Custom charts enable you to analyze visual representations of monitoring metrics at a glance.
Text
Use the text tiles (Header and Markdown) to explain your dashboard contents. This is particularly important if you're making dashboards to share with others.
Header
Use a header tile to put a bold label over another tile.
Markdown
Use one or more markdown tiles to customize and describe your dashboard: what it does, how to use it, and so on.
Use *** or ___ or --- alone on one line to add a horizontal line separating sections of your tile.
Line breaks
Leave two spaces at the end of a line to force a line break.
Emphasis
Use **text** or __text__ to display bold text.
Lists
You can create numbered (1.) or bulleted (*) markdown lists, or a mix of the two, with nesting.
Links
If you have favorite Dynatrace pages and websites, you can add links to all of them from your dashboards.
A link consists of two parts:
The link label in square brackets: [ and ]. This is free-form text between two square brackets, such as [Dynatrace].
The link target in parentheses: ( and ). There are two ways to define a target:
An absolute URL. For example, to link to:
https://www.example.com/
put the whole URL in parentheses
(https://www.example.com/)
to get a link definition like:
[Example](https://www.example.com/)
An anchor to a Dynatrace page (including other dashboards).
To get that anchor, navigate to the target page in Dynatrace and copy everything on the browser address line that follows the domain and slash.
If the full URL of the target page is:
and the full link specification is something like:
[My link to deployment status](ui/deploymentstatus/oneagents?gtf=-2h&gf=all)
Similarly, if you added this example to a markdown tile on one of your dashboards, the link would open the Dynatraces Hosts table:
[Hosts](#newhosts;gtf=-2h;gf=all)
Infrastructure
Host health
Displays the number of hosts (operating system instances, whether physical and virtual) in your environment compared to the number of hosts in your environment that are currently affected by problems. Each host instance equates to a Dynatrace OneAgent installed in your environment.
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Select Pin to dashboard, select a target dashboard, and select Pin to add a Hosts tile to the selected dashboard with the selected filters. You can then set any of the options described above.
The tile will reflect all filters and options you have set
The next time you select the tile on your dashboard, the Hosts page will open with the filters and options already applied
Network metrics
Displays network health metrics for traffic flowing through your monitored hosts. Shows current traffic volume and quality of communication of both new (Connectivity) and established sessions (Retransmissions).
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the Network overview page
Displays current network traffic flowing through your monitored hosts. Shows traffic volume, number of nodes (Talkers) exchanging network traffic, and number of nodes experiencing performance problems (Processes and Hosts).
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the Network overview page
Drag a Docker tile from the Edit dashboard pane, Tiles tab, to your dashboard
Optional
Select a custom timeframe
Optional
Select a custom management zone
Optional
Select an environment
VMware
Displays current basic indicators related to the virtualized infrastructure in your environment, including the number of VMs, migration events, and the corresponding trends, as well as the number of ESXi hosts (standalone or managed by attached vCenter servers) against the number of ESXi hosts in your environment that are currently affected by problems. If there are multiple vCenter or ESXi hosts attached, all gathered data can be aggregated or presented for a selected entity.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the VMware page
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Select Transactions and services from the navigation menu.
Set filters in the Filtered by box.
Select Pin to dashboard to add a Services tile to the selected dashboard with the selected filters. You can then set any of the options described above.
The tile will reflect all filters and options you have set
The next time you select the tile on your dashboard, the Services page will open with the filters and options already applied
Service or request
Displays current key performance indicators related to the selected service or request (requests per minute, failure rate, and response time) in a resizable tile format.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected service or request details page
Select Transactions and services from the navigation menu.
Select a service.
From the service page, open the browse menu (...) and select Pin to dashboard. You can then set any of the options described above.
The tile will reflect the options you have set
The next time you select the tile on your dashboard, the service page will open with the options already applied
Applications
Top web applications
Displays load details related to up to three web applications in your environment that have the highest user-action rate.
Current values are compared against baseline measurements (when available)
Performance threshold violations are color coded in red
Optional
Select a custom management zone
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the Applications page filtered by web applications (and any other filters you set on the tile if you pinned it from the Applications page)
In Filtered by, select Application type: Web applications.
Set other filters as needed.
Select Pin to dashboard, select a target dashboard, and select Pin.
Application health
Displays the total number of applications in your environment versus the number of applications that are currently affected by problems. Opens your Applications page.
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Select Pin to dashboard to add an Application health tile to the selected dashboard with the selected filters. You can then set any of the options described above.
The tile will reflect all filters and options you have set
The next time you select the tile on your dashboard, the Applications page will open with the filters and options already applied
User behavior
Displays key user behavior indicators related to the selected application (active sessions per minute, actions per session, and session duration) over the timeframe.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected application's user behavior section
Select the application you want to monitor with a tile.
Select the User behavior section of the infographic.
Select Pin to dashboard, select a target dashboard, and select Pin.
A User behavior tile for the selected application is pinned to the selected dashboard.
User breakdown
Displays a user type breakdown (doughnut) by real users, robots, and monitors, and charts new users versus returning users over the timeframe.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected application's user behavior section
Drag a Live user activity tile from the Edit dashboard pane, Tiles tab, to your dashboard
Optional
Select a custom timeframe
Optional
Select a custom management zone
Optional
Select an environment
Web application
Displays key performance indicators related to the selected application: Apdex rating, user actions per minute, and number of JavaScript errors per minute.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected application page.
Select Applications from the navigation menu.
To filter the list, set Application type to Web applications.
Select the web application you want to monitor with this tile.
Display the Performance analysis section of the infographic.
Select Pin to dashboard.
A Web application tile for the selected application is pinned to the selected web dashboard.
Key user action
Displays key performance indicators related to the selected application and key user action: user action duration, user actions/min, and number of errors/min.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected key user action page for the selected application and key user action.
Select the application you want to monitor with this tile.
In the Top 3 user actions section, select View full details.
Select a key user action.
If the user action has already been selected as a key user action, select it in the Key user actions list.
If the user action has not been selected as a key user action, select a user action from the Top 100 user actions tab, open the browse menu (...), and select Mark as key user action.
The Pin to dashboard button is now displayed.
Select Pin to dashboard, select a target dashboard, and select Pin.
User Sessions Query
Create advanced queries on completed user sessions with user sessions query language.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the user sessions query page for this query.
Select Synthetic from the navigation menu.
To filter the list, set Type of synthetic monitor to Browser.
Select the browser monitor for which you want to create a dashboard tile.
On the browser monitor page, select Pin to dashboard, select the target dashboard, and select Pin.
Synthetic monitor health
Displays the number of active synthetic monitors in your environment against the number of synthetic monitors in your environment that are currently affected by problems.
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Select Pin to dashboard to add a Hosts tile to the selected dashboard with the selected filters. You can then set any of the options described above (timeframe, management zone, environment).
The tile will reflect all filters and options you have set
The next time you select the tile on your dashboard, the Synthetic page will open with the filters and options already applied
Third-party monitor
Displays key performance indicators related to the selected third-party monitor (availability, duration and location status).
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open the selected third-party monitor page.
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Drag a Database performance tile from the Edit dashboard pane, Tiles tab, to your dashboard
Select a database service from the list.
Optional
Select a custom timeframe
Optional
Select an environment
Integrations
Data center service health
Displays the total number of data center services in your environment against the number of data center services that are currently affected by problems.
From a health tile (such as Host health, Service health, and Application health), where you see green and red elements (such as hosts, services, or applications), hover over any problematic (red) element to see the identity of the element.
To drill down to a problematic (red) element, select the red hexagon and then select the View... button. On this example Synthetic monitor health tile, we have selected a red element, which enabled the View test drilldown button for that element.
You can't drill down from a healthy (green) element. From any tile, however, you can select the menu in the upper-right corner of the tile and select View details to display the relevant Dynatrace page for the tile.
Drag a Data center service health tile from the Edit dashboard pane, Tiles tab, to your dashboard
Optional
Select a custom timeframe
Optional
Select a custom management zone
Optional
Select an environment
Analysis
Problems
Displays the number of problems that are currently watched and active against the number of resolved problems in your environment. When a problem is active, the problem count is displayed in red.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open your Problems feed.
Drag a Problems tile from the Edit dashboard pane, Tiles tab, to your dashboard
Optional
Select a custom timeframe
Optional
Select a custom management zone
Optional
Select an environment
Smartscape
Synthetically visualizes your environment components based on Smartscape analysis. The tile display constantly cycles through the five Smartscape layers: applications, services, OS processes, hosts, and datacenters. For each layer, the tile shows the total number in your environment and, in red, the number currently affected by problems.
Drilldowns
From the tile menu, select View details to open your [Smartscape](smartscape' }}#services) topology view to the Services layer.