensions - please refer to the "Get Started" section.

NOTE: Custom DB extensions will eventually replace the existing Custom Database Queries extension. If you need paid assistance on creating your own extension, please reach out to your customer success or account manager.

Bring in business data, job processing metrics, database and table statistics, or anything that is stored in your Databases.

Example queries

• SELECT COUNT(*) FROM DAILY_PROCESSED_JOBS
• SELECT DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE_COUNT FROM DEPARTMENTS

Create an extension

1. Follow the documentation to create your custom database extension.
2. VS Code add-on will help you achieve that efficiently.
3. Once you have the extension configured and customized, follow this guide to upload and run it in your environment.

Hands-on experience based on fully functional sample extension

Coming soon: you'll be able to use the attached fully functional sample to get started quickly and follow good practices. The sample extension will cover a simple scenario and will provide configuration of:

• artificial business data ingestion,
• dashboard and details screen visualization,
• topology definition,
• alerting rules,
• and more.

Custom extension utilizes Dynatrace Extension Framework's SQL Data Source to connect to the different databases. Please refer to the documentation regarding supported database versions.