Monitored entities API - GET entity type

Lists possible properties of an entity of the specified type. Note that these are placeholders showing what properties an entity can possibly have, not actual properties. To view actual properties of an entity, use the GET an entity request.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/entityTypes/{type}`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entityTypes/{type}`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/entityTypes/{type}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with entities.read scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
type	string	The required entity type.	path	required

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	EntityType	Success
400		Failed. The requested monitored entity type is not exportable or doesn't exist.

Response body objects

The `EntityType` object

A list of properties of the monitored entity type.

Element	Type	Description
dimensionKey	string	The dimension key used within metrics for this monitored entity.
displayName	string	The display name of the monitored entity.
entityLimitExceeded	boolean	Whether the entity creation limit for the given type has been exceeded
fromRelationships	ToPosition[]	A list of possible relationships where the monitored entity type occupies the FROM position
managementZones	string	The placeholder for the list of management zones of an actual entity.
properties	EntityTypePropertyDto[]	A list of additional properties of the monitored entity type.
tags	string	The placeholder for the list of tags of an actual entity.
toRelationships	FromPosition[]	A list of possible relationships where the monitored entity type occupies the TO position.
type	string	The type of the monitored entity.

The `ToPosition` object

The TO position of a relationship.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the relationship.
toTypes	string[]	A list of monitored entity types that can occupy the TO position.

The `EntityTypePropertyDto` object

The property of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
displayName	string	The display-name of the property.
id	string	The ID of the property.
type	string	The type of the property.

The `FromPosition` object

The FROM position of a relationship.

Element	Type	Description
fromTypes	string[]	A list of monitored entity types that can occupy the FROM position.
id	string	The ID of the relationship.

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "entityLimitExceeded": "false",
  "fromRelationships": [
    {
      "id": "RUNS_ON_RESOURCE",
      "toTypes": [
        "CUSTOM_DEVICE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "IS_NETWORK_CLIENT_OF_HOST",
      "toTypes": [
        "HOST",
        "CUSTOM_DEVICE"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "managementZones": "placeholder for management zones",
  "properties": [
    {
      "id": "BITNESS",
      "type": "Enum"
    },
    {
      "id": "CPU_CORES",
      "type": "Number"
    }
  ],
  "tags": "placeholder for tags",
  "toRelationships": [
    {
      "fromTypes": [
        "DISK"
      ],
      "id": "IS_DISK_OF"
    },
    {
      "fromTypes": [
        "VMWARE_DATACENTER",
        "GEOLOC_SITE"
      ],
      "id": "IS_SITE_OF"
    }
  ],
  "type": "HOST"
}

Example

In this example, the request lists all possible properties of entities of the PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE type.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

bash
curl -L -X GET 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entityTypes/PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entityTypes/PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE

Response body

json
{
  "type": "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE",
  "properties": [
    {
      "id": "appVersion",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "awsNameTag",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "azureHostName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "azureSiteName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "bitness",
      "type": "Enum"
    },
    {
      "id": "boshName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "conditionalName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "customPgMetadata",
      "type": "Map"
    },
    {
      "id": "customizedName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "gardenApplicationNames",
      "type": "List"
    },
    {
      "id": "gcpZone",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "internalName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "isDockerized",
      "type": "Boolean"
    },
    {
      "id": "jvmClrVersion",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "jvmVendor",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "listenPorts",
      "type": "List"
    },
    {
      "id": "metadata",
      "type": "List"
    },
    {
      "id": "modules",
      "type": "List"
    },
    {
      "id": "oneAgentCustomHostName",
      "type": "String"
    },
    {
      "id": "processType",
      "type": "Enum"
    },
    {
      "id": "softwareTechnologies",
      "type": "List"
    },
    {
      "id": "versionedModules",
      "type": "List"
    }
  ],
  "tags": "List",
  "managementZones": "List",
  "fromRelationships": [
    {
      "id": "isProcessOf",
      "toTypes": [
        "HOST"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "runsOnResource",
      "toTypes": [
        "CUSTOM_DEVICE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "isInstanceOf",
      "toTypes": [
        "PROCESS_GROUP"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "talksWithCandidate",
      "toTypes": [
        "HOST"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "isNetworkClientOf",
      "toTypes": [
        "CUSTOM_DEVICE",
        "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "toRelationships": [
    {
      "id": "runsOnProcessGroupInstance",
      "fromTypes": [
        "SERVICE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "isHostGroupOf",
      "fromTypes": [
        "HOST_GROUP"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "isNetworkClientOf",
      "fromTypes": [
        "CUSTOM_DEVICE",
        "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "candidateTalksWith",
      "fromTypes": [
        "HOST"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200