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.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

GET	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/entityTypes/{type} SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entityTypes/{type}

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Read entities using API V2 (entities.read) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Authentication.

Parameters

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

Response format

Response parameters JSON model

The EntityType object

A list of properties of the monitored entity type.

Element	Type	Description
managementZones	string	The placeholder for the list of management zones of an actual entity.
fromRelationships	ToPosition[]	A list of possible relationships where the monitored entity type occupies the FROM position
toRelationships	FromPosition[]	A list of possible relationships where the monitored entity type occupies the TO position.
properties	EntityTypePropertyDto[]	A list of additional properties of the monitored entity type.
type	string	The type of the monitored entity.
tags	string	The placeholder for the list of tags of an actual entity.

The EntityTypePropertyDto object

The property of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
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.

The ToPosition object

The TO position of a relationship.

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

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

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

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

Request URL

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

Response body

{
  "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